The Handsome Family - Drinking Beer On The Roof Chords

[Intro]

G D G

[Verse 1]

               G      D      G
I could have stayed there forever
      C             G
That rooftop in Chicago
 C                G
Watching the helicopters
 Am                   D        D7
Circling around the smokestacks

     G        D       G
And listening to you laughing
        C              G
As the sun kissed the buildings
C                  G
After we stayed up all night
          D           G
Drinking beer on the roof

[Verse 2]

C
All those empty cans
G               C
Shining in the sunlight
        G             C
As we stood upon our tower
    Am                D
Of brick and tar and soot

         G        D         G
And the cars so small and quiet
 C                    G
Filled the streets below
C                  G
After we stayed up all night
          D           G
Drinking beer on the roof

[Interlude]

G D G C G C G Am D C Bm Am

[Verse 3]

    G      D     G
As every sleepy pigeon
C                  G
Under the rusted trestle
C                 G
Tucked its dusty head
Am                D  D7
Beneath a folded wing

      G     D           G
The clouds kissed the smokestacks
         C           G
And the helicopters sang
C                  G
After we stayed up all night
          D           G
Drinking beer on the roof

[Verse 4]

     C
And you shone like an apple
     G                C
All tangled hair and laughter
        G                     C
And it seemed the sun might stay there
        Am               D   D7
At the very edge of the world

G       C      G
Making silver wonders
   C                G
Of every crumbling building
C                  G
After we stayed up all night
          D           G
Drinking beer on the roof

[Outro]

C G D C Bm Am G