Romeo and Juliet - Heartwood Guitar Instruction



Romeo and Juliet

By Dire Straits

Performed by Indigo Girls

Capo 2

Am* = Am Asus2 Am Asus4 Am Asus2 Am

Strum: Use folk strum for most of song. During intro and similar parts, use this:

C C/B

D DU UD DU UDUDU

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

Am

D DUDU U U U UDU

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

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

Fmaj7/A F9/A G

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

C C/B

juliet says "hey, it's romeo!"

Am

"you nearly give me a heart attack!"

C C/B

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

Fmaj7/A F9/A G

ah anyway, whatcha gonna do about it?"

C G

juliet, the dice were

Fmaj7/A F9/A

loaded from the start

C G

and i bet and you

Fmaj7/A F9/A

exploded into my heart

C C/B

and i forget, i forget

Am

the movie song

G

when you gonna realize

Fmaj7/A

it was just that the time was wrong

C C/B Am

Julie

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

C (hold) C/B

we both come up on different streets

Am (hold)

and they both were streets of shame

C (hold) C/B

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

Fmaj7/A F9/A G

now how can you look at me as if i was just another one of your deals

C C/B

now you can fall for chains of silver

Am

and you can fall for chains of gold

C C/B

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

Fmaj7/A (hold)

now you just turn away and say "romeo? i think i

G

used to have a scene with him."

C C/B

ah juliet

Fmaj7/A F9/A

when we made love you used to cry

C C/B

you said "i love you like the stars above

Fmaj7/A F9/A

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

C (hold) C/B

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

Fmaj7/A F9/A G

i can't do anything except be in love with you

C C/B

yeah now all i do is miss you

Am

and the way it used to be you know

C C/B

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

Fmaj7/A F9/A

when julie i'd do the stars with you

G

anytime

C G

ah juliet when we made

Fmaj7/A F9/A

love you used to cry

C G

you said "i love you like the stars above

Fmaj7/A F9/A

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?

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