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Tiny Dancer

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INTRO:
   ------
   C   F   C   F
   C   F   C   F
   
   this is how I play it* ...with a short rest between E string pick and A String pick
       C                            F
   A|-3-------3---0--------0--|
   E|-0----0------1----1------|
   C|----0-----------0--------|
   G|-0--------0--2---------3-|
   
  You can use this picking pattern the entire song while changing chords and it 
will sound nice.
   
   
   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
    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:
   -----------
   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
   
  
   
   CHORUS:
   -------
   F        C           Dm       C (short)
    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:
   ----------
   Am  Asus4   Am
 
   C   F   C   F 
   
   
   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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Tabs by: Ciaran

Published: 14 Jan, 2010

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