Dire Straits

Romeo and Juliet

Dire Straits


Tom: Bb

[Intro] C  Fmaj7  G  C  Fmaj7  G  
 

C                    Am                            G C
 A lovestruck Romeo    sings the streets a serenade
                    G Am                 F
Laying everybody low    with a love song that he made
G                               F G                 C
 Finds a convenient street light,  steps out of the shade
                   F                      G
Says something like you and me babe, how about it?
 
C                          G Am                                 G C
 Juliet says hey it's Romeo,   you nearly gave me a heart attack
                          G Am                   F
He's underneath the window,   singing hey la, my boyfriend's back
G                              F G                          C
 You shouldn't come around here   singing up to people like that
F                           G
 Anyway, what you gonna do about it?
 
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Juliet, the dice was loaded from the start
      C   G          Am           F
And I bet, and you exploded in my heart
G        C       F     Am         F
And I forget, I forget  the movie song
Dm                      C       F                     Am    G  C
  When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?
 
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 Come up on different streets,   they both were streets of shame
                     G Am                      F
Both dirty, both mean,   yes and the dream was just the same
G                                F G                      C
 And I dreamed your dream for you   and now your dream is real
F                                   G
 How can you look at me as if I was just another one of your deals?
 
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Well, you can fall for chains of silver,   you can fall for chains of gold
                                 G Am             F
You can fall for pretty strangers    and the promises they hold
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 You promised me everything,  you promised me thick and thin, yeah
F                                   G
 Now you just say, oh Romeo yeah, I used to have a scene with him

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Juliet, when we made love you used to cry
           C                 G                 Am              F
You said I love you like the stars above, I'll love you till I die
G         C         F   Am            F
There's a place for us,  you know the movie song
Dm                     C        F             Am       Am   G   C
  When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?
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 I can't do the talk    like they talk on the TV
                          G Am                  F
And I can't do a love song    like the way it's meant to be
G                      F G                        C
 I can't do everything,   but I'd do anything for you
F                           G
 I can't do anything except be in love with you
 
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 And all I do is miss you    and the way we used to be
                         G Am        F
All I do is keep the beat    and bad company
G                    F G                      C
 All I do is kiss you   through the bars of a rhyme
F                                G
 Juliet I'd do the stars with you anytime
 

  C    G             Am               F
Juliet, when we made love you used to cry
           C                 G                 Am              F
You said I love you like the stars above, I'll love you till I die
G          C         F  Am            F
There's a place for us,  you know the movie song
Dm                     C        F                     Am     G   C
  When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?
 

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C                  G Am                            G C
 A lovestruck Romeo    sings the streets a serenade
                    G Am                 F
Laying everybody low    with a love song that he made
G                               F G                 C
 Finds a convenient street light,  steps out of the shade
                   F                G
Says something like you and me babe, how about it?
 
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