Romeo and Juliet
By Dire Straits
Key F
#english
Key
F
Capo:
1.0x
Romeo and Juliet
Verse 1
F
Dm
x4,
F
A lovestruck Romeo
C
Dm
sings the streets, a serenade
C
F
F
Laying everybody low,
C
Dm
with a love song
C
that he
Bb
made,
C
Finds a
Bb
street light
C
steps out into the
F
shade, Says something like,
Bb
"you and me babe, how a
C
bout it?"
F
Juliet says, "hey its Romeo,
C
Dm
you nearly gave me, a heart attack!"
C
F
F
Hes underneath the window,
C
Dm
shes singing,
"hey la my
C
boyfriends
Bb
back.
C
you shouldnt
Bb
come
around here singing,
C
up to people like
F
that
Bb
Anyway, what you gonna do, a
C
bout it?"
F
Juliet,
C
the dice was
Dm
loaded,
C
from the
Bb
start
F
And I bet,
C
you ex
Dm
ploded,
C
in my
Bb
heart.
F
And I for
C
get, I for
Dm
get, the movie
Bb
song
Gm
When you gonna
F
realize, it was
Bb
just that the
C
time was
Dm
wrong,
C
Juliet?
F
,
F
Come up on different streets,
C
Dm
they both were, streets of shame
C
F
F
Both dirty both mean,
C
Dm
yes and the dream was
C
just the
Bb
same,
C
And I dreamed your
Bb
dream for you and,
C
now your dream is
F
real.
Bb
How can you look at me as, if I was
C
just another
part of your deal?
F
Well you can fall
for chains of silver,
C
Dm
you can fall
for chains of gold.
C
F
,
F
you can fall
for pretty strangers,
C
Dm
and the pro
C
mises
they
Bb
hold,
C
You promised me
Bb
everything, you promised me
C
thick and
F
thin yeah,
Gm
Now you just say.
"oh
F
Romeo yeah, I
Bb
used to have a
C
scene with
Dm
him."
C
F
,
F
Juliet,
C
when we made
Dm
love
C
you used to
Bb
cry,
F
you said, "I
C
love you like
the
Dm
stars above, Ill
C
love you till I
Bb
die"
F
Theres a
C
place for,
Dm
us, you know the
Bb
movie song
Gm
When you gonna,
F
realize it was
Bb
just that the
C
time was,
Dm
wrong
C
Juliet?
F
F
I cant do the talk,
C
Dm
like they talk
on the tv
C
F
,
F
I cant do a love song,
C
Dm
like the way its,
C
meant to be.
Bb
C
I cant do
Bb
anything, but Id do
C
anything for
F
you.
Gm
I cant do anything, but be in
C
love with you.
F
And all I do is miss you,
C
Dm
and the way
we used to be
C
F
,
F
All I do is keep the beat
C
Dm
and the bad
C
company.
Bb
,
C
All I do is
Bb
kiss you
through the
C
bars of a
F
rhyme,
Gm
Julie, Id do the
C
stars with you anytime.
F
Juliet,
C
when we made
Dm
love
C
you used to
Bb
cry,
F
you said,
"I
C
love you like, the
Dm
stars above Ill
C
love you till I
Bb
die",
F
Theres a
C
place for
Dm
us, you know the,
Bb
movie song
Gm
When you gonna,
F
realize it was
Bb
just that the,
C
time was
Dm
wrong
C
Juliet?
F
,
F
A lovestruck Romeo
C
Dm
sings the streets, a serenade
C
F
F
Laying everybody low,
C
Dm
with a love song
C
that he
Bb
made,
C
Finds a
Bb
street light
C
steps out into the
F
shade, Says something like,
Bb
"you and me babe, how a
C
bout it?"
Bb
C