Chord/Tab song: The Roof Is Leaking

Tuning: Standard

Phil Collins
The Roof is Leaking (1981)
(Phil Collins)

Capo 1st fret, drop D

INTRO / OUTRO
[Dm] [Bb/D] [C/D] [D] [Bb/D] [C/D]

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----3-1---------|----3-1---------|----3-1---------|----3-1---------|
G|----------0-2---|------2---3/3---|----------0-2---|------2---------|
D|----------0-----|--0-------3/5---|--0-------0-----|--0-------3/5---|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------1/3---|
D|0---------------|0-----------0---|0---------------|0---------------|

Dm |to VERSE

e|----------------|
B|3---------------|
G|2---------------|
D|0-------------0-|
A|----------0-3b--|
D|0---------------|

VERSE
[Dm] [C/D] [Dm] [Dm] [Bb] [C]

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----3-3-3-1-1---|----------------|----3-3-3-1-1---|----------------|
G|----2-2-2-2-2-2-|0-0---0---2-----|----2-2-2-2-2-2-|----2-------5---|
D|--0-----------0-|0-0---0---0---0-|--0-----------0-|3-------5-------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|1-------3-------|
D|0---------------|0---0---0---0---|0---------------|----------------|

[Dm] [C/D] [Dm] [Dm] [Bb] [C]

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----3-3-3-1-1---|----------------|----3-3-3-1-1---|----------------|
G|----2-2-2-2-2-2-|0-0---0---2-----|----2-2-2-2-2-2-|----2-------5---|
D|--0-----------0-|0-0---0---0---0-|--0-----------0-|3-------5-------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|1-------3-------|
D|0---------------|0---0---0---0---|0---------------|----------------|

|to verse | to middle 8
[Dm] [Dm]

e|----------------| |----------------|
B|----------------| |----------------|
G|----------------| |----------------|
D|0-------------0-| |0-------0-------|
A|0---------0-3b--| |0-------0-------|
D|0-----0-0-------| |0-----0-0-------|

MIDDLE 8
[Bb] [Gm] [F] [C]

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------3-----|----------3-----|-----1----------|----------1-----|
G|------3---------|-----3----------|---------2------|------0---------|
D|----3-----------|---5--------5---|---3-------3----|----2-------2---|
A|1-------1---0---|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|
D|----------------|5-------5-------|3------3--------|----------------|

[Bb] [Gm] [F] [C]

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------3-----|----------3-----|-----1----------|----------1-----|
G|------3---------|-----3----------|---------2------|------0---------|
D|----3-----------|---5--------5---|---3-------3----|----2-------2---|
A|1-------1---0---|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|
D|----------------|5-------5-------|3------3--------|----------------|

[Bb] [Gm] [F] [C]

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------3-----|----------3-----|-----1----------|----------1-----|
G|------3---------|-----3----------|---------2------|------0---------|
D|----3-----------|---5--------5---|---3-------3----|----2-------2---|
A|1-------1---0---|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|
D|----------------|5-------5-------|3------3--------|----------------|

[Bb] [Gm] [F] [C]

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------3-----|----------3-----|-----1----------|----------1-----|
G|------3---------|-----3----------|---------2------|------0---------|
D|----3-----------|---5--------5---|---3-------3----|----2-------2---|
A|1-------1---0---|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|
D|----------------|5-------5-------|3------3--------|----------------|

[C] [C] [Dm]

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|------1---------|1---------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------0-----|0---0-0-2-0-----|----------------|----------------|
D|----2-------2---|------------3/5-|---p3p0---------|--------------0-|
A|3-------3-------|3---------------|----------------|----------0-3b--|
D|----------------|----------------|0-------------0-|0---------------|

Capo 1st fret, drop-D

INTRO

VERSE 1
[Dm]The roof is leaking and the [C/D]wind is how[Dm]ling
[Dm]Kids are crying 'cos the [Bb]sheets are so [C]cold
[Dm]I woke this morning found my [C/D]hands were fro[Dm]zen
[Dm]I've tried to fix the fire, but you [Bb]know the [C]damn thing's too [Dm]old

VERSE 2
[Dm]It's been months now since we [C/D]heard from our Ma[Dm]ry,
[Dm]I wonder if she ever [Bb]made the [C]coast
[Dm]She and her young man, they [C/D]both moved out [Dm]there
[Dm]But I sure hope they write,[Bb] just to [C]let us [Dm]know

MIDDLE 8
And [Bb]me, I'[Gm]m getting [F]stronger by the [C]minute
[Bb]My wife's ex[Gm]pecting, but I [F]hope she can [C]wait
[Bb] 'Cos this [Gm]winter looks like it's [F]gonna be another [C]bad one
[Bb] But [Gm]spring'll soon be [F]here, oh [C]oh
[C]God I hope it's not [Dm]late

VERSE 3
[Dm]Ma and Pa lived here, and [C/D]theirs before [Dm]them
[Dm]Tried their hardest to [Bb]make it a [C]home
[Dm]Seems so long now since [C/D]they passed o[Dm]ver
[Dm]Hope my children'll try [Bb] to [C]make it their [Dm]own

VERSE 1
[Dm]The roof is leaking and the [C/D]wind is how[Dm]ling
[Dm]Kids are crying 'cos the [Bb]sheets are so [C]cold
[Dm]I woke this morning found my [C/D]hands were fro[Dm]zen
[Dm]I've tried to fix the fire, but you [Bb]know the [C]damn thing's too [Dm]old

MIDDLE 8
And [Bb]me, I'[Gm]m getting [F]stronger by the [C]minute
[Bb]My wife's ex[Gm]pecting, but I [F]hope she can [C]wait
[Bb] 'Cos this [Gm]winter looks like it's [F]gonna be another [C]bad one
[Bb] But [Gm]spring'll soon be [F]here, oh [C]oh
[C]God I hope it's not [Dm]late

OUTRO

Drop-D chords

e-B-G-D-A-D
Dm 1-3-2-0-0-0
C/D 0-1-0-0-0-0
x-5-5-5-x-0
Bb/D x-3-3-3-x-0
Gm 3-3-3-5-x-5
F 1-1-2-3-x-3