Tiny Dancer

Words & Music:

Elton John & Bernie Taupin

 

C    F  [4x]

 

C         F     C    F     C                  F

Blue jean baby, L.A. lady, seamstress for the band.

Pretty-eyed, pirate smile, you'll marry a music man.

F     E7   Am            D7       F       Am     G

Ballerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sand.

C             F      C           F   C                 G  F  C  G7

And now she's in me, always with me, tiny dancer in my hand

 

Jesus freaks, out in the street, handing tickets out for God

Turning back, she just laughs, the boulevard is not that bad

Piano man, he makes his stand in the auditorium

Looking on, she sings the songs the words she knows, the tune she hums

 

PRE-CHORUS:

Ab              Bb             Gm              Cm7

But, oh, how it feels so real, lying here with no one near.

Ab                    Bb                  Gm

Only you, and you can hear me, when I say softly, slowly,

 

CHORUS:  [2x]

F         Am          Dm   C  F         C                 G

"Hold me closer, tiny dancer, count the headlights on the highway.

Lay me down in sheets of linen, you had a busy day today."

 

VERSE 1 REPRISE:

 

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