Key: :[C#] (w: Bernie Taupin, Elton John)

INTRO: [C#] [F#] : [x4]

VERSE 1:
[C#] Blue jean [F#] baby, [C#] L.A. [F#] lady
[C#] Seamstress for the [F#] band [F#]^[G#]
[C#] Pretty [F#] eyed, [C#] pirate [F#] smile
[C#] You'll marry a music [F#] man [F#]^[G#]

VERSE 1b:
[F#] Balle-[Fm7]-rina, [A#m7] you must have [D#7] seen her
[D#m7] [F7] Dancing in the [A#m] sand [G#]
[C#] And now she's [F#] in me, [C#] always [F#] with me
[C#] Tiny dancer in my [G#] hand
[F#] [Fm] [D#m7] // [C#] [F#] [C#] [F#]

VERSE 2:
[C#] Jesus [F#] freaks [C#] out in the [F#] street
[C#] Handing tickets out for [F#] God [F#] [G#]
[C#] Turning [F#] back [C#] she just [F#] laughs
[C#] The boulevard is not that [F#] bad [F#] [G#]

VERSE 2b:
[F#] Piano [Fm7] man [A#m7] he makes his [D#7] stand
[D#m7] In the [F7] auditori-[A#m]-um [G#]
[C#] Looking [F#] on [C#] she sings the [F#] songs
[C#] The words she knows, the tune she [G#] hums
[F#] [Fm] [D#m7] // [C#] [F#] [C#] [F#]

BRIDGE:
[A] But oh how it [B] feels so real
[G#m7] Lying here with [C#m] no one near
[A] Only you and you can [B] hear me
When I say [G#] softly, [G#7] slowly

CHORUS:
[F#] Hold me [C#] closer tiny [D#m] dancer
[C#]^[F#] Count the [C#] headlights on the [G#] highway
[F#] Lay me [C#] down in sheets of [D#m] linen
[C#]^[F#] You had a [C#] busy day to [G#] day

REPEAT CHORUS:

INTERLUDE: [G#*] [F#*] [G#**] [F#] / [C#] [F#] [C#] [F#]

REPEAT VERSE 1 & 1b:

REPEAT BRIDGE:

REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]

OUTRO: (as INTRO, ending on [C#])