Up on the Roof

# # #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# ##This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # ##song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## #From: sjohnson@usa.net #Subject: CRD Up On The Roof (James Taylor) # #Up On The Roof #Gerry Goffin & Carole King 1962 # #(Starting Note: C) (capo 3rd fret] # #Em D/f# G6 A7sus4 D Bm7 F#m7 When this old world starts a getting me down, Em7 G/a (D A/d D G/d A And people are just too much for me to face, D Bm7 F#m7 I'll climb way up to the top of the stairs, And all my cares just drift right into space. [ Em7 G/a (D A/d D G/a A D] G A G/b A Em7 (D/f# G6 A7 On the roof, it's peaceful as can be, And there the world below don't bother me, no, no. [D A/d Bm7 F#m7 Em7 G/a] D Bm7 F#m7 So when I come home feeling tired and beat, I'll go up where the air is fresh and sweet, [ Em7 G/a (D A/d D G/d A) ] D Bm7 F#m7 I'll get far away from the hustling crowd, And all the rat race noise down in the street. [ Em7 G/a (D A/d D G/a A D) ] On the roof, that's the only place I know, [ G A G/b A Em7 (D/f# G6 A7) ] D A/d Bm7 F#m7 Em7 Where you just have to wish to make it so. tacet Let's go up on the roof. D A/d D A/b Bm7 A/b Bm7 Em7 D/f# G A7 D A/d D G/a A D At night the stars put on a show for free [ G A G/b A Em7 (D/f# G6 A7) ] D A/d Bm7 F#m7 Em7 And, darling, you can share it all with me. G/a That's what I said. Keep on telling you that D Bm7 F#m7 right smack dab in the middle of town, Em7 G/a D (A/d D G/d A) I found a paradise that's trouble proof. D Bm7 F#m7 And if this old world starts a getting you down, Em7 G/a There's room enough for two up on the roof. D A/d D A/b Bm7 A/b Bm7 Em7 D/f# G A D