Key: F
Introduction: Em D/F# G A7
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When this old world starts a getting me down
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And people are just too much for me to face
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I'm gonna climb way up to the top of the stairs
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And all my cares they drift right into space
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Oh on the roof it's peaceful as can be
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And there the world below, it don't bother me
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No no no no
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So when I come home feeling tired and beat
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I got to go up where the air is fresh and sweet for me now
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I'm far away from the husteling crowd
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And all that rat race noise down in the street
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Oh on the roof, that's the only place that I know
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Look at the city baby
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Where you just have to wish to make it so
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Lets go up on my roof
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And at night the stars, they put on a show for free
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And darlin' you can share, share it all with me
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Hear what I say
Keep on tellin' you that
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Right smack dab in the middle of town
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Well I've found a paradise just about trouble proof I know now
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And if this old world starts a getting you down
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Well there's room enough for two up on my roof
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Up on my roof
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Drop what you're doing tonight
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And climb up the stairs with me and see baby
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We got the stars up above us and the city lights below
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No no no no no no no no
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Up on my roof