Tiny Dancer Chords & Tabs

by Elton John

[Intro]
C   F/C
e|------0-0--0--------------------|
B|--------3--1------------1---1---|
G|---0---------0----0h2---2---2---|
D|-2-------------2------3---3-----| x4
A|-3------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

[Verse 1]
C         F/C      C   F/C     C               F/AG/B
Blue jean baby, L.A lady...seamstress for the band
C       F/C   C      F/C     C                   F/AG
Pretty eyed, pirate smile...you'll marry a music man
F     Em7   Am7         D/F#     Dm7
Ballerina...you must've seen her...
E7             Am  G7
Dancing in the sand
C         F/C      C      F/C       C                   G  FEm Dm7
Now she's in me...always with me... Tiny dancer, in my hand

[Instrumental]
C   F/C   x2

[Verse 2]
C      F/C    C            F/C   C                       F/AG/B
Jesus freaks  out in the street  Handing tickets out for God
C       F/C   C      F/C       C                         F/AG
Turning back  she just laughs  The boulevard is not that bad
F     Em7   Am7         D/F#  Dm7
Piano man   he makes his stand
E7             Am  G7
In their auditorium
C       F      C           F    C                     
Looking on, she sings the songs   the words she knows,
              G  FC/E Dm
the tune she hums

[Instrumental]
C   F/C   x2
[Pre-Chorus] (played staccato)
Ab             Bb          
But oh how it feels so real
Gm               Cm        
Lying here with no one near
Ab                     Bb    
Only you, and you can hear me
            Bdim    G/D  
When I say softly, slowly

[Chorus]
F        C/E          Dm  C
Hold me closer tiny dancer
F         C/E               G/A    
Count the headlights on the highway
F       C/E               Dm  C
Lay me down in sheets of linen
F         C/E       G/A 
You had a busy day today
F        C/E          Dm  C
Hold me closer tiny dancer
F         C/E               G/A    
Count the headlights on the highway
F       C/E               Dm  C
Lay me down in sheets of linen
F         C/E       G/A 
You had a busy day today

[Instrumental]
F/A  G/A  C
C   F/C   x2

[Verse 3]
C         F/C      C   F/C     C               F/AG/B
Blue jean baby, L.A lady...seamstress for the band
C       F/C   C      F/C     C                   F/AG
Pretty eyed, pirate smile...you'll marry a music man
F     Em7   Am7         D/F#     Dm7
Ballerina...you must've seen her...
E7             Am  G7
Dancing in the sand
C         F/C      C      F/C       C                   G  FEm Dm7
Now she's in me...always with me... Tiny dancer, in my hand

[Instrumental]
C   F/C   x2

[Pre-Chorus]
Ab             Bb          
But oh how it feels so real
Gm               Cm        
Lying here with no one near
Ab                     Bb    
Only you, and you can hear me
            Bdim    G/D  
When I say softly, slowly

[Chorus]
F        C/E          Dm  C
Hold me closer tiny dancer
F         C/E               G/A    
Count the headlights on the highway
F       C/E               Dm  C
Lay me down in sheets of linen
F         C/E       G/A 
You had a busy day today
F        C/E          Dm  C
Hold me closer tiny dancer
F         C/E               G/A    
Count the headlights on the highway
F       C/E               Dm  C
Lay me down in sheets of linen
F         C/E       G/A 
You had a busy day today

[Outro]
C   F/C   x3, C