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Tiny Dancer Guitar Tablature
Tiny Dancer
Elton John


I've seen the other tabs on this site...but they don't really show the arpeggios on the C and F chords for this song...this is just my interpretation, so don't judge me on that, but it sounds somewhat like Elton John's piano...


CHORDS:
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        EADGBE          EADGBE          EADGBE            EADGBE
   C   (x32010)    D7  (xx0212)    Em  (022000)    G/B   (x2003x)
   F   (133211)    D   (xx0232)    Ab  (466544)    G/B*  (x2303x)
   G   (320003)    Dm7 (xx0211)    Bb  (688766)    Dm    (xx0231)
   Em7 (022030)    E7  (020100)    Gm7 (353333)    Asus4 (x02230)
   Am7 (x02010)    Am  (x02210)    Cm  (x35543)
      
   INTRO:
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   C   F   C   F
   C   F   C   F
   
   If you want tab for the intro you can play it like
   this, I just strum it:
       C           F
   E|--------0--------------------|
   B|-----------3--1-----1-----1--|
   G|------0-------2-2-----2------|
   D|----2---------3---3-----3----|
   A|--3--------------------------|
   E|-----------------------------|
   
   
   VERSE 1:
   --------
   C          F      C     F
    Blue jean baby,   L.A. lady,
   C                    F     F G
     seamstress for the band
   C       F      C       F
    Pretty eyed,   pirate smile,
   C                      F     F G
     you'll marry a music man
   
   F     Em7   Am7                  D7 (or just a regular D)
    Ballerina,   you must have seen her
   Dm7  E7             Am   G
        dancing in the sand
   C              F      C       F
    And now she's in me,  always with me,
   C                   G   F  Em  Dm7
     Tiny dancer in my hand
   
   
   C   F   C   F 
   
   
   VERSE 2:
   --------
   C      F       C           F
    Jesus freaks   out in the street,
   C                        F     F G
    Handing tickets out for God
   C        F     C         F
    Turning back   she just laughs
   C                           F   F G
     The boulevard is not that bad
   
   F      Em7  Am7            D7
    Piano man    he makes his stand
   Dm7      E7      Am   G
     in the auditorium
   C        F   C              F
    Looking on   she sings the songs
   C                                  G  F  Em Dm7
    The words she knows, the tune she hums
   
   
   C   F   C   F
   
   
   PRE-CHORUS:
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   Ab              Bb
     But oh how it feels so real,
   Gm7               Cm
     lying here with no one near
   Ab                    Bb
   Only you  and you can hear me
               G/B     G/B*
    when I say softly, slowly
   
   
   In the chorus the C is probably supposed to be C/E.
   I just use the regular C, but if you wanna use C/E
   it's played either like this (032010) or (xx2010).
   
   CHORUS:
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   F        C           Dm       C  <--play this C real quickly
    Hold me closer tiny dancer
   F          C                 G
    Count the headlights on the highway
   F       C                 Dm
    Lay me down in sheets of linen
   F          C          G
    You had a busy day today
   
   
   REPEAT CHORUS
   
   INTERLUDE:
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   Am  Asus4   Am [I'm having a hard time hearing this correctly.
                   It's something like this and then:]
   C   F   C   F   <--same as intro
   
   
   REPEAT VERSE 1
   
   REPEAT PRE-CHORUS
   
   REPEAT CHORUS
   
   
   OUTRO:
   ------
   F        C           Dm       C
    Hold me closer tiny dancer
   F          C                 G
    Count the headlights on the highway
   F       C                 Dm
    Lay me down in sheets of linen
   F          C          G    G
    You had a busy day today
   
   C   F   C   F
   C   F   C  F C
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