Matt Nathanson – Romeo And Juliet (Ukulele)

this song is a cover of dire straits - romeo and juliet. matt plays it on his live album "at the point".

chords used:   G  Cadd9  D/F#   Em7
           e   3   3      3      3

b 3 3 3 3 G 0 0 2 0 D 0 2 0 2 A 2 3 0 2 E 3 0 2 0 VERSE

G                D/F#  Cadd9
Love struck Romeo        sings a streetsuss seranade

G                    D/F#   Cadd9
Layin' everybody low             with a lovesong that he made

D/F# Cadd9 (only on fast strum) D/F# Finds a streetlight steps out of the shade and says sth like

Cadd9             D/F#
you and me babe          how about it

(chords stay the same) Juliet says 'hey it's romeo' he nearly gave me a heart attack he's underneath my window, singin' 'hey la my boyfriend's back' you shouldn't come around here singin' up at people like that anyway what you gonna do about it CHORUS

      G  D/F#             Em7             Cadd9
Juliet     our dice were loaded from the start

        G   D/F#         Em7            Cadd9
and I bet       you exploded into my heart

G              D/F#    Em7          Cadd9
I forget I forget      the movie song

D/F#             Cadd9 D/F# (quick change)
when you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong

   G                  D/F#  Cadd9
Ju-u-u-u-liet

VERSE (chords like before) Come upon different streets, and they're both the streets of shame Both dirty both mean, and you're dream was just the same And I dreamed your dream for you and now your dream is real so how can you look at me as if i just anotherone of your dreals where you can fall for chains of silver and you can fall for chains of gold you can fa-aall for pretty strangers, and the promisses they hold you promissed you everything you promissed me thick and thin now just turn around and say romeo yeah, you know i just to have a scene with him CHORUS Juliet when we made love you jused to cry You said I love you like the stars above I'm gonna love you till i die and i forget i forget the movie song when you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong Ju-uliet VERSE And I can't do the talk like the talk on the TV And I can't do a lovesong the way it's meant to be So all I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme Juliet I do the stars with you any time CHORUS Juliet when we made love you jused to cry You said I love you like the stars above I'm gonna love you till i die Say there's a place for us the movie song when you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong Ju-u-u-u-liet greetz