Drip Drop:The Drifters.
#58 on ATLANTIC Records in 1958.

INTRO:
F          
Drip, drip..drippity drop..drip, drip..

drippity drop.

#1.
F
The roof is leaking and the rain's falling 

on my head..(drip, drip..drippity drop.)
          Bb
Well, the roof is leaking and the rain's falling 
      F
on my head..(drip, drip..drippity drop.)
  C              Bb              F
I cried so hard, teardrops on my bed..

(drip, drip..drippity drop.)

#2.
F
Well, she packed up her clothes and she moved out 

on the midnight train..(drip, drip..drippity drop.)
          Bb
Well, she packed up her clothes and she moved out 
                F
on the midnight train..(drip, drip..drippity drop.)
               C             Bb           F
You know, this empty room is driving me insane..

(flip, flip..flippity flop.)

#3.
F
Well, I'm sitting here drinking..thinking what I'm 

gonna do..(sip, sip, slippity slop.)
          Bb
Well, I'm sitting here drinking..thinking what I'm 
      F 
gonna do..(sip, sip, slippity slop.)
             C                       Bb
You know the roof is leaking and the rain is falling 
F        
through..(drip, drip, drippity drop.)


(INTERLUDE:SAX:) F Bb F C Bb F

#4.
F
Well, I ran into my buddy..he gave me a tip, tip, tip.

He said your woman's gone and left..I said, I'm hip, 

hip, hip.
F
I said, just mind your own affairs and button your lip, 

lip, lip.
F                                           F7
I don't need you to tell me she gave me the slip, slip, 

slip.

#5.
F
The roof is leaking and the rain's falling 

on my head..(drip, drip..drippity drop.)
          Bb
Well, the roof is leaking and the rain's falling 
      F
on my head..(drip, drip..drippity drop.)
  C              Bb              F
I cried so hard, teardrops on my bed..(drip, drip..drippity 

drop.)

OUTRO:
F
Whoa-oh!..drip, drip, drippity-drop..whoa-oh!..drip, drip, 

drippity-drop..whoa-oh!..drip, drip, drippity-drop..(Fade.)


A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
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