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Tiny Dancer by Elton John - Guitar Chords

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                    Tiny Dancer – Elton John
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Written by: Elton John/Bernie Taupin
From: “Madman Across the Water” (1971)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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CHORDS (alphabetically)
          E-A-D-G-B-e
C/E       0-x-2-0-1-0
Cadd9     x-3-2-0-3-x
F/A       x-0-3-2-1-1
F/C       x-3-x-2-1-1
G5        x-x-x-0-3-3
G/A       x-0-5-4-3-3
G/B       x-2-0-0-0-3
G/D       x-x-0-0-3-3
G/E       x-x-2-x-3-3
G/F       x-x-3-x-3-3
G7/F      x-x-3-0-3-x

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[Intro]
| C    G7/F | F | C    G7/F | F |
| C    G7/F | F | C    G7/F | F |


[Verse]
C         F
Blue jean baby
C    F
L.A. lady
C                    F    [ F/A    G/B |
  Seamstress for the band
C       F
 Pretty eyed
C       F
 Pirate smile
C                      F    | F   C/E C/D |
  You’ll marry a music man


[Bridge]
F     Em7
 Ballerina
Am7            D
 You must have seen her 
Dm7 E              Am     G7/B
    Dancing in the sand
C        G7/F  F
 And now she's in me
C   G7/F F
  Always with me
C                [ G5 G/F | G/E G/D |
 Tiny dancer in my hand


[Interlude]
| C    Cadd9 | F/C | C    Cadd9 | F/C |


[Verse]
C      F/C
 Jesus freaks
C           F/C
 Out in the street
C                      | F/A    G/B |
 Handing tickets out for God
C        F/C
 Turning back
C         F/C
 She just laughs
C                          F/A
 The boulevard is not that bad


[Bridge]
F      Em7
 Piano man
Am7           D/F#
 He makes his stand
F       E       Am  | G     Gsus4 |
 In the auditorium
C        F
 Looking on
C              F
 She sings the songs
C                                 [ G5 G/F | G/E G/D |
 The words she knows, the tune she hums


[Interlude]
| C    Cadd9 | F | C    Cadd9 | C   F/C C |


[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’t hear me
           G/B     G/D
When I say softly, slowly


[Chorus]
F        C/E        | Dm7       C/E |
 Hold me closer tiny dancer
F          C/E               G/A
 Count the headlights on the highway
F       C/E              | Dm7       C/E |
 Lay me down in sheets of linen
F          C/E        G/A
 You had a busy day today


[Chorus]
F        C/E        | Dm7       C/E |
 Hold me closer tiny dancer
F          C/E               G/A
 Count the headlights on the highway
F       C/E              | Dm7       C/E |
 Lay me down in sheets of linen
F          C/E       [ G/A ]
 You had a busy day today


[Instrumental Interlude]
| G/A | F/A | G/A | F/A    G/B |


[Interlude]
| C    Cadd9 | F | C    Cadd9 | F |


[Verse]
C         F/C
Blue jean baby
C    F/C
L.A. lady
C                   | F/A    G/B |
  Seamstress for the band
C       F/C
 Pretty eyed
C       F/C
 Pirate smile
C                      F/A      G
  You’ll marry a music man


[Bridge]
F     Em7
 Ballerina
Am7            D/F#
 You must have seen her 
F E              Am     G7/B
  Dancing in the sand
C              F
 And now she's in me
C        F
  Always with me
C                | G5 G/F | G/E G/D |
 Tiny dancer in my hand


[Interlude]
| C    Cadd9 | F | C    Cadd9 | C   F/C C |


[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’t hear me
           G/B     G/D
When I say softly, slowly


[Chorus]
F        C/E        | Dm7       C/E |
 Hold me closer tiny dancer
F          C/E               G/A
 Count the headlights on the highway
F       C/E              | Dm7       C/E |
 Lay me down in sheets of linen
F          C/E        G/A
 You had a busy day today


[Chorus]
F        C/E        | Dm7       C/E |
 Hold me closer tiny dancer
F          C/E               G/A
 Count the headlights on the highway
F       C/E              | Dm7       C/E |
 Lay me down in sheets of linen
F          C/E       [ G/A ]
 You had a busy day today


[Coda]
| G/A | F/A      G/B |

| C    Cadd9 | F | C    Cadd9 | F |
| C    Cadd9 | F | C F  C 
        

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