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Tiny Dancer

Adam Levine

RockAdvanced for beginners16 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

C×○○
F
A×○○
G○○○
BDiagram coming soon
E○○○
Am×○○
D××○
F#Diagram coming soon
Dm××○
Em○○○○
G#Diagram coming soon
A#Diagram coming soon
GmDiagram coming soon
CmDiagram coming soon
D7××○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: C F C F 
 
Verse 
 
C            F   C      F 
  Blue jean baby, L.A. Lady,  
C                     F/A  G/B 
  Seamstress for the band, 
C         F   C         F 
  Pretty eyed, pirate smile,  
C                       F/A G/B 
  You'll marry a music man, 
F       C/E Am              D/F#     Am/D 
  Ballerina, you must have seen her, 
   E              Am  G 
  Dancing in the sa----nd, 
C               F     c        F      C 
  And now she's in me, always with me,  
                      G F C/E     Dm C    F  C F 
  Tiny dancer in my ha--------nd, oh, ooh 
 
 
Verse 
 
C        F    C             F 
  Jesus freaks out in the street, 
C                          F/A  G/B 
  Handing tickets out for God, 
C          F  C           F  
  Turning back she just laughs, 
C                            F/A   G/B 
  The boulevard is not that bad, oh, 
F        Em Am             D/F#   
  Piano man he takes his stand, 
F         E     Am   G  
  In the auditorium, 
C         F C                F    C  
  Looking on she sings the songs, 
                                    G F C/E Dm   C F C 
  The words she knows the tune she hu-----ms, oh 
 
 
Bridge 
 
G#                A#   
  But oh how it feels so real, 
   Gm              Cm     
  Lying here with no one near, 
   G#                   A# 
  Only you and you can hear me, 
               G/B    G/D 
  When I say softly slowly, yeah, 
 
 
Coda 
 
F           C/E         Dm     C/E 
  Hold me closer tiny dancer, 
F             C/E              D7 
  Count the headlights on the highway, 
F         C/E               Dm    C/E 
  Lay me down in sheets of linen, 
F            C/E         D7 
  You had a busy day today, 
F           C/E         Dm     C/E 
  Hold me closer tiny dancer, 
F             C/E              D7 
  Count the headlights on the highway, 
F         C/E               Dm    C/E 
  Lay me down in sheets of linen, 
F            C/E       D7    F/A 
  You had a busy day today, oh yeah, 
 G/B C F C F               C    
  Oh,     ooh hole me closer,

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Chord set

C · F · A · G · B · E · Am · D · F# · Dm · Em · G# · A# · Gm · Cm · D7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.