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Dire+Straits - Romeo+++juliet

I got frustrated at finding tabs for this song which were either too simple and not enough like the original,
or which were really close to the original and couldn't really be played and sung solo.
So I attempted to get the spirit of the original but in a way which could be played by
myself on acoustic and left room to improvise as I played.  This is why I like the dropped D tuning on it.

I also get frustrated at the lack of timing indications given in most tabs.  I have added a count to
indicate the beat under each line of tab, and a & to indicate the half beat.
This should make the classy tricky timing of the finger picking a little easier to decipher.

Chords which only take up half a beat are shown as .

Good luck with it and I hope you enjoy.


Song:	    Romeo and Juliet		Capo:	   3rd		Tune:	  Dropped D

|-2-----------2-------0-|---------------------2--0-|
|---------3-------3-----|-3-------0---3------------|
|-------2-------2-------|-------0---------0--------|
|-----0-------0---------|-----0---------0----------|
|---------------------0-|---------------------0----|
|-0---------------------|-5-----------5------------|

|-1---&---2---&---3---4-|-1---&---2---&---3---4--&-|


|-2-----------2-------------2-0---|-------------------------0-|
|---------3-------3-------3-----2-|-3-------0---3-------2h3---|
|-------2-------2-------2---------|-------0---------0---------|
|-----0-------0-------4-----------|-----0---------0-----------|
|-------------------------0-------|---------------------0-----|
|-0-------------------------------|-5-----------5-------------|

|-1---&---2---&---3---&---4---&---|-1---&---2---&---3---4---&-|


|-2-----------2-------0-|--------------------0--|
|---------3-------3-----|-3-------0---3---------|
|-------2-------2-------|-------0---------0-----|
|-----0-------0---------|-----0---------0-------|
|---------------------0-|--------------------0--|
|-0---------------------|-5-----------5---------|

|-1---&---2---&---3---4-|-1---&---2---&---3--4--|


|-2-----------2--------------2-0---|-------------------------0-|
|---------3-------3--------3-----2-|-3-------0---3-------2h3---|
|-------2-------2--------2---------|-------0---------0---------|
|-----0-------0-----0h4------------|-----0---------0-----------|
|--------------------------0-------|---------------------0-----|
|-0--------------------------------|-5-----------5-------------|

|-1---&---2---&---3---&----4---&-----1---&---2---&---3---4---&-|



VERSE:

D    |           |      A
  A love-struck Romeo
  Bm              |       |        A
     sings the streets a serenade
D  |           |        A
  Laying everybody low
Bm         |          |      |
   with a love song that he made
A  |         |        | 
  Finds a streetlight,
  A       |     D   | 
steps out of the shade
G                 |             |       |
  Says something like "you and me babe,
      A        | | |
how about it?"



CHORUS

    D  |  A      |        Bm      |     G
Juliet,     the dice was loaded from the start
 |   D  | A       |      Bm   |   G
And I bet      yeah you exploded in my heart
    A     D  |     G   |   Bm      |     G   |
And I forget I forget         the movie song
Em   |             |      |      G
   When you gonna realize   it was just that the
  |      Bm   A     D
 time was wrong,   Juliet?


Back to the finger picking section, time for a couple of little improvs if you can!