Romeo and Juliet

By Dire Straits

Performed by Indigo Girls

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Intro:  / C - - C/B / Am* - - - / (prog. X2)

C (hold)                   C/B

a love struck romeo

Am (hold)
sings the streets a serenade

            C (hold)                        C/B
now he's laying everybody low

Am (hold)
he's got a love song that he made

G
he finds a streetlight and he steps out of the shade
and says something like

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"you and me, babe, how about it?"

C                                       C/B
juliet says "hey, it's romeo!"

Am
"you nearly give me a heart attack!"

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yeah well, he's underneath the window

                           Am
now she's singing "hey-la, my boyfriend's back"

G

"you shouldn't come around here  singing up at people like that
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ah anyway, whatcha gonna do about it?"

C     G

juliet, the dice were

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loaded from the start

           C     G
and i bet and you

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exploded into my heart

          C              C/B
and i forget, i forget

Am

the movie song

G
when you gonna realize

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it was just that the time was wrong
C   C/B  Am

Julie

/ C - - C/B / Am* - - - /

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we both come up on different streets

Am (hold)
and they both were streets of shame

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you know they're both dirty both mean

Am (hold)
yes and the dreams were the same

G
and i dreamed your dream for youand now your dream is real so tell me honey
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now how can you look at me as if i was just another one of your deals

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now you can fall for chains of silver

Am
and you can fall for chains of gold

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you know you fall for pretty strangers

Am
and the promises they hold

G                                              G (hold)
well you promised me everything and then you promised me thick and thin
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now you just turn away and say "romeo? i think i

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used to have a scene with him."

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ah juliet

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when we made love you used to cry

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you said "i love you like the stars above

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gonna love you till i die"

               C              C/B
there's a place for us

Am
i you know this song

G                                                                                  Fmaj7/A
now when you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong
C              C/B       Am

Julie, I’m so in love

C              C/B       Am

C (hold)                    C/B
but i can't do the talk

Am (hold)

like they talk on my tv screen

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i can't do a love song

Am

not the way you sung them to me

G
i can't do everything but i would do anything for you
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i can't do anything except be in love with you

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yeah now all i do is miss you

Am      
and the way it used to be you know

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and all i do is keep the beat

Am (hold)
i keep bad, bad company

G
and all i do is kiss you through the bars of this rhyme
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when julie i'd do the stars with you

G
anytime

      C     G
ah juliet when we made

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love you used to cry

             C                            G
you said "i love you like the stars above

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i'm gonna love you till i die"

                C             C/B
there's a place for us

          Am
i know you know the movie song

G                                                                                  Fmaj7/A
one day we're gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong
C     C/B   Am

Julie,        julie
C    C/B   Am*

julie

C (hold)                       C/B
now this love struck romeo

Am (hold)
he sings the streets a serenade

               C (hold)                 C/B
now he's laying everybody low

Am (hold
he's got a love song he made

G (hold)                                                G (hold)
he finds a convenient streetlight and he'll step out of the shade
and he'll say something like

"you and me, babe, how 'bout it?