Em i get away from the hustling crowd c d g and all that rat race noise down in the street.
Up on the roof chords.
Last updated on 03 19 2014.
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.
V 1 when this old world starts getting me down.
D a d bm7 f m7 em7 let s go up on the roof.
Em d f g6 a7sus4 d bm f m7 when this old world starts a getting me down em7 a7sus4 d g a and people are just too much for me to face d bm f m7 i ll climb way up to the top of the stairs em7 a7sus4 d a d and all my cares just drift right into space g a g b a em7 d f g a7sus4 on the roof it s peaceful as can be d bm f m7 em7 a and there the world below don t bother me d bm f m7 when i come home feeling tired and beat em7 a7sus4 d g a i go up where the air is fresh and sweet d bm f m7.
And people are just too much for me to face up on the roof c am.
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.
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Up on the roof for ukulele key.
Em up on the roof up on the roof g oh come on baby up on the roof em oh come on honey up on the roof fade note.
By drifters in key of g level 5 am chord c am.
Tacet 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 and darling you can share it all with me.
C on the roof it s peaceful as can be g em c d and there the world below don t bother me.
F g c am.
G em when i come home feelin tired and beat c d g i go up where the air is fresh and sweet.
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 c d.