LOVE STORY

(F)We were both young when I first saw you.

I (Bbsus2)close my eyes and the flash back starts.

I’m stand in’ (Dm)there

on a bal co ny in (Bb)sum mer air.

(F)See the lights, see the par ty, the ball gowns.

(Bbsus2)See you make your way through the crowd and say hel (Dm)lo.

es cape this Lit tle did (C)I know

that (Bb)you were Ro me o.

I You were (C)throw ing peb bles, and my (Dm)dad dy said, “Stay a way from (F)Ju li et.” And I was (Bb)cry in’ on the stair case, was (C)beg gin’ you, “Please don’t go.”

And (Csus)I said, (F)“Ro me o, take me some where we can be a lone.

(C)I’ll be wait ing.

All there’s left to do is run.

(Dm7)You’ll be the prince and I’ll be the prin cess.

(Bb)It’s a love sto ry.

(C)Ba by, just say yes.”

So (F)I sneak out to the gar den to see you.

(Bbsus2)We keep quiet ’cause we’re dead if they So, close your (Dm)eyes,

es cape this town for a (C)lit tle

’Cause (Bb)you were Ro me o, I was the (C)scar let let ter, and my (Dm)dad dy said, “Stay a way from (F)Ju li et.” But you were (Bb)ev ’ry thing to me.

case, was (C)beg gin’ you, “Please don’t go.”

And (Csus)I said, (F)“Ro me o, take me some where we can be a lone.

(C)I’ll be wait ing.

All there’s left to do is run.

(Dm7)You’ll be the prince and I’ll be the prin cess.

(Bb)It’s a love sto ry.

(C)Ba by, just say yes.”

So (F)“Ro me o, save me.

They’re try’n’ to tell me how to feel.

This love is dif fi cult, but it’s real.

(Dm7)Don’t be a fraid.

We’ll make it out of this mess.

(Bb)It’s a love sto ry.

(C)Ba by, just say yes.”

I got tired of (Dm7)wait ing,

won der in’ if (F)you were ev er com ing a round.

My faith in you was fad ing

when I (F)met you on the out skirts of (C)town.

And I said, (F)“Ro me o, save me.

I’ve been feel in’ so a lone.

(C)I keep wait ing for you, but you nev er come.