Verse I:
A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade
FA DO REm DO SIbLaying everybody low with a love song that he made
DO SIb DO FAFinds a street light steps out into the shade
Says something like you and me babe, how about it?
FA DO REm DO FAJuliet says hey it's Romeo, you nearly gave me a heart attack
FA DO REm DO SIbHe's underneath the window, she's singing hey la my boyfriends back
you shouldn't come around here singing up to people like that
SIb DOAnyway, what you gonna do about it?
Chorus I:
FA DO REm DO SIbJuliet the dice was loaded from the start
FA DO REm DO SIbAnd I bet, and you exploded in my heart.
And I forget, I forget, the movie song
SOLm FA SIb DO REm DO FAWhen you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong Juliet?
Verse II:
Come up on different streets, they both the streets of shame
FA DO REm DO SIbBoth dirty both mean, yes and even and dream was just the same
DO SIb DO FAAnd I dreamed your dream for you and now your dream is real.
How can you look at me as if I was just another part of your deal
FA DO REm DO FAWell you can fall for chains of silver, you can fall for chains of gold.
FA DO REm DO SIbyou can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold
You promised me everything, you promised me thick and thin yeah
SIb DONow you just say oh Romeo yeah, I used to have a scene with him.
Chorus II:
Juliet when we made love you used to cry
FA DO REm DO SIbyou said I love you like the stars above I'll love you till I die
FA DO REm DO SIbThere's a place for us, you know the movie song
When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong Juliet?
Verse III:
FA DO REm DO FAI can't do the talk, like they talk on the tv
I can't do a love song, like the way it's meant to be.
DO SIb DO FAI can't do anything, but I'd do anything for you.
SIb DOI cant't do anything but be in love with you.
And all I do is miss you and the way we used to be
FA DO REm DO SIbAll I do is keep the beat and bad company.
DO SIb DO FAAll I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme
Juliet I'd do the stars with you anytime.
Chorus III:
FA DO REm DO SIbJuliet when we made love you used to cry
you said I love you like the stars above I'll love you till I die
FA DO REm DO SIbThere's a place for us, you know the movie song
SOLm FA SIb DO REm DO FAWhen you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong Juliet?
Verse IV:
FA DO REm DO FAA lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade
Now he's laying everymody low, with a love song that he made.
DO SIb DO FAFinds a convenient street light, steps out of the shade
SIb DOSays something like you and me babe how about it
Verse I:
A lovestruck Romeo sings
DO FA..the streets a serenade
FA DO REmLaying everybody low with
..a love song that he made
DOFinds a street light
SIb DO FA.. steps out into the shade
Says something like you
DO..and me babe, how about it?
FAJuliet says hey it's
..Romeo, you nearly gave me a
..heart attack
He's underneath the
REm DO SIb..window, she's singing hey la my
..boyfriends back
DO SIbyou shouldn't come around
DO FA.. here singing up to people like
..that
SIb DOAnyway, what you gonna do
..about it?
Chorus I:
FA DOJuliet the dice was
REm DO SIb..loaded from the start
And I bet, and you
REm DO SIb.. exploded in my heart.
FA DO REmAnd I forget, I forget,
..the movie song
SOLmWhen you gonna realize it
FA SIb DO REm DO..was just that the time was wrong
.. Juliet?
Verse II:
FA DOCome up on different
.. streets, they both the
..streets of shame
Both dirty both mean, yes
DO SIb..and even and dream was just the
..same
DO SIb DOAnd I dreamed your dream
FA..for you and now your dream is
..real.
SIb DOHow can you look at me as if
..I was just another part of your
..deal
FA DOWell you can fall for
REm DO FA.. chains of silver, you can fall
..for chains of gold.
FA DOyou can fall for pretty
.. strangers and the promises
..they hold
You promised me everything,
FA..you promised me thick and thin
..yeah
SIb DONow you just say oh Romeo
..yeah, I used to have a scene
..with him.
Chorus II:
FA DO REm DOJuliet when we made love you
SIb..used to cry
you said I love you like
DO SIb.. the stars above I'll love you
..till I die
FA DO REmThere's a place for us,
DO SIb..you know the movie song
When you gonna realize it
FA SIb DO REm DO..was just that the time was wrong
FA..Juliet?
Verse III:
FA DO REmI can't do the talk,
DO FA..like they talk on the tv
I can't do a love song,
DO SIb..like the way it's meant to be.
DOI can't do anything, but
.. I'd do anything for you.
SIbI cant't do anything but
DO..be in love with you.
And all I do is miss you
REm DO FA.. and the way we used to be
FAAll I do is keep the
.. beat and bad company.
DOAll I do is kiss you
SIb DO FA..through the bars of a rhyme
Juliet I'd do the stars
..with you anytime.
Chorus III:
FA DO REm DOJuliet when we made love you
SIb..used to cry
you said I love you like
DO SIb.. the stars above I'll love you
..till I die
FA DO REm DOThere's a place for us, you
SIb..know the movie song
When you gonna realize it
FA SIb DO REm DO..was just that the time was wrong
FA..Juliet?
Verse IV:
FA DO REmA lovestruck Romeo sings
..the streets a serenade
FA DO REmNow he's laying everymody
DO SIb..low, with a love song that he
..made.
DO SIbFinds a convenient street
.. light, steps out of the shade
SIb DOSays something like you and
..me babe how about it
SIb DO
'Romeo and Juliet' è una canzone dei Dire Straits composta dal musicista rock Mark Knopfler e tratta dall'album pubblicato nel 1980 'Making Movies'.