Tiny Dancer

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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/FF C G7/FF
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C G7/FF C G7/FF
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[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/EC/D
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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 G5G/FG/EG/D
[ | |
Tiny dancer in my hand
[Interlude]
C Cadd9F/CC Cadd9F/C
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[Verse]
C F/C
Jesus freaks
C F/C
Out in the street
C F/A G/B
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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
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In the auditorium
C F
Looking on
C F
She sings the songs
C G5G/FG/EG/D
[ | |
The words she knows, the tune she hums
[Interlude]
C Cadd9F C Cadd9C F/CC
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[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
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Hold me closer tiny dancer
F C/E G/A
Count the headlights on the highway
F C/E Dm7 C/E
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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/AF/AG/AF/A G/B
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[Interlude]
C Cadd9F C Cadd9F
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[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 G5G/FG/EG/D
| | |
Tiny dancer in my hand
[Interlude]
C Cadd9F C Cadd9C F/CC
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[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/AF/A G/B
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C Cadd9F C Cadd9F
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C Cadd9F CF C
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                    Tiny Dancer – Elton John
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Written by: Elton John/Bernie Taupin
From: “Madman Across the Water” (1971)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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[Intro]
| C    G7/F | F | C    G7/F | F |
| C    G7/F | F | C    G7/F | F |
[Verse]
[Bridge]
[Interlude]
| C    Cadd9 | F/C | C    Cadd9 | F/C |
[Verse]
[Bridge]
[Interlude]
| C    Cadd9 | F | C    Cadd9 | C   F/C C |
[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Instrumental Interlude]
| G/A | F/A | G/A | F/A    G/B |
[Interlude]
| C    Cadd9 | F | C    Cadd9 | F |
[Verse]
[Bridge]
[Interlude]
| C    Cadd9 | F | C    Cadd9 | C   F/C C |
[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Coda]
| G/A | F/A      G/B |
| C    Cadd9 | F | C    Cadd9 | F |
| C    Cadd9 | F | C F  C

Tiny Dancer Chords by Elton John

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