Tiny Dancer - Elton John

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"Tiny Dancer" originally by Elton John
Piano part/chords by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
Tabbed by Dan Bogosian (UtBDan)


[Intro]
             
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B|-----1-----3
G|---0--------
D|-2----------
A|-3----------
E|------------

     
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[Verse 1]
           
  Blue jean ba

         
by,   L.A. lad

             
y,   seamstres

               
s for the band
          
  Pretty eyed,

          
   pirate smil

             
e,   you'll ma

             
rry a music ma

    
n
          
  Ballerina,  

           
   you must ha

        
ve seen her,  

           
   dancing in 

         
the sand
           
  Now she's in

           
 me,  always w

/           
ith me,  tiny 

              
dancer in my h

   
and

         

[Verse 2]
          
  Jesus freaks

             
,   out in the

          
 street,  hand

              
ing tickets ou

           
t for God
          
  Turning back

            
,   she just l

/           
aughs,  the bo

              
ulevard is not

            
 that bad
         
  Piano man,  

            
  he makes his

     
 stand,     in

           
 the auditoriu

    
m
            
  Looking on, 

             
  she sings th

            
e songs,  the 

              
words she know

              
s, the tune sh

      
e hums

         

[Bridge]
            
  But oh how i

  
t feels so rea

l
            
Lying here, wi

   
th no one near
            
Where only you

              
, and you can 


hear me
             
When I say, "S

/
oftly..."
 
"Slowly..."

[Chorus]
          
"Hold me close

                
r Tiny Dancer"

          
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--5---5-7-|
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"Count the hea

              
dlights on the

 
 highway"

          
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---2--|
---3--|

          
"Lay me down i

            
n sheets of li

         
nen"
                

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--5---5-7-|
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"You had a bus

        
y day today"

          
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"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"

         

[Verse 1]
           
  Blue jean ba

         
by,   L.A. lad

             
y,   seamstres

               
s for the band
          
  Pretty eyed,

          
   pirate smil

             
e,   you'll ma

             
rry a music ma

    
n
          
  Ballerina,  

           
   you must ha

        
ve seen her,  

           
   dancing in 

         
the sand
           
  Now she's in

           
 me,  always w

/           
ith me,  tiny 

              
dancer in my h

   
and

         

[Bridge]
            
  But oh how i

  
t feels so rea

l
            
Lying here, wi

   
th no one near
            
Where only you

              
, and you can 


hear me
             
When I say, "S

/
oftly..."
 
"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]