Artist: The Killers
Song: Romeo & Juliet
Album: Sawdust
 
The Killers cover of the Dire Staights song Romeo & Juliet

Capo 2

[Verse 1]
             
A Lovestruck R

            
omeo,     sing

              
s the streets 

            
a serenade.
              
Laying Everybo

            
dy low,     wi

              
th a love song

            
 that he made.
             
Finds a street

            
light,   steps

              
 out in the sh

 
ade
              
Says something

             
 like "You and

              
 Me Babe, How 

 
about it?"

             
Juliet says, "

              
Hey, it's Rome

            
o, you nearly 

              
gave me a hear

         
t attack"
              
He's underneat

              
h the window, 

              
she's singing 

            
 "Hey, la, my 

             
boyfriend's ba

 
ck
             
You shouldn't 

            
come around he

              
re, singing up

  
 people like t

hat
             
Anyway, what y

              
ou gonna do ab


out it?"

[Chorus]

            
Juliet, the di

            
ce was loaded 

           
from the start

.
            
And i bet, you

            
 exploded in m

    
y heart.
             
And i forget, 

          
i forget, the 

 
movie song.
            
When You Gonna

              
 Realise It wa

             
s just that th

             
e time was wro


ng?
    
Juliet.

[Verse 2]
             
Come up on dif

              
ferent streets

            
, they both we

              
re streets of 

           
shame
              
Both dirty, bo

            
th mean, yes a

              
nd the dream w

      
as just the sa

me
             
And I dream yo

              
ur dream for y

            
ou and now you

           
r dream is rea

l
             
How can you lo

              
ok at me, as i

     
f I was just a

nother one of 

your deals?

             
Well, you can 

              
fall for chain

             
s of silver, y

             
ou can fall fo

              
r chains of go

       
ld
              
You can fall f

              
or pretty stra

            
ngers and the 

       
promises they 

hold
             
You promised m

             
e everything, 

             
you promised m

             
e thick and th

    
in, yeah

Now you just s

ay, "Oh, Romeo

, yeah, you kn

ow

I used to have

 a scene with 

him"

[Chorus]
            
Juliet, when w

            
e made love, y

           
ou used to cry
             
I said, "I lov

             
e you like the

            
 stars above, 

              
I love you til

   
l I die"
              
And there's a 

           
place for us, 

            
you know the m


ovie song
            
When You Gonna

              
 Realise It wa

             
s just that th

           
e time was wro

ng?
    
Juliet.

[Verse 3]
             
I can't do the

            
 talk, like th

              
e talk on the 

              
TV
              
And I can't do

              
 a love song, 

            
like the way i

        
t's meant to b

e
             
I can't do eve

            
rything, but I

              
'd do anything

 
 for you
             
I can't do any

              
thing except b

              
e in love with

  
 you

             
And all I do i

            
s miss you and

              
 the way we us

                  
ed to be
              
All I do is ke

             
ep the beat, a

            
nd the bad com

pany
             
And all I do i

            
s kiss you, th

              
rough the bars

    
 of a rhyme
             
Juliet, I'd do

              
 the stars wit

     
h you any time

[Chorus]
            
Juliet, when w

            
e made love, y

           
ou used to cry
             
I said, "I lov

             
e you like the

            
 stars above, 

              
I love you til

   
l I die"
              
And there's a 

           
place for us, 

            
you know the m


ovie song
            
When You Gonna

              
 Realise It wa

             
s just that th

           
e time was wro

ng?
    
Juliet.

[Verse 4]
             
A Lovestruck R

            
omeo,     sing

              
s the streets 

            
a serenade.
              
Laying Everybo

            
dy low,     wi

              
th a love song

            
 that he made.
             
He finds a con

              
venient Street

            
light,   steps

            
 out in the sh

ade
              
Says something

             
 like "You and

              
 Me Babe, How 

 
about it?"