Intro: Dm Verse 1: C Bm Am G When this old world starts getting me down F Em Dm C F G C And people are just too much for me to face C Bm Am G I climb way up to the top of the stairs F Dm C F G C And all my cares just drift right into space Chorus: F F F F Em Dm On the roof it's peaceful as can be C Am Gm Bb And there the world below can't bother me
Verse 2: F Bb Am So when I come home feelin' tired and beat Gm C F Bb C Bb C I'll go up where the air is fresh and sweet F Dm Am I'll get far away from the hustling crowd Gm C F Am Bb C F And all that rat-race noise down in the street Bb C Dm C oh,up on the roof, that's the only place Bb C Dm C I know that they said you'd be, F Dm Am Bb where you just have to wish to make it sooo... Bb F C Dm C let's go up on my roof Gm Am Bb C F C Bb C F Chorus 2: F F F F At night the stars put on a show for free C Am Dm C N.C. And darling you can share it all with me, ohh Verse 3: N.C. Keep on tellin' you that F Dm C Right smack dab in the middle of town Gm C F Bb C Bb C I've found a paradise that's just about trouble proof F Dm C And if this old world starts getting you down G C F F There's room enough for two up on my roof Outro: Gm Am Bb C up on my roof oh yeah F Dm C up on my roof Gm Am Bb C (up on the roof on the roof) F Dm Put down what you're doing tonight and climb up the stairs with me and see Gm Am Bb C (baby, baby, baby) F Dm you got the stars above us, and the city lights below Gm Am Bb C ohhh, yeah-yeah yeah F Dm up on my roof, again up on the roof Gm Am Bb C up on the roof F