Up on the Roof

James Taylor

"Up On The Roof"
By Goffin/King as performed by James Taylor
 
 
[Intro]
Dm   C     F   G
 
      C                   Am           Em
When this old world starts a getting me down
    Dm                  G             C
And people are just too much for me to face
     C                  Am          Em
I'll climb way up to the top of the stairs
    Dm                G                C
And all my cares just drift right into space
 
F            G    F        G      Dm   C     F  G
On the roof, it's peaceful as can be
    C         G      Am        Em     Dm      G
And there the world below don't bother me, no, no
 
      C                   Am         Em
So when I come home feeling tired and beat
    Dm                  G             C
I'll go up where the air is fresh and sweet
     C                  Am          Em
I'll get far away from the hustling crowd
    Dm                G                C
And all the rat-race noise down in the street
 
F      G                 F      G       Dm    C     F  G
On the roof, that's the  only   place I know
      C        G       Am      Em     Dm
Where you just have to wish to make it so
      G            C
Let's go up on the roof
 
[Instrumental]
C    Am    Dm   C      F   G   C
 
       F         G          F        G        Dm   C     F  G
And at night the stars they put on a show for free
     C       G         Am      Em      Dm
And, darling, you can share it all with me
              G
That's what I said.     Keep on telling you that
C                      Am        Em
Right smack dab in the middle of town,
  Dm         G                    C
I found a paradise that's trouble proof
    C                          Am          Em
And if this old world starts a getting you down
       Dm               G
There's room enough for two
          C     Am
Up on the roof
Am        Dm   C     F  G
Up on the roof
G         C
Up on the roof
 
repeat 6x
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