Author/Artist:Kelly Jones/Stereophonics

Song:Rooftop

Album/Source:Just Enough Education To Perform

Tabbed By:Scott Morgan scottbut@nme.com 26.03.01



Notes:This song is in D tuning, which means you have to tune every string down a whole step(two frets), so EADGBe becomes DGCFAd, Although you can just play the song in standard tuning, by just moving every chord down two frets, and when you have to play the low E5(D5) chord, just play it an ocatve above as D5 - X577XX.  When played live, the whole intro is discarded and Kelly just starts the song at the 'Standing on a Rooftop...' part.  Also, Kelly uses one of his Les Paul Goldtops on this song live.  There only really five chords in this song that are just used in a different order, so its pretty easy to play.

Listen to the song for the strumming methods in the verses, its important to get it right as its what gives the song its feel, pay attention to the left hand mutes in between chords etc.



Chords

For ease of reading, the first chords names show what the chords would be in standard tuning, and the chords names in brackets show the actual chords sounding.  In the actual transcription I will use the first chord names given.



X57775 - D(C)

X35553 - C(Bb)

002220 - A(G)

X577XX - D5(C5)

X355XX - C5(Bb5)

577XXX - A5(G5)

355XXX - G5(F5)

022XXX - E5(D5)



Intro



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     D                                C                                  A

-X-X-5--5----5-5---5-5----5-5-5-5-X-X-3--3----3-3----3-3----3-3-3-3-X-X--0--|

-X-X-7--7----7-7---7-7----7-7-7-7-X-X-5--5----5-5----5-5----5-5-5-5-X-X--2--|

-X-X-7--7----7-7---7-7----7-7-7-7-X-X-5--5----5-5----5-5----5-5-5-5-X-X--2--|

-X-X-7--7----7-7---7-7----7-7-7-7-X-X-5--5----5-5----5-5----5-5-5-5-X-X--2--|

-X-X-5--5----5-5---5-5----5-5-5-5-X-X-3--3----3-3----3-3----3-3-3-3-X-X--0--|

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Play that twice, but the second time play the C chord for about twice as long.



Verse 1

                       D5

Standing on the rooftop,

          C5       A5

Trying to clear my mind,

                      D5

I only came up to look,

                C5     A5

But now there's such a crowd, 

C5    G5        A5

Don't feel that bad,

C5    G5       A5

Can't help but laugh,

         C5  G5

And they cry out,

                 D5        A5

"Say jump" and I say, "How high?", 



Verse 2(same chords as before)



I feel my body blowing,

>From every side-to-side,

My mind can't help but knowing,

What it feels like to fly, 



Don't feel that bad,

Can't help but laugh,

And they cry out,

"Say jump" and I say, "How high?",

"Say jump" and I say, "I might",



Harmonica Solo



 C5   A5   G5                               E5

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-10-X-7--X-5----5-5--5-5-5-|-10-X-7--X-5----2-2--2-2-2-|-10-X-7--X-5----5-5--5-5

-10-X-7--X-5----5-5--5-5-5-|-10-X-7--X-5----2-2--2-2-2-|-10-X-7--X-5----5-5--5-5

-8--X-5--X-3----3-3--3-3-3-|-8--X-5--X-3----0-0--0-0-0-|-8--X-5--X-3----3-3--3-3



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-5----5-s-7--7-|

-5----5-s-7--7-|

-3----3-s-5--5-|



Play that twice



         C5  G5

And they cry out,

         C5  G5

And they cry out,

                 D5        A5

"Say jump" and I say, "How high?",

"Say jump" and I say, "I'll try",

"Say jump" and I say, "Goodbye",

"Say jump" and I say, "How high?",

D C A

High,

D C

Fly,



Outo

    A5                D5     G5

Fly I'm just standing on the edge of,

A5                 D5     G5

Something I should try to hide from,



Repeat A5 D5 G5 for the rest of the song.



I don't know much, but I know some things,

I need to try find me a way,

Try I only come out fighting,

I don't feel I should deny them,

Can help knowing what is down there,

Feels like I should fly now for them,



Fascinated,

Mis-educated,



It's reincarnation,

Of my imagination,

I'm far away from here today,

It's where I'll stay,

Forget my worries,

Lying awake,

It makes me sing,

It makes me sick,

But I can't change again.



Play this note at the end.



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