I was looking for a riff from one of the greatest songs of all time and baffled me that no one
had at least tabbed the riff from "Tiny Dancer". That pissed me off. All they had for the song
were chords. Whooptie Doo!!!! Chords!!!! So here it is:
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Tiny Dancer Main Riff
by Elton John
Chords used: C x32010, F/C 0x33211
F F/C
E|-----------0----------------------1-------------------------------|
B|--------1-----3---------1-------1---------------------------------|
G|-----0------------------0h2--2------------------------------------|
D|--2---------------------3-----------------------------------------|
A|--3------------------3--------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Jess Average |
#1 by Jess at Sep 26, 2007 at 3:36 AM EST |
| "hold me closer tony danza" anyone else got any mis heard lyrics? | |
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Tommy The Cat Lead Player |
#2 by Tommy The Cat at Sep 26, 2007 at 7:43 AM EST |
| I like the song, Elton John,.. ehh... can't stand some, like others, like this one... No comment I guess... I have atiny dancer in my head. | |
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Hayden Rhythm Player |
#3 by Hayden Garfield at Sep 26, 2007 at 3:39 PM EST |
| This is my favorite song of all time! I listen to it all the time... as a matter of fact I'm listening to it now! | |
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jamie Lead Player |
#4 by jamie soad at Sep 27, 2007 at 12:43 PM EST |
| i LOVE this song... i always wonderd who it was about... but elton has had many torrid love affairs sooo u never know... i once heard it was about Madeline Bell, one of his back-up singers... but that wasn't from a very reliable sorce, then again the only reliable source would be Elton himself. | |
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Garland Rhythm Player |
#5 by Garland Cross at Sep 27, 2007 at 7:50 PM EST |
| This is a great fackin song man, Elton John is the man. | |
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victor Average |
#6 by victor rice at Sep 29, 2007 at 2:07 AM EST |
| I aslo agree with what Toast is saying. If you look at the verse: "But oh how it feels so real, Lying here with no one near , Only you and you can hear me, When I say softly, slowly." Here I think that his praying to her after she's gone. | |
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FiNgErBoY Professional Badass |
#7 by FiNgErBoY at Sep 29, 2007 at 4:20 AM EST |
| There's no argument about who wrote the song. They both wrote it. It's one of the best songs I ever heard and Elton and Bernie should both be commended for it! | |
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Katie Wanna Be |
#8 by Katie Papeika at Sep 29, 2007 at 2:27 PM EST |
| I heard this song for the first time when I watched almost famous. The scene where they are all sitting in the bus singing this song is my favorite. I went out and bought the soundtrack for this song. I love it and will never get tired of it. | |
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Katia Average |
#9 by Katia Zg at Sep 29, 2007 at 6:59 PM EST |
| like kaekura, i heard this song for the first time on almost famous. i'm in love with the movie, and this song is amazing. amazing. | |
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KETcH Average |
#10 by KETcH UP at Sep 30, 2007 at 3:29 AM EST |
| Elton John's long time songwriting partner Bernie Taupin wrote this song about his then wife. "Your Song" is also about her. | |
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Sean Rhythm Player |
#11 by Sean Brady at Sep 30, 2007 at 12:34 PM EST |
| I love this song! I never really listened to it that closely until watching the movie almost famous which I also loved! A classic!! | |
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Lachlan Wanna Be |
#12 by Lachlan Magee at Sep 30, 2007 at 1:33 PM EST |
| Hope you wern't having ago at me there Mr kangaroofeet4. now lets stop going on about who write Lyrics and Melodies because everybody here already knows! | |
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rockman Average |
#13 by rockman the sequel at Oct 1, 2007 at 10:32 PM EST |
| well it may be wrong i don't know but i really like toasts interpritation of it. every time i listen to it now thats what i think of. i don't think it has 1 specific meaning. i think you are supposed to draw your own conclusions. it means different things to different people and thats good. it means it has emotional value to a wider group of people. | |
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spence Average |
#14 by spence o'brien at Oct 2, 2007 at 8:33 PM EST |
| i like "toast's" interpretation of this song. i never considered it quite like that. gorgeous song, tho. one of Elton's bessssst! | |
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Jesse Professional |
#15 by Jesse Garcia at Oct 3, 2007 at 12:18 AM EST |
