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

INTRO: [D#] [G#] : [x4]

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

VERSE 1b:
[G#] Balle-[Gm7]-rina, [Cm7] you must have [F7] seen her
[Fm7] [G7] Dancing in the [Cm] sand [A#]
[D#] And now she's [G#] in me, [D#] always [G#] with me
[D#] Tiny dancer in my [A#] hand
[G#] [Gm] [Fm7] // [D#] [G#] [D#] [G#]

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

VERSE 2b:
[G#] Piano [Gm7] man [Cm7] he makes his [F7] stand
[Fm7] In the [G7] auditori-[Cm]-um [A#]
[D#] Looking [G#] on [D#] she sings the [G#] songs
[D#] The words she knows, the tune she [A#] hums
[G#] [Gm] [Fm7] // [D#] [G#] [D#] [G#]

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

INTERLUDE: [A#*] [G#*] [A#**] [G#] / [D#] [G#] [D#] [G#]

REPEAT VERSE 1 & 1b:

REPEAT BRIDGE:

REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]

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