Verse I:
A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade
F C Dm C BbLaying everybody low with a love song that he made
C Bb C FFinds a street light steps out into the shade
Says something like you and me babe, how about it?
F C Dm C FJuliet says hey it's Romeo, you nearly gave me a heart attack
F C Dm C BbHe's underneath the window, she's singing hey la my boyfriends back
you shouldn't come around here singing up to people like that
Bb CAnyway, what you gonna do about it?
Chorus I:
F C Dm C BbJuliet the dice was loaded from the start
F C Dm C BbAnd I bet, and you exploded in my heart.
And I forget, I forget, the movie song
Gm F Bb C Dm C FWhen 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
F C Dm C BbBoth dirty both mean, yes and even and dream was just the same
C Bb C FAnd 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
F C Dm C FWell you can fall for chains of silver, you can fall for chains of gold.
F C Dm C Bbyou can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold
You promised me everything, you promised me thick and thin yeah
Bb CNow 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
F C Dm C Bbyou said I love you like the stars above I'll love you till I die
F C Dm C BbThere'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:
F C Dm C FI 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.
C Bb C FI can't do anything, but I'd do anything for you.
Bb CI cant't do anything but be in love with you.
And all I do is miss you and the way we used to be
F C Dm C BbAll I do is keep the beat and bad company.
C Bb C FAll I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme
Juliet I'd do the stars with you anytime.
Chorus III:
F C Dm C BbJuliet when we made love you used to cry
you said I love you like the stars above I'll love you till I die
F C Dm C BbThere's a place for us, you know the movie song
Gm F Bb C Dm C FWhen you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong Juliet?
Verse IV:
F C Dm C FA lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade
Now he's laying everymody low, with a love song that he made.
C Bb C FFinds a convenient street light, steps out of the shade
Bb CSays something like you and me babe how about it
'Romeo and Juliet' by Dire Straits is a song composed by rock musician Mark Knopfler from the album released in 1980 'Making Movies'.