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Dire Straits

Version
studio
published by
rafah
Tone
A-
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Slide
A -> La
Video
[Capo on 5]
Chords
	 
[Intro]
C Fmaj7 G (x4)
[Verse]
C G Am
A lovestruck Romeo sings the
G C
streets a serenade
A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade
C G Am
Laying everybody low with a
Fmaj7
love song that he made
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made
G
Finds a convenient street light,
G C
steps out of the shade
Finds a convenient street light, steps out of the shade
Fmaj7
Says something like... you and me
G
babe, how 'bout it?
Says something like... you and me babe, how 'bout it?
[Verse]
C G Am
Juliet says hey it's Romeo!
you nearly gave me a heart
G C
attack..
Juliet says hey it's Romeo! you nearly gave me a heart attack..
G
He's underneath the window,
Am
singing hey la, my
Fmaj7
boyfriend's back
He's underneath the window, singing hey la, my boyfriend's back
G
You shouldn't come around here
G C
singing up to people like that
You shouldn't come around here singing up to people like that
F G
Anyway, what you gonna do about
it?
Anyway, what you gonna do about it?
[Chorus]
C G Am
Juliet, the dice was loaded from
Fmaj7
the start
Juliet, the dice was loaded from the start
C G Am
And I bet, and you exploded in my
Fmaj7
heart
And I bet, and you exploded in my heart
C Am Fmaj7
And I forget, I forget the movie
song
And I forget, I forget the movie song
Dm
When you gonna realize its just
Fmaj7
that the time was wrong,
Am G C
Juliet?
When you gonna realize its just that the time was wrong, Juliet?
[Verse]
C G
We come up on different streets,
Am
and they were both streets of
G C
shame
We come up on different streets, and they were both streets of shame
G Am
Both dirty, both mean, and yes
Fmaj7
the dream was just the same
Both dirty, both mean, and yes the dream was just the same
G
I dreamed your dream for you...
G C
and now your dream is real
I dreamed your dream for you... and now your dream is real
Fmaj7
How can you look at me as if I was
G
just another one of your deals?
How can you look at me as if I was just another one of your deals?
[Verse]
C
Well, you can fall for chains of
G Am
silver, you can fall for
G C
chains of gold
Well, you can fall for chains of silver, you can fall for chains of gold
G Am
You can fall for pretty strangers
Fmaj7
and the promises they hold
You can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold
G G
You promised me everything, you
C
promised me thick and thin, yeah
You promised me everything, you promised me thick and thin, yeah
Fmaj7
Now you just say ..oh Romeo? yeah I
G
used to have a scene with him
Now you just say ..oh Romeo? yeah I used to have a scene with him
[Chorus]
C G Am
Juliet, when we made love you used
Fmaj7
to cry
Juliet, when we made love you used to cry
C G
You said I love you like the stars
Am
above, I'll love you till I die
Fmaj7
You said I love you like the stars above, I'll love you till I die
C Fmaj7 Am
There's a place for us, you know
Fmaj7
the movie song
There's a place for us, you know the movie song
Dm F
When you gonna realize its just
Am G C
that the time was wrong, Juliet?
When you gonna realize its just that the time was wrong, Juliet?
[Instrumental]
C Fmaj7 G (x4)
[Verse]
C G Am
I can't do the talk like they
G C
talk on the TV
I can't do the talk like they talk on the TV
G Am
And I can't do a love song like
Fmaj7
the way it's meant to be
And I can't do a love song like the way it's meant to be
G
I can't do everything, but I'd do
Fmaj7 C
anything for you
I can't do everything, but I'd do anything for you
Fmaj7 G
I can't do anything except be in
love with you
I can't do anything except be in love with you
[Verse]
C G Am
And all I do is miss you and
G C
the way we used to be
And all I do is miss you and the way we used to be
G Am
All I do is keep the beat and
Fmaj7
bad company
All I do is keep the beat and bad company
G G
All I do is kiss you through the
C
bars of a rhyme
All I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme
Fmaj7 G
Juliet... I'd do the stars with
you anytime
Juliet... I'd do the stars with you anytime
[Chorus]
C G Am
Juliet, when we made love you used
Fmaj7
to cry
Juliet, when we made love you used to cry
C G
You said I love you like the stars
Am
above, I'll love you till I die
Fmaj7
You said I love you like the stars above, I'll love you till I die
C F Am
There's a place for us, you know
Fmaj7
the movie song
There's a place for us, you know the movie song
Dm
When you gonna realize its just
Fmaj7 Am
that the time was wrong,
G C
Juliet?
When you gonna realize its just that the time was wrong, Juliet?
[Instrumental]
C Fmaj7 G (x4)
[Verse]
C G Am
A lovestruck Romeo sings the
G C
streets a serenade
A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade
C G Am
Laying everybody low with a
Fmaj7
love song that he made
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made
G
Finds a convenient street light,
G C
steps out of the shade
Finds a convenient street light, steps out of the shade
Fmaj7
Says something like... you and me
G
babe, how 'bout it?
Says something like... you and me babe, how 'bout it?
[Outro]
Fmaj7 G Fmaj7 G (x4)