Boy On The Roof chords by Stephen Schwartz
Intro 1
Am
E
Am
D
Ddim
Fm
C
Dm
Gsus4
E
Verse 1
E
Am
E
There's a boy on the roof
C
And he sits and watches
D
Fdim
Fm
C
The sun sink over the city
F
G
Em
As daylight ends, he sits and pretends
Am
Bm
E
He is invisible
A
D
He sees the people dressed and pretty
E
C#m
As he watches from above
A
D
Spilling out into the city
E
A
Looking for luck, looking for love
G
F#m
But he looks only to remain there
Bm
Bdim
Alone and aloof
Ddim
Bdim
Esus4
E
Am
E
Am
The boy on the roof
D
Ddim
Fm
C
Dm
Gsus4
E
Am
E
There's a man in her bed,
C
and she watches him
Am
D
Fdim
C
as the moon climbs over the city.
F
They're lovers and friends,
G
Em
Am
Bm
E
still he pretends he is invisible
A
D
Earlier when they are dancing,
E
C#m
and he hears her softly sigh
A
D
He does not tell her that he loves her,
E
A
yet he does not tell her goodbye.
G
F#m
He only wonders what has made him
Bm
so passion -proof,
Ddim
Dm
Esus4
E
the boy on the roof.
Am
F
G
C
Who can say when love will catch us,
Am
F
C
G
C
like a sudden summer shower?
Am
F
G
Who can say when love
C
Bb
will change us?
C
F
Dm
None of us can name the hour.
G
C
Bm
Just await the sweet surrender to the power.
E
Am
E
Am
D
Fdim
C
Dm
Gsus4
E
Am
E
Now we sit on the roof
Am
C
And we drink a toast
D
Ddim
Fdim
C
As the sun sinks over the city
F
G
Em
And to my surprise, here in your eyes
Am
Bm
E
I'm totally visible
A
D
In a place I least expected
E
C#m
With someone I did not see
A
D
I feel known and still protected
E
Making me strong,
A
making me weak
G
F#m
Astounded to be so connected
Bm
Esus4
E
We don't need to speak
Am
C
G
C
Who can say when love will catch us
Am
C
G
C
Like a sudden summer shower
Am
C
G
C
Who can say when love will change us?
Bb
G
E
None of us can name the hour
Am
C
G
C
Who can say when love will catch us
Am
C
G
C
Like a sudden summer shower
Am
C
Who can say when
G
C
love will change us?
Bb
C
F
None of us can name the hour
Dm
G
C
Just a way the sweet surrenders
Bm
D
E
Am
E
Am
D
to the power
Fdim
Fm
Am
I have climbed down
Fm
Am
I've come inside,
Ddim
C
home here with you,
Esus4
E
no longer the boy on
Am
G
C
Am
the roof.
you
Boy On The Roof
Stephen Schwartz
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