Romeo and Juliet
Mark Knopfler

Indigo Girls
Rites of Passage
1992

Amy did this song solo at the concert.  I find
it very interesting that Mark Knopfler (ex-Dire
Straits lead guitarist and vocalist) wrote this,
but hey, we can do anything we want.

Chords

INTRO (2x):

   D                         D/C#      Bm7
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-2-----2---2-2---|---2---2-2-2-2---|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|---2---2---2-2-2-|
B:-3-----3---3-3---|---3---3-3-3-3---|-3---3-3-2h3-3-5-|---3---2---3-3-3-|
G:-2-----2---2-2---|---2---2-2-2-2---|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|---2---2---2-2-2-|
D:-0-----0---0-0---|---0---0---------|-4---4-4-4---4-4-|---4---4---4-4-4-|
A:-----------------|---------4-4-4---|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|---2---2---2-2-2-|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


D                     D/C#  Bm7
   A love-struck Romeo       sings the streets a serenade
    D                      D/C#  Bm7
He's playin' everybody low         he's got a love song that he made
A
   He finds a convenient streetlight and he steps outta the shade
                          G            Gadd9   A
And he says somethin' like "you and me babe     how about it"

Juliet says "hey it's Romeo" he nearly gimme a heart attack
Yeah well he's underneath my window now she's singin' "hey-la my boyfriend's back
You shouldn't come around here singin' up to people like that"
Oh anyway what you gonna do about it

CHORUS
    D  D/C#               G                 Gadd9
Juliet      the dice were loaded from the start
      D   D/C#           G              Gadd9
And I bet      and you exploded into my heart
         D        D/C#   Bm7  
And I forget I forget      the movie song
A                                                          G
   When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong

D        D/C#   Bm7
  Julie

play intro tab once


We both come up on different streets they were both the streets of shame
You know they're both dirty both mean yes and even the dreams were the same
I dreamed your dream for you and now your dream is real
Now tell me honey now how can you look at me as if I was just another one of your deals

Now you can fall for chains of silver and you can fall for chains of gold
You know you fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold
Well you promised me everything and then you promised me thick and thin
And now you just turn away and say "oh Romeo I think I used to have a scene with him"

CHORUS
Juliet when we made love you used to cry
You said "I love you like the stars above gonna love you till I die"
There's a place for us I know you know this song
Now when you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong

Julie I'm so in love
Yeah


But I can't do the talk like they talk on my TV screen
I can't do a love song not the way you sung it to me
I can't do anything but I would do anything for you
I can't do anything except be in love with you

Yeah now all I do is miss you and the way it used to be you know
And all I do is keep the beat I keep bad bad company
All I do is kiss you through the bars of this rhyme
When Julie I'd do the stars with you anytime

CHORUS
Oh Juliet when we made love you used to cry
You said "I love you like the stars above I'm gonna love you till I die"
There's a place for us I know you know the movie song
One day you're gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong

Julie Julie Julie


Well this love-struck Romeo he sings the streets a serenade
Laying everybody low he's got a love song that he made
A
   He finds a convenient streetlight and he'll step out of the shade
guitar tacets
And he'll say something like "you and me babe how 'bout it"


CHORDS:

D/C#	x4x232
Bm7	x24232
A	507655 (thumb on 6th string)
G	xx5433
Gadd9	xx5435

To learn why these chords are named this way, check out Dansm's Guitar Chord Theory.