Up On The Roof - James Taylor and Carole King - Troubadour Chords

Tempo:
93.65 bpm
Chords used:

F

C

Bb

Gm

Dm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Up On The Roof - James Taylor and Carole King - Troubadour chords
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[Dm] [C] When this [Em] old world starts [Am] getting me [C] down, [F] people are [C]
[Dm] just too much for me [C] to [F] face.
[C]
I climb way up [B] to [Am] the top of the stairs, [C] [F] and all [C] my cares [Dm] just drift right into [C] space.
[C] [F] On the [G] roof, [F] it's peaceful [G] [F] as can
[G] [F] be.
[Em] [C] I'll spare the [Em] world, [Am] real love can't bother [Gm]
me.
[Bb] [C] So [F] when I'm home all beat [Dm] and tired [C] and weak, I [Gm] won't go, I won't wear [Bb] a gear, [Gm] I'll just rest and [F] sleep.
[C] [F] [Bb] [C] [F] I'll be far away from [D] the [Am] mysterious crowd [Gm] and all that rat race [Bb] noise of [F] in-stream.
[Bb] [C] [F] [Bb]
Home [C] on the [Bb] roof, that's the [C] only place [Gm] I [F] know,
[Bb] [C] where [F]
you just [C] have to [Dm] wish [C] to make it [Gm]
so.
[Bb] Let's go [Gm] home, home, home, [F] home.
[Dm] [Gm]
[F] [Bb] [C] [F]
[Bb] [C] [F]
Night [G] the [F] stars put on [G] a show [F] for me.
[G] [F] [C] [Dm]
[C] Darling, you [Am] can share it all with [Dm] me.
[Bb]
Keep on [C] telling [F] you that a right's right, yeah.
[Dm] Out in the middle [Am] of my town, [Gm] I found a [Bb] paradise.
It's about [Cm] to bubble [F] through,
[Bb] [C] [F] and if this old world starts [Dm] getting you [Am] down,
[Gm] there's room in the fold too, yeah.
Up on [F] the roof, [C] [F] [C] [Dm] up on [Gm] the [F]
roof.
Keep [Bb] on up, [C] up on [F] the roof.
Up on the [Dm] roof, [Gm] [F]
up [Bb] on [C] the [F] roof.
I put my foot in [C] the window and [Dm] I can't find what she says and means.
[Gm] [F]
Baby, [Bb] baby, [F] baby.
[C] [F] Got the stars above us [Dm] and the city lights the door.
[Gm] [F] I'm going [Bb] to go and find what's before [F] my roof.
Up [Dm] on the roof, [Gm] up on the roof.
[F] [Bb] [C]
[F]
[N]
Key:  
F
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C
3211
Bb
12341111
Gm
123111113
Dm
2311
F
134211111
C
3211
Bb
12341111
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To learn Carole King, James Taylor - (Live At The Troubadour / 2007) Up On The Roof chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - Gm, F, C, F, Bb, C, Dm, C, Dm and Gm. A strategic approach would be to train at 46 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 94. Considering the song's key of F Major, position your capo to suit your vocal and chord preferences.

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[Dm] _ _ _ [C] When this [Em] old world starts [Am] getting me [C] down, _ [F] people are [C]
[Dm] just too much for me [C] to [F] face.
[C] _
_ _ _ I climb way up [B] to [Am] the top of the stairs, [C] [F] and all [C] my cares [Dm] just drift right into [C] space.
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ On the [G] roof, [F] it's peaceful [G] [F] as can _
[G] [F] be.
_ _ [Em] _ _ [C] I'll spare the [Em] world, [Am] real love can't bother _ [Gm]
me.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] So [F] when I'm home all beat [Dm] and tired [C] and weak, I [Gm] won't go, I won't wear [Bb] a gear, [Gm] I'll just rest and [F] sleep.
_ [C] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ [F] I'll be far away from [D] the [Am] mysterious crowd [Gm] and all that rat race [Bb] noise of [F] in-stream.
_ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ [Bb]
Home [C] on the [Bb] roof, that's the [C] only place [Gm] I [F] know,
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] where [F]
you just [C] have to [Dm] wish [C] to make it [Gm]
so.
[Bb] _ Let's go [Gm] home, home, home, [F] home.
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _
Night [G] the [F] stars put on [G] a show [F] for me.
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _
[C] Darling, you [Am] can share it all with [Dm] _ me.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ Keep on [C] telling [F] you that a right's right, yeah.
[Dm] Out in the middle [Am] of my town, [Gm] I found a [Bb] paradise.
It's about [Cm] to bubble [F] through, _ _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] and if this old world starts [Dm] getting you [Am] down,
[Gm] there's room in the fold too, yeah.
Up on [F] the roof, _ [C] _ [F] _ [C] [Dm] up on [Gm] the _ [F]
roof.
Keep [Bb] on up, [C] up on [F] the roof.
Up on the [Dm] roof, _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F]
up [Bb] on [C] the [F] roof.
I put my foot in [C] the window and [Dm] I can't find what she says and means.
[Gm] _ _ [F]
Baby, [Bb] baby, [F] baby.
[C] [F] Got the stars above us [Dm] and the city lights the door.
[Gm] _ [F] I'm going [Bb] to go and find what's before [F] my roof.
Up _ [Dm] on the roof, [Gm] up on the roof.
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Facts about this song

This song was composed by Gerry Goffin and Carole King.

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