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Up On The Roof Chords
The Drifters  (Carole King)

G (320003@1)                        EmWhen (022000@1)this old world starts getting me down
    C (x32010@1)                 D (xx0232@1)            GAnd (320003@1)people are just too much for me to face
                      EmI (022000@1)climb way up to the top of the stairs
    C (x32010@1)               D (xx0232@1)              GAnd (320003@1)all my cares just drift right into space

C (x32010@1)        
On the roof, it's peaceful as can be
    G (320003@1)               Em (022000@1)             C (x32010@1)DAnd (xx0232@1)there the world below can't bother me

Let me tell you now

G (320003@1)                      EmWhen (022000@1)I come home feelin' tired and beat
  C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)              GI (320003@1)go up where the air is fresh and sweet (up on the roof)
                    EmI (022000@1)get away from the hustling crowd
    C (x32010@1)               D (xx0232@1)               GAnd (320003@1)all that rat-race noise down in the street (up on the roof)

COn (x32010@1)the roof, the only place I know
      G (320003@1)              Em (022000@1)            C (x32010@1)DWhere (xx0232@1)you just have to wish to make it so

Let's go up on the roof (up on the roof)

CAt (x32010@1)night the stars put on a show for free
     G (320003@1)              Em (022000@1)              C (x32010@1)DAnd, (xx0232@1)darling, you can share it all with me

I keep a-tellin' you

G (320003@1)                    EmRight (022000@1)smack dab in the middle of town
     C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)                 GI've (320003@1)found a paradise that's trouble proof (up on the roof)
    G (320003@1)                  EmAnd (022000@1)if this world starts getting you down
        C (x32010@1)             DThere's (xx0232@1)room enough for two
          G (320003@1) EmUp (022000@1)on the roof (up on the roof)
          C (x32010@1)       DUp (xx0232@1)on the roo-oo-oof (up on the roof)
             C (x32010@1)  DOh, (xx0232@1)come on, baby (up on the roof)
             C (x32010@1)  DOh, (xx0232@1)come on, honey (up on the roof)

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