Romeo And Juliet – Dire Straits

Romeo And Juliet Chords

Singer: Mark Knopfler
Performed by Dire Straits

Intro: [ F    A#  C ] – 4

Verse 1

F
.. A lovestruck Romeo
Dm                                     C
.. Sing a streetsusss serenade
F
.. Laying everybody low
Dm                         A#
.. With a love song that he made
C
.. Finds a street light
C                                 F
Steps out of the shade
Says something like
A#
…. You and me baby
…………C
How about it?

F
… Juliet says “Hey it’s Romeo”
Dm
.. You nearly gimme a heart attack
C  F
……. He’s underneath the window
She’s singing
Dm
.. Hey la my boyfriend’s back
C
.. You shouldn’t come around here
C                                       F
Singing up at people like that
A#
.. Anyway what you gonna do
…C
About it?

…..F   C                     Dm
Juliet,  the dice was loaded
……………….A#
From the start
…………F   C
And I bet and
………….Dm                 A#
You exploded in my heart
………C     F         A#
And I forget I forget
Dm                 A#
….. The movie song
Gm
… When you gonna realise
………….A#
It was just that the time
………….Dm     C
Was wrong
F
… Juliet

Verse 2

F
… Come up on different streets
Dm
… They both were streets of shame
C  F
…….. Both dirty, both mean
Dm
.. Yes and the dream was
A#
Just the same
C
& I dreamed your dream for you
………C                                F
And now your dream is real
A#
.. How can you look at me as if
………..C
I was just another one of
Your deals ?

………………………..F
When you can fall for
Chains of silver
C  Dm
…….. You can fall for
Chains of gold
C  F
……. You can fall for
Pretty strangers
Dm                    A#
.. And the promises they hold
C
.. You promised me everything
C                              F
.. You promised me thick & thin yea
A#
… Now you just says
Oh romeo yeah you know
..C
I used to have a scene with him

…..F  C                          Dm
Juliet,  when we made love
……………………A#
You used to cry
………………..F
You said I love you like
…….C
The stars above
…..Dm                A#
I’ll love you till I die
C             F          A#
There’s a place for us
Dm                                 A#
… You know the movie song
Gm
… When you gonna realise
………….A#
It was just that the time
…………..Dm     C
Was wrong
…. F
Juliet

Verse 3

F
…. I can’t do the talk
Dm
… Like they talk on TV
C  F
……. And I can’t do a love song
Dm                       A#
.. Like the way it’s meant to be
C
.. I can’t do everything
…………..C                           F
But I’ll do anything for you
A#
.. I can’t do anything except
……C
Be in love with you

F
… And all I do is miss you
Dm
.. And the way we used to be
C  F
……. All I do is keep the beat
Dm            A#
… And bad company
C
… All I do is kiss you
C                                      F
… Through the bars of a rhyme
A#
.. Juliet I’d do the stars with you
C
… Any time

……F  C                         Dm
Juliet,  when we made love
…………………….A#
You used to cry
…………………F
You said I love you like
………C
The stars above
…..Dm                A#
I’ll love you till I die
C            F            A#
There’s a place for us
Dm                    A#
… You know the movie song
Gm
… When you gonna realise
………….A#
It was just that the time
……………Dm     C
Was wrong
..F
Juliet

Verse 1 Repeat

A lovestruck Romeo
Sing a streetsusss serenade
Laying everybody low
With a love song that he made
Finds a convenient street light
Steps out of the shade
Says something like
You and me babe
How about it?

End