C
We were both young when i first saw you 
F
I close my eyes and the flashback starts 
Am                       F
Im standing there on a balcony of summer air 
C
See the lights, See the party the ball gowns 
       F
I see you make your way through the crowd 
          Am
You say hello 
              G
Little did i know 

           F                      G
That you were romeo you were throwing pebbles 
          Am                       C
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet 
            F
And i was crying on the staircase 
  G                      Am         C
Begging you please don't go, and i said 

  C
Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone 
 G
Ill be waiting all theres left to do is run 
 Am
Youll be the prince and ill be the princess 
 F                G                 C
Its a love story baby just say yes 

 C
So i sneak out to the garden to see you 
 F
We keep quite because were dead if they know 
 Am
So close your eyes 
        G
Lets keep this down for a little while 
            F                   G
Cause you were Romeo I was a scarlet letter 
         Am                        C
and my daddy said stay away from Juliet 


         F
But you were everything to me 
            G                      Am         C
and i was begging you please dont go and i said 
 C
Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone 
 G
Ill be waiting all theres left to do is run 
 Am
You be the prince ill be the princess 
 F                G                 C
Its a love story baby just say yes 

  C
Romeo save me, try to tell me how it is 
  G
This love is difficult, but its real, 
  Am
Save me from the breakdown, make it out of looseness 
 F                G 
Its a love story baby just say yes, oh


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                 Am     F               C              G
I got tired of waiting,   wondering if you were ever coming around 
             Am        F
My faith in you was fading
                         C           G
Then i met you on the outskirts of town and i said 
  C
Romeo save me ive 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 
    F                       G
He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring and said
  D
Marry me Juliet youll never have to be alone 
   A
I love you and thats all I really know 
   Bm
I talked to your dad go pick out a white dress
 G                 A            D
Its a love story baby just say yes 
D   A   Bm
Oh, oh, yes 
         G                           D
We were very young when i first saw you