Originally in C, I play in A
Intro
| A | D/A |
| x4 |
| A | D/A | A | D/A | A | D/F# | D/F# | E/G# |
| Blue jean | baby, | L.A. | lady, | seamstress for the b | and | → |
| A | D/A | A | D/A | A | D | D | Amaj7/E |
| Pretty e | yed, | pirate s | mile, | you’ll marry a music m | an | → |
| Dmaj7 | C#m7 | F#m7 | B/D# | Bm7 | C#m7 | F#m | E7/G# |
| Balleri | na, | you must have s | een her, | dancing in the s | and |
| A | D/A | A | D/A | A | E | Bm/D | A/C# | Bm |
| Now she’s | in me, | always | with me, | tiny dancer in my h | and → | → | → |
| A | D/A | A | D/A |
| A | D/A | A | D/A | A | D/F# | D/F# | E/G# |
| Jesus f | reaks, | out in the s | treet, | handing tickets out for g | od | → |
| A | D/A | A | D/A | A | D | D | Amaj7/E |
| Turning | back, | she just | laughs, | the boulevard is not that | bad | → |
| Dmaj7 | C#m7 | F#m7 | B/D# | Bm7/D | C#7 | F#m | E7 |
| Piano | man, | he makes his | stand, | in the | auditori | um |
| A | D | A | D | A | E | Bm/D | A/C# | Bm |
| Looking | on, | she sings the | songs, | the words she knows, the tune she h | ums → | → | → |
| A | D/A | A | A |
| F | G |
| But oh how it | feels so real |
| Em | Am |
| Lying here, with | no one near |
| F | G | |
| Where o | nly you, and you can | hear me |
| E7/G# | E7/B | |
| When I say, | softly, | slowly |
| D | A/C# | Bm | Bm | A/C# |
| Hold me | closer Tiny | Dancer | → |
| D | A/C# | Esus4/F# |
| Count the | headlights on the | highway |
| D | A/C# | Bm | Bm | A/C# |
| Lay me | down in sheets of | linen | → |
| D | A/C# | Esus4/F# |
| You had a | busy day to | day |
| D | A/C# | Bm | Bm | A/C# |
| Hold me | closer Tiny | Dancer | → |
| D | A/C# | Esus4/F# |
| Count the | headlights on the | highway |
| D | A/C# | Bm | Bm | A/C# |
| Lay me | down in sheets of | linen | → |
| D | A/C# | Esus4/F# |
| You had a | busy day to | day |
| Esus4/F# | D |
| A | D/A | A | D/A |
| A | D/A | A | D/A | A | D/F# | D/F# | E/G# |
| Blue jean | baby, | L.A. | lady, | seamstress for the b | and | → |
| A | D/A | A | D/A | A | D | D | Amaj7/E |
| Pretty e | yed, | pirate s | mile, | you’ll marry a music m | an | → |
| Dmaj7 | C#m7 | F#m7 | B/D# | Bm7 | C#m7 | F#m | E7/G# |
| Balleri | na, | you must have s | een her, | dancing in the s | and |
| A | D/A | A | D/A | A | E | Bm/D | A/C# | Bm |
| Now she’s | in me, | always | with me, | tiny dancer in my h | and → | → | → |
| A | D/A | A | A |
| F | G |
| But oh how it | feels so real |
| Em | Am |
| Lying here, with | no one near |
| F | G | |
| Where o | nly you, and you can | hear me |
| E7/G# | E7/B | |
| When I say, | softly, | slowly |
| D | A/C# | Bm | Bm | A/C# |
| Hold me | closer Tiny | Dancer | → |
| D | A/C# | Esus4/F# |
| Count the | headlights on the | highway |
| D | A/C# | Bm | Bm | A/C# |
| Lay me | down in sheets of | linen | → |
| D | A/C# | Esus4/F# |
| You had a | busy day to | day |
| D | A/C# | Bm | Bm | A/C# |
| Hold me | closer Tiny | Dancer | → |
| D | A/C# | Esus4/F# |
| Count the | headlights on the | highway |
| D | A/C# | Bm | Bm | A/C# |
| Lay me | down in sheets of | linen | → |
| D | A/C# | Esus4/F# |
| You had a | busy day to | day |
| A | D/A |
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