Tiny dancer    (video)    (midi)

 

    G - C - G - C (2x)

 

    G                  C      - G         C     - G                                   C

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

G            C      - G                C    - G                                     C

    pretty eyed,       pirate smile,        you’ll marry a music man.

C         Bm   - Em                            A          - C  Bm                  Em    - D

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

G                          C       - G               C        - G                               D

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

 

+  G - C - G - C

 

  G               C      - G                     C   - G                                     Em

2.   Jesus freaks,      out in the streets,    handing tickets out for God,

G               C    - G                C      - G                                           C

    turning back,      she just laughs,      the boulevard is not that bad.

C            Bm   - Em                           A     - C          Bm     Em    - D

    Piano man,        she makes her stand,     in the auditorium.

G                C   - G                         C        - G

    Looking on,        she sings the songs,

                               C                             D

    the words she knows, the tune she hums.

 

+  G - C - G

 

     D#                         F                 Dm                  Gm

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

     D#                                 F                               D       D7

    only you, and you can hear me, when I say softly, slowly :

 

C                  G              Am      - C                   G                        A7

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

C               G                        Am    - C                    G                A7

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

C                  G              Am      - C                   G                        A7

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

C               G                        Am    - C                    G                D

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

 

+  D - C - D - C      +  G - C - G - C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    G                  C      - G         C     - G                                   C

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

G            C      - G                C    - G                                     C

    pretty eyed,       pirate smile,        you’ll marry a music man.

C         Bm   - Em                            A          - C  Bm                  Em    - D

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

G                          C       - G               C        - G                               D

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

 

+  G - C - G - C

 

     D#                         F                 Dm                  Gm

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

     D#                                 F                               D       D7

    only you, and you can hear me, when I say softly, slowly :

 

C                  G              Am      - C                   G                        A7

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

C               G                        Am    - C                    G                A7

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

C                  G              Am      - C                   G                        A7

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

C               G                        Am    - C                    G                F

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

 

+  G - C    - G - C   - G - C - G

 

(orig. = capo 5th)    (Elton John)