Romeo and Juliet Indigo Girls
ROMEO AND JULIET (Mark Knopfler)
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[Tbis is tbe Indigo Girls' version, performed solo by Amy Ray.]
[Actually in D; capo 2.]
[The measures that say C* or Am* actually have some variation in them;
the C measures have a C(9) and Cmaj9 at the end of the second measure,
and the Am measures go Am Asus9 Am Asus Am Asus9 Am. This is all spelled
out at the end of this file, so refer there for details.]
["stop" in brackets means strum the chord once at the beginning of the
measure; the "stopped" chords last two measures. All other chords are
one measure. (You could think of the word "stop" as taking the place
of one chord name.)]
[The G/B's in parentheses are short chords (anywhere from an eighth to a
half measure) that usually come between C and Am. Even where I didn't
_write_ G/B, she often plays x22010 or x20010 between C and Am.]
[C=332010 or x32010; Am=x02210; G=320003; F=x33211 or xx3211;
F(9)=xx3213; G/B=x2000x.]
C* C* Am* Am*
[intro]
C* C* Am* Am*
[intro]
C [stop] (G/B) Am [stop]
A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade
C [stop] (G/B) Am [stop]
Now he's laying everybody low, he's got a love song that he made
G G G [stop]
He finds a convenient streetlight, and he, he steps out of the shade
and he says something like
[F] You and m[F(9)]e, babe,[G] how abo[G]ut it?
[C] Juliet says, H[C]ey, it's Romeo![Am] He nearly gave me a [Am]heart attack, yeah well
C C Am [stop]
He's underneath my window, now she's singing, hey-la, my boyfriend's back
[G] You shouldn't [G]come around here[G] singing up to people [G]like that
O[F]h, anyway, [F(9)]whatcha gonna do ab[G]out it?[G]
Juli[C]et, [G] the dice were [F]loaded from the st[F(9)]art
And I [C]bet,[G] and you expl[F]oded into my [F(9)]heart
And I forg[C]et, I for[G]get[Am] the movie [Am]song
[G] When you gonna rea[G]lize it was [G]just that the time was wr[F]ong
[C]Juli[C]e?[Am] [Am]
C* C* Am* Am*
[instrumental]
C [stop] (G/B) Am [stop]
We both come up on different streets, and they were both the streets of shame
C [stop] (G/B) Am Am
You know they're both dirty, both mean, yes and even the dreams were the same
[G] Well I dreamed your [G]dream for you and[G] now your dream is r[G]eal, so tell me honey
[F] Now how can you [F(9)]look at me as if I was [G]just another one of your d[G]eals?
Now you can [C]fall for chains of [C]silver,[Am] and you can fall for ch[Am]ains of gold
You know you,[C] you fall for [C]pretty strangers[Am] and the promi[Am]ses they hold
[G] Well you promised me e[G]verything, and then you,[G] and then you promised me [G]thick
and thin
F [stop]
And now you just turn away and say, Romeo?
I think I [G]used to have a scene with [G]him
Oh, Juli[C]et, [G] when we made l[F]ove you used to cr[F(9)]y
You said I[C] love you like the st[G]ars above, gonna [F]love you till I d[F(9)]ie
There's a [C]place for us[G], [Am] I know you know this s[Am]ong
[G] Now when you gonna [G]realize that it was [G]just that the time was wr[F]ong?
[C]Julie[C], I'm [Am]so in love[Am], so in love
[C] Yea[C]h[Am] [Am]
(G/B) C C (G/B) Am [stop]
But I can't do the talk, like they talk on my TV screen, and
[C] I can't do a l[C]ove son[(G/B)]g, [Am] not the way you s[Am]ung them to me
[G] I can't do any[G]thing, but I would [G]do anything for [G]you, oh now
[F] I can't do [F(9)]anything except[G] be in love with y[G]ou, yeah now
[C] All I do is [C]miss you[Am] and the way you [Am]used to be, you know
C C Am [stop]
And all I do is keep the beat, I keep bad, bad company
[G] And all I do is [G]kiss you[G] through the bars of [G]this rhyme, well
[F]Julie, I'd do the [F(9)]stars with you[G] anyti[G]me
Oh, Juli[C]et, [G] when we made l[F]ove you used to cr[F(9)]y; you said I
[C]Love you like the st[G]ars above, I'm gonna [F]love you till I d[F(9)]ie. There's a
[C]Place for us,[G] I know you[Am] know the [Am]movie song
G G G [bold] F
One day we're gonna realize that it was just that the time was wrong
[C] Julie[C], [Am] Julie[Am]
C C Am* Am*
Julie
C [stop] (G/B) Am [stop]
Well this lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade
C [stop] (G/B) Am [stop]
He's laying everybody low, he's got a love song that he made
G [stop] G [stop]
He finds a convenient streetlight, and he'll, he'll step out of the shade
n.c.
And he'll say something like, you and me, babe, how about it?
TAB:
The measures that I wrote as "C* C* Am* Am*" go something like this:
[C]| [C(9)] \ [Cmaj9] | [Am]| [Asus9] \ [Am]/ [Asus] / [Am]| [Asus9] / /[Am]
E 0---0-0---0-0---|--0---0-0-0-0-0-|0---0-0-0-----0-|--0---0-----0---| B 1---1-1---1-1---|--1---1-1-1-1-1-|1---1-1-0h1---3-|--1---0--h1-1---| G 0---0-0---0-0---|--0---0-0-0-0-0-|2---2-2-2-----2-|--2---2-----2---| D 2---2-2---2-2---|--2---2-0-0-0-0-|2---2-2-2-----2-|--2---2-----2---| A 3---3-3---3-3---|--3---3-3-3-2-2-|0---0-0-0-----0-|--0---0-----0---| E 3---3-3---3-3---|--3---3-3-3-3-3-|----------------|----------------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[d] [d] [u] [u] [d] [u] [u] [d] [u] [d] [u] [d] [d] [u] [d] [u] [u] [u] [d]
It'll make sense once you try it. The middle and ring fingers change
the C chord, and the index finger and pinky mess with the Am.
- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com
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