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|—————————-|
VERSЕ 1:
C F C F
Blue jean baby, L.А. 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
VERSЕ 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
PRЕ-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
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:
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:
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 VERSЕ 1
REPEAT PRЕ-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 }x2 C