Romeo And Juliet - Dire Straits

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Capo: Fret 5
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
             
  A lovestruck

           
 Romeo     sin

              
gs the streets

             
 a serenade
             
  Laying every

           
body low     w

              
ith a love son

  
g that he made
             
  Finds a conv

              
enient street 

            
light, steps o

          
ut of the shad

e
              
Says something

             
 like...  you 

              
and me babe, h

    
ow 'bout it?

             
  Juliet says 

              
hey it's Romeo

           
!      you nea

              
rly gave me a 

               
heart attack..
              
He's underneat

             
h the window, 

            
   singing hey

        
 la, my boyfri

end's back
             
  You shouldn'

              
t come around 

            
here singing u

              
p to people li

   
ke that
             
Anyway,  what 

              
you gonna do a


bout it?

[Chorus]
            
Juliet,   the 

            
dice was loade

           
d from the sta

rt
            
And I bet,   a

            
nd you explode

        
d in my heart
            
And I forget, 

             
I forget    th

          
e movie song
            
   When you go

              
nna realize it

             
 was just that

              
 the time was 

       
wrong, Juliet?

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[Verse 2]
             
  We come up o

              
n different st

           
reets,     and

              
 they were bot

              
h streets of s

      
hame
              
Both dirty, bo

           
th mean,    an

             
d yes the drea

              
m was just the

      
 same
             
   I dreamed y

              
our dream for 

            
you... and now

              
 your dream is

 
 real
             
  How can you 

              
look at me as 

          
if I was just 

another one of

 your deals?

              
Well, you can 

             
fall for chain

             
s of silver,  

            
    you can fa

              
ll for chains 

          
of gold
              
You can fall f

              
or pretty stra

           
ngers     and 

         
the promises t

hey hold
             
  You promised

              
 me everything

            
, you promised

             
 me thick and 

            
thin, yeah
             
  Now you just

              
 say ..oh Rome

          
o? yeah I used

 to have a sce

ne with him

[Chorus]
            
Juliet,   when

            
 we made love 

            
you used to cr

y
             
You said I lov

              
e you like the

             
 stars above, 

            
I'll love you 

       
till I die
            
There's a plac

           
e for us,     

              
you know the m

      
ovie song
            
   When you go

              
nna realize it

             
s just that th

            
e time was wro

       
ng, Juliet?

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[Verse 3]
             
  I can't do t

           
he talk      l

              
ike they talk 

           
on the TV
              
And I can't do

             
 a love song  

            
    like the w

        
ay it's meant 

to be
             
  I can't do e

              
verything, but

            
 I'd do anythi

       
ng for you
             
  I can't do a

              
nything except

 
 be in love wi

th you

             
   And all I d

              
o is miss you 

           
     and the w

              
ay we used to 

    
be
              
All I do is ke

             
ep the beat   

        
  and bad comp

any
             
   All I do is

            
 kiss you   th

              
rough the bars

      
 of a rhyme
             
   Juliet... I

              
'd do the star

          
s with you any

time

[Chorus]
            
Juliet,   when

            
 we made love 

            
you used to cr

y
             
You said I lov

              
e you like the

             
 stars above, 

            
I'll love you 

       
till I die
            
There's a plac

           
e for us,     

              
you know the m

     
ovie song
            
   When you go

              
nna realize it

             
s just that th

            
e time was wro

        
ng,  Juliet?

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[Verse 4]
             
  A lovestruck

           
 Romeo      si

              
ngs the street

              
s a serenade
             
  Laying every

           
body low      

              
with a love so

   
ng that he mad

e
             
  Finds a conv

              
enient street 

            
light, steps o

           
ut of the shad

e
              
Says something

             
 like...  you 

              
and me babe, h

    
ow 'bout it?

[Outro]
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