Romeo And Juliet - Dire Straits

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Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet
Capo 5

[INTRO]
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[Verse 1]
             
 A lovestruck 

            
Romeo sings a 

              
streetsuss ser

 
enade
             
 Laying everyb

           
ody low with a

              
 love song tha

 
t he made
             
 Finds a stree

            
t light, steps

              
 out of the sh


ade
              
 Says somethin

             
g like, "you a

              
nd me babe, ho

   
w about it?"
             
 Juliet says, 

              
"hey it's Rome

           
o, you nearly 

              
gave me a hear

         
t attack"
             
 He's undernea

             
th the window,

            
 she's singing

              
, "hey la my b

    
oyfriend’s bac

k
             
 You shouldn't

              
 come around h

            
ere, singing u

              
p to people li

     
ke that
             
 Anyway, what 

              
you gonna do a

  
bout it?"

[Chorus]
            
 Juliet, the d

            
ice was loaded

            
 from the star

t
           
 And I bet and

            
 you exploded 

          
into my heart
            
 And I forget,

           
 I forget, the

         
 movie song
            
 When you gonn

              
a realize it w

             
as just that t

            
he time was wr

    
ong, Juliet?

[Interlude]   
    
 
[Verse 2]
             
 Come up on di

             
fferent street

            
s, they both w

              
ere streets of

      
 shame
             
 Both dirty, b

           
oth mean, yes,

              
 and the dream

       
 was just the 

same
             
 And I dreamed

              
 your dream fo

            
r you and now 

              
your dream is 

    
real
             
 How can you l

              
ook at me as i

              
f I was just a

 
nother one of 

your deals?
              
 When you can 

             
fall for chain

           
s of silver, y

              
ou can fall fo

              
r chains of go

   
ld
             
 You can fall 

              
for pretty str

           
angers and the

       
 promises they

 hold
             
 You promised 

             
me everything,

             
 you promised 

     
me thick and t

hin, yeah
             
 Now you just 

              
say, "oh Romeo

              
, yeah, you kn

     
ow I used to h

ave a scene wi

th him"

[Chorus]
            
 Juliet, when 

            
we made love y

             
ou used to cry
            
 You said I lo

              
ve you like th

             
e stars above,

            
 I'll love you

         
 till I die
            
 There's a pla

          
ce for us, you

              
 know the movi

     
e song
            
 When you gonn

              
a realize it w

             
as just that t

             
he time was wr

      
ong, Juliet?

[Interlude]   
    

[Verse 3]
             
 I can't do th

            
e talks like t

              
hey talk on th

    
e TV
             
 And I can't d

            
o a love song 

             
like the way i

     
t's meant to b

e
             
 I can't do ev

            
erything but I

              
'll do anythin

       
g for you
             
 I can't do an

              
ything 'cept b

  
e in love with

 you
             
 And all I do 

            
is miss you an

              
d the way we u

          
sed to be
             
 All I do is k

            
eep the beat; 

         
the bad compan

y
             
 And all I do 

            
is kiss you th

              
rough the bars

      
 of a rhyme
             
 Juliet I'd do

              
 the stars wit

      
h you any time

[Chorus]
            
 Juliet, when 

            
we made love y

            
ou used to cry
             
 You said I lo

              
ve you like th

             
e stars above;

            
 I'll love you

         
 till I die
            
 There's a pla

          
ce for us, you

            
 know the movi

e song
            
 When you gonn

              
a realize it w

             
as just that t

             
he time was wr

     
ong, Juliet?

[Interlude]   
    
    

[Verse 4]
             
 And a love st

            
ruck Romeo sin

              
g the streets 

         
a serenade
             
 Laying everyb

            
ody low with a

             
 love song tha

t he made
             
 Find a conven

              
ient street li

            
ght, steps out

          
 of the shade
              
 He says somet

             
hing like, "yo

              
u and me babe,

 
 how about it?

"

[Outro]
             
 (You and me b

          
abe, how about

 
 it?)