Tiny Dancer - Elton John

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TINY DANCER by Elton John 

INTRO INTRLD OUTRO  Roughly based on the piano part. 
                  Let the chords ring into each other.

             
e|---------0--
B|---------1--
G|------0-----
D|----2-------
A|--3---------
E|------------

         
--------1-----
3-------1-----
--------0h2---
--------3-----
--3-----3----3
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----1---------
----1------1--
----2p0----0--
----3------3--
----3---3-----
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[INTRO] |             | x4

[VERSE 1]
          
 Blue jean bab

        
y,  L.A. lady,
             
 Seamstress fo

         
r the band.
          
 Pretty eyed, 

       
 pirate smile,
             
 You'll marry 

           
a music man.
        
 Ballerina,  y

             
ou must have s

    
een her
            
 Dancing in th

     
e sand.
             
 And now she's

          
 in me, al-way

  
s with me,
             
 Tiny dancer i

                
n my hand.

[INSTRUMENTAL] |             |             |

[VERSE 2]
          
 Jesus freaks,

            
  out in the s

/
treet,
             
 Handing ticke

            
ts out for God

  
.
          
 Turning back,

          
  she just lau

ghs,
             
 The boulevard

              
 is not that b

  
ad.
         
 Piano man,   

            
he makes his s

      
tand
         
 In the audito

    
rium.
          
 Looking on,  

             
 she sings the

 
 songs.
             
 The words she

              
 knows, the tu

                 
ne she hums.

[INSTRUMENTAL] |             |             |

[BRIDGE]
            
 But oh how it

  
 feels so real

,
           
Lying here, wi

    
th no one near

 
            
Only you, and 

        
you can hear m

e
           
When I say sof

    
tly, slowly

[CHORUS] 
          
 Hold me close

             
r tiny dancer
           
 Count the hea

             
dlights on the

     
 highway
          
 Lay me down i

             
n sheets of li

    
nen
           
 You had a bus

          
y day today
          
 Hold me close

             
r tiny dancer
           
 Count the hea

             
dlights on the

     
 highway
          
 Lay me down i

             
n sheets of li

    
nen
           
 You had a bus

                
y day today  

[INSTRUMENTAL] |             |             |

[VERSE 1]
          
 Blue jean bab

        
y,  L.A. lady,
             
 Seamstress fo

         
r the band.
          
 Pretty eyed, 

       
 pirate smile,
             
 You'll marry 

           
a music man.
        
 Ballerina,  y

             
ou must have s

    
een her
            
 Dancing in th

     
e sand.
             
 And now she's

          
 in me, al-way

  
s with me,
             
 Tiny dancer i

                
n my hand.

[INSTRUMENTAL] |             |             |

[BRIDGE]
            
 But oh how it

  
 feels so real

,
           
Lying here, wi

    
th no one near

 
            
Only you, and 

        
you can hear m

e
           
When I say sof

    
tly, slowly

[CHORUS] 
          
 Hold me close

             
r tiny dancer
           
 Count the hea

             
dlights on the

     
 highway
          
 Lay me down i

             
n sheets of li

    
nen
           
 You had a bus

           
y day today
          
 Hold me close

             
r tiny dancer
           
 Count the hea

             
dlights on the

     
 highway
          
 Lay me down i

             
n sheets of li

    
nen
           
 You had a bus

            
y day today

[OUTRO] |             |             | 

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[CHORDS]

          
|--0--|--1--|-
|--1--|--1--|-
|--0--|--2--|-
|--2--|--3--|-
|--3--|--3--|-
|--x--|--x--|-

       
-1--|--3--|--3
-1--|--0--|--3
-2--|--0--|--0
-3--|--0--|--0
-0--|--2--|--2
-x--|--x--|--3

          
--|--1--|--0--
--|--1--|--3--
--|--2--|--0--
--|--3--|--0--
--|--3--|--2--
--|--1--|--0--

   
|--0--|
|--1--|
|--0--|
|--2--|
|--0--|
|--x--|

         
|--2--|--1--|-
|--1--|--1--|-
|--2--|--2--|-
|--0--|--0--|-
|--x--|--x--|-
|--x--|--x--|-

       
-0--|--0--|--1
-0--|--1--|--0
-1--|--2--|--0
-0--|--2--|--0
-2--|--0--|--2
-0--|--x--|--x

        
--|--0--|--1--
--|--1--|--3--
--|--0--|--2--
--|--2--|--0--
--|--3--|--x--
--|--0--|--x--

  
|--3--|
|--3--|
|--4--|
|--5--|
|--0--|
|--x--|

          
|--4--|--6--|-
|--4--|--6--|-
|--5--|--7--|-
|--6--|--8--|-
|--6--|--8--|-
|--4--|--6--|-

      
-3--|--3--|--1
-6--|--4--|--0
-3--|--5--|--0
-3--|--5--|--0
-5--|--3--|--2
-3--|--x--|--x

   
--|--1--|
--|--0--|
--|--0--|
--|--0--|
--|--x--|
--|--x--|


 I hope y'all enjoy this version. Peace.

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