Up On The Roof Chords

by The Drifters
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Difficulty: absolute beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 1st fret
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G
Em
C
D

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The Drifters  - Up on the Roof
 
Capo 1
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
                G                          Em
                When this old world starts getting me down
                    C                   D
                And people are just too much for me to face
                     G                   Em
                I'll climb way up to the top of the stairs
                    C                 D
                And all my cares just drift right into space
 
 
[Chorus]
 
                C
                On the roof it's peaceful as can be
                    G                 Em               C   D
                And there the world below don't bother me
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
                   G                        Em
                So when I come home feelin' tired and beat
                     C               D                G
                I'll go up where the air is fresh and sweet
                                       Em
                I'll get away from the hustling crowd
                    C                 D                 G
                And all that rat-race noise down in the street
 
 
[Chorus]
 
                C
                On the roof that's the only place I know
                      G                Em              C   D
                Where you just have to wish to make it so
                (Let's go up on the roof)
 
 
[Solo]
 
       ) ) )
e|-----4-4-4--6--9-8-------------9-8-------------4---8vvv-------|
B|--4----------------9-9-----9-------9-4-6--4h6-----------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
                C
                At night the stars put on a show for free
                    G               Em                C   D
                And darling you can share it all with me
 
                I keep on telling you that
                G                      Em
                Right smack dab in the middle of town
                     C           D                   G
                I've found a paradise that's trouble proof
                       G                     Em
                And if this old world starts getting you down
                        C               D             G     Em
                There's room enough for two up on the roof
 
 
[Outro]
 
                          C    D
                Up on the roof
                          G    Em
                Up on the roof
                          C    D  G
                Up on the roof
 
 
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| h  Hammer-on
| )  Bend
| v  Vibrato
 
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6 comments
Rain Man
Think it may need a G at the end of lines 2 and 4 - other than that, great!
+3
geoffxmetal
The verse phrases end like this: G Em When this old world starts getting me down C D And people are just too much for me to face G Em I'll climb way up to the top of the stairs C Am D G And all my cares just drift right into space
+2
jquimby94
Great thanks! I think also if you can play the G with 2nd, 3rd and pinky you can hammer on and off the 1st and 4th strings like playing a C (while holding the rest of the G) and you get a little nod to the xylophone riff.
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