Dire Straits Cover Romeo and Juliet

[rayden44]

Huh took me longer than expected to get this one recorded. Cover of Dire Straits Romeo and Juliet. It's a little simpler than the original, but don't think it sounds too bad

[leerummey]

nice cover dude

[gasman]

I don't think I had ever heard this Dire Straits song. Good job Rayden!

[rayden44]

thanks guys. now I'll have to start playing some really nasty stuff like Classical Gas or something gasman the video for it was a little weird, but so was most of their video's around this time have a look on youtube.

[Mojo]

Good job bud! That's a song that's been eluding me for a long time, but I'll get it down some day

[Mohikanas]

Great cover mate

[rayden44]

Thanks guys Mojo I think you asked me on facebook and this was my song I really wanted to sit down and play. The bits of tabs and stuff I could find put it in Open G tuning (D G D G B D) with capo on the 3rd, tho I've seen MK with a higher capo on stage (no idea of the tuning tho). There's only 5 real 'shapes' used in the song and I'll try and remember them since I'm at work lol Then it's a matter of finger picking your way through the shapes, then (the hard bit of most MK songs) of adding some of MK's little fill bits. I still have a bit of this to do but I was impressed I could actually bark and play at the same time for this one. This will probably be confusing but ya might follow heh.

DGDGBD
----------3rd CAPO
024234 (Well a love struck Romeo)
(barre across 2nd fret missing the low D string)

DGDGBD
----------3rd CAPO
X22222 (inbetween chord heading to sings the streets... also used for finds a street light, sometimes accents to a 3 on the B string)

DGDGBD
----------3rd CAPO
X00000 (inbetween chord also, used for 'you and me babe....)

DGDGBD
----------3rd CAPO
X4443X (Sings the streets a serenade)

DGDGBD
----------3rd CAPO
2X2002 (When you gonna realise.....)

[Mojo]

Thanks!