Keep on telling you that d bm f m7 right smack dab in the middle of town em7 d f g a7sus4 d i found a paradise that s trouble proof d bm f m7 and if this old world starts a getting you down em7.
Guitar chords up on the roof.
Crd up on the roof up on the roof gerry goffin carole king 1962 em d f g6 a7sus4 when this old world starts a getting me down and people are just too much for me to face em7 g a i ll climb way up to the top of the stairs and all my cares just drift right into space.
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C on the roof it s peaceful as can be g em c d and there the world below don t bother me.
Em i get away from the hustling crowd c d g and all that rat race noise down in the street.
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 up on.
Up on the roof by gerry goffin carole king c am when this old world starts getting me down f dm c and people are just too much for me to face c am i climb way up to the top of the stairs f dm c.
G em when i come home feelin tired and beat c d g i go up where the air is fresh and sweet.
Most chord arrangements have a d in place of the am in this version but if you listen carefully to the drifters 1962 hit or the grass roots cover done a few years later it s definitely a minor chord.