Transpose up
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Intro
C
G
Am
F
Verse 1
C
We were both young when I first saw you
F
I close my eyes and the flashback starts
I’m standing
Am
there on a balcony in
F
summer
air
C
See the lights, see the party, the ball gowns
F
See you make your way through the crowd
And say,
Am
”Hello”
Little did
G
I
know
Pre-chorus
That
F
you were Romeo, you were
G
throwing
pebbles
And my
Am
daddy said, “Stay away from
C
Juliet”
And I was
F
crying on the staircase
G
Begging you please don’t
Am
go,
F
and I
G
said
Chorus
C
Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
G
I’ll be waiting all there’s left to do is run
Am
You’ll be the prince and I’ll be the princess
F
It’s a love story
G
baby just say
C
”yes”
Verse 2
C
So I sneak out to the garden to see you
F
We keep quiet ’cause we’re dead if they knew
So close your
Am
eyes
Escape this town for a
G
little
while
Pre-chorus
Cause
F
you were Romeo, I was a
G
scarlet
letter
And my
Am
daddy said stay away from
C
Juliet
But you were
F
everything to me I was
G
Begging you please don’t
Am
go,
F
and
G
I
said
Chorus
C
Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
G
I’ll be waiting all there’s left to do is run
Am
You’ll be the prince and I’ll be the princess
F
It’s a love story
G
baby just say yes
C
Romeo, save me, they try to tell me how to feel
G
This love is difficult, but it’s real,
Am
Don’t be afraid, we’ll make it out of this mess
F
It’s a love story
G
baby just say yes, oh
Bridge
I got tired of
Am
waiting,
F
wondering if
C
you were ever coming
G
around
My faith in you was
Am
F
fading
When I
C
met you on the outskirts of
G
town and I said
Chorus
C
Romeo save me I’ve been feeling so alone
G
I keep waiting for you but you never come
Am
Is this in my head, I don’t know what to think
He
F
knelt to the ground and
G
pulled out a ring and said
D
Marry me, Juliet you’ll never have to be alone
A
I love you, and that’s all I really know
Bm
I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress
G
It’s a love story
A
baby just say
D
yes
Outro
D
Uh
A
oh, uh
Bm
oh
G
We were both young when
A
I first saw
D
you