Tiny Dancer (acoustic)

Elton John

Tom: F

INTRO:

  C       F
e----0-------------|
B|------1-----------|
G|---0---0----2--2--|
D|--2------3----3-3-|
A|-3----------------|
E|------------------|   x4

VERSE 1:
C         F     C     F     C                   F    F    G
Blue jean baby,  L.A. lady,  seamstress for the band
C      F     C      F      C                     F      G
Pretty eyed, pirate smile,  you'll marry a music man
F      Em7  Am7           Dm       F                 C    G7
Ballerina,  you must have seen her,   dancing in the sand
C         F     C        F       C                   G/D 
Now she's in me,  always with me,  tiny dancer in my hand
F    Em  Dm  C  Am7
VERSE 2:
C     F       C           F      C                         F    F      G
Jesus freaks,  out in the street,  handing out tickets for God
C       F     C         F       C                          F    F      G
Turning back,  she just laughs,  the boulevard is not that bad
F     Em7  Am7           Dm     F            C          G7
Piano man,  he makes his stand,  in the auditorium
C       F   C              F      C                                  G/D
Looking on,  she sings the songs,  the words she knows, the tune she hums
F    Em  Dm   Am7
BRIDGE:
Ab              Bb
  But oh how it feels so real
Gm               Cm
Lying here, with no one near
Ab                          Bb
Where only you, and you can hear me
             B°
When I say, "Softly..."
 G/D
"Slowly..."
CHORUS:
F        C/E    Dm
"Hold me closer Tiny Dancer"

  F       C/E       Dm
e|----555------000------5---5---------|
B|----666------555------6---6---------|
G|----555------555------7---7---------|
D|----777------555------7---7---------|
A|-8-------77--------5----5---5---5-7-|
E|------------------------------------|

F          C/E               G
"Count the headlights on the highway"

  F       C/E       G
e|----555------000---3----3----3--|
B|----666------555---3----3----3--|
G|----555------555---0----0----0--|
D|----777------555---0----0----0--|
A|-8-------77--------2----2----2--|
E|-------------------3----3----3--|

F       C/E               Dm
"Lay me down in sheets of linen"
  F       C/E       Dm


e|----555------000------5---5---------|
B|----666------555------6---6---------|
G|----555------555------7---7---------|
D|---777------555------7---7---------|
A|8-------77--------5----5---5---5-7-|
E|------------------------------------|


F          C/E      G
"You had a busy day today"


  F       C/E       G
e|----555------000---X---X-X--X---X-X--X--|
B|----666------555---8---8-8--8---8-8--8--|
G|----555------555---7---7-7--7---7-7--7--|
D|----777------555---9---9-9--9---9-9--9--|
A|-8-------77--------10--1010-10--1010-10-|
E|----------------------------------------|



Repeat Chorus x2


Total order:
Intro Riff x4
Verse 1 x1
Verse x1
Intro Riff x2
Bridge x1
Chorus x2
Intro Riff x2
Verse 1 x1
Intro Riff x2
Bridge x1
Chorus x2
Intro riff x4
Resolve on C.