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

INTRO: [E] [A] : [x4]

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

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

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

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

BRIDGE:
[C] But oh how it [D] feels so real
[Bm7] Lying here with [Em] no one near
[C] Only you and you can [D] hear me
When I say [B] softly, [B7] slowly

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

INTERLUDE: [B*] [A*] [B**] [A] / [E] [A] [E] [A]

REPEAT VERSE 1 & 1b:

REPEAT BRIDGE:

REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]

OUTRO: (as INTRO, ending on [E])