Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard tuning
F#F# 
D#mD#m 
BB 
C#C# or F#F# D#mD#m BB C#C# (for Steven's lead part)
e|-2--6--x--x---------x---11---x---x------------------------------------------|
BB|-2--7--4--6---------11--11---12--9------------------------------------------|
G+G|-3--8--4--6---------11--11---11--10-----------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-4--8--4--6---------11--13---13--11-----------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-4--6--2--4---------x---11---x---x------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-2--x--x--x---------x---x----x---x-------------------------------------------|
F#F# D#mD#m
When this old world starts getting me down
BB C#C# F#F#
And people are just too much for me to face
D#mD#m
I climb way up to the top of the stairs
BB C#C# F#F#
And all my cares just drift right into space
BB
On the roof, it's peaceful as can be
F#F# D#mD#m BB C#C#
And there the world below don't bother me
F#F# D#mD#m
When I come home feelin' tired and beat
BB C#C# F#F#
I go up where the air is fresh and sweet (up on the roof)
D#mD#m
I get away from the hustling crowd
BB C#C# F#F#
And all that rat-race noise down in the street (up on the roof)
BB
On the roof, the only place I know
F#F# D#mD#m BB C#C#
Where you just have to wish to make it so
F#F# D#mD#m
Right smack dab in the middle of town
BB C#C# F#F#
I've found a paradise that's trouble proof
D#mD#m
And if this world starts getting you down
BB C#C#
There's room enough for two
F#F# D#mD#m
Up on the roof (up on the roof)
BB C#C#
Up on the roof (up on the roof)
BB C#C#
Oh, come on, baby (up on the roof)
BB C#C#
Oh, come on, honey (up on the roof)
Up On The Roof chords
During Bruce Springsteen and the E-street band's 1975 "Borne to run"-tour they would play this cover of The Drifter's "Up on the roof".
"Up on the roof" is written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King.
