Sitting On The Roof Of The World

Dido

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A little sweet simple song from the new album ’girl who got away’. Capo 3rd fret Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9                        G I climbed a mountain not knowing that I had        Cadd9                         G  Cadd9                 G              I took no protection not much of anything     Cadd9       G just went as I was  Cadd9              G Looking in windows and playing songs       Cadd9       G and knocking on doors Cadd9                G I was not scared I just enjoyed the sights       Cadd9       G kept myself to myself       Cadd9 G There I was  Cadd9                       G sitting on the roof of the world        Cadd9          G There I was there I was      Cadd9                      G not knowing how I got there or how to leave Cadd9 G Cadd9 G   Cadd9               G Everyone says I was lucky to have got there   Cadd9      G as not many can     Cadd9                 G But truth be told I was saved        Cadd9       G by the love of a good man Cadd9                  G Who came and got me and bought me down     Cadd9    G from on up there        Cadd9                     G I’d be lying if I didn’t say I missed it now and then               Cadd9             G but I have no wish to go back there       Cadd9 G There I was  Cadd9                       G sitting on the roof of the world        Cadd9               G There I was with all the gods      Cadd9                      G not knowing how I got there or how to leave People say "what’s so special about being back here with everyone so close" But that’s the point I don’t want to be different I just want to fit in        Cadd9          G There I was there I was  Cadd9                       G sitting on the roof of the world        Cadd9               G There I was with all the gods      Cadd9                      G not knowing how I got there or how to leave

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