Up On The Roof Chords
by James Taylor
Up On The Roof by James Taylor is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords Em, D/F#, G6, A7sus4, D, Bm, F#m7, Em7, G, A and G/B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: 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
I get far away from the hustling crowd
Em7 A7sus4 D A D
And all that rat race noise down in the street
G A G/B A Em7 D/F# G A7sus4
On the roof, that's the only place I know
D Bm F#m7 Em7 A
Where you just have to wish to make it so, Let's go
D Em D/F# G6 A7sus4 D Em D/F# G6 A7sus4
up on the roof
G A G/B A Em7 D/F# G A7sus4
at night the stars, put on a show for free
D Bm F#m7 Em7 A
And darling, you can share it all with me
D Bm F#m7
right smack dab in the middle of town
Em7 A7sus4 D G A
I've found a paradise that's trouble proof
D Bm F#m7
And if this old world starts a getting you down
Em7 A7sus4 D A D
There's room enough for two up on the roof
D Em D/F# G6 A7sus4