| Wow intresting song meaning... to bad its wrong..Elton John never has writter lyrics for his songs... Bernie Taupin might have been talking about a woman...songmeaning.net should really credit poor old Bernie | |
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Ryan Average |
#16 by Ryan Van Halen at Oct 3, 2007 at 2:11 AM EST |
| Sorry, but you guys are all wrong. Bernie writes the lyrics and Elton writes the melodies. Bernie wrote this song about his wife, Maxine. She was a roadie like Penny Lane in "Almost Famous". That's why the song was so fitting for that movie. | |
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Alberto Average |
#17 by Alberto Guglielmino at Oct 3, 2007 at 8:00 AM EST |
| i wonder if anyone hates this song...Kaekura, isn't that part in almost famous AMAZING. that is the coolest movie ever. that is my FAVORITE scene... wow. | |
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Rikki Average |
#18 by Rikki at Oct 3, 2007 at 8:34 AM EST |
| I used to not like Elton John until I heard this song and he's the bomb! I love Elton | |
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Marco Average |
#19 by Marco Torskyj at Oct 4, 2007 at 3:10 AM EST |
| This song is amazing....... Elton John is also amazing... I LOVE HIM | |
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garrett Rhythm Player |
#20 by garrett at Oct 5, 2007 at 5:47 AM EST |
| this song is excellent. sad though, i think, in a way. | |
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Jack Average |
#21 by Jack Tweddell at Oct 5, 2007 at 6:21 AM EST |
| In the first 4 lines, I think that Elton John is describing a woman that he loved, and like 'tiny dancer' said, a back-up singer, or something along the lines of that. Then, in the second 4 lines, I think that he is describing perhaps a car accident that occured, hence; "Jesus freaks out in the street Handing tickets out for God Turning back she just laughs The boulevard is not that bad" and a lost life, maybe the woman that he loved. Then, in the third 4 lines, he is describing a concert of somesort where he plays a song that he just wrote for his lost love. I think that the relevance of the "tiny dancer" is perhaps a memory of this lost love, who died due to the car accident. In the chorus, he says; "Hold me closer tiny dancer" which I think represents the feelings that he still feels for this lost love. And, "Count the headlights on the highway" represents the car accident. And, "Lay me down in sheets of linen" represents the death of this loved one. This was just my first impression upon listening to the song...but what a song it is. | |
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Stefano Average |
#22 by Stefano Santin at Oct 5, 2007 at 12:22 PM EST |
| i usually dont listen to easy listening genres like this but Elton John is definately an acception.He is the shit and this song is awesome. | |
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Keith Average |
#23 by Keith Amaral at Oct 5, 2007 at 5:13 PM EST |
| Here's what was in Rolling Stone, Q: What is Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" about? My friend says it's some woman muse, but I think he's singing to his penis. A: "That's Great!" says a laughing Bernie Taupin, the song's lyricist. "But I wouldn't belittle myself so." Your friend is closer to the truth, although Taupin says the song wasn't about any one woman. "We came to california in the fall of 1970, and sunshine radiated from the populace," he says. "I was trying to capture the spirit of that time, encapsulated by the women we met. They were free spirits, sexy in hip-huggers and lacy blouses, and very ethereal, the way they moved. So different from what I'd been used to in England. And they all wanted to sew patches on our jeans. They'd mother you and sleep with you - it was the perfect Oedipal complex." Why "tiny," then? They were all petite and lithe. And 'Tiny Dancer' sounds better than 'Small Dancer' or 'Little Dancer' | |
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Daniel Wanna Be |
#24 by Daniel Ramillo at Oct 5, 2007 at 7:28 PM EST |
| I think that this song is about the girl on the road, maybe a wife, but it seems to me that its more about a girl with him on the road...she knows the words to the songs (The words she knows, the tune she hums) "count the headlights on the highway" makes me think of them on the tour bus late at night. the line "seamstress for the band" is what really tipped me off that this isn't a wife but more just someone along for the tour. as for the lines "Jesus freaks out in the street Handing tickets out for God Turning back she just laughs The boulevard is not that bad" I think thats talking about the people that stand around on street corners in Hollywood, giving fliers to people advertising their various religious groups (handing tickets out for God) A lot of people are worried about walking around the Blvd because of this and the other people, but she just smiles and laughs. | |
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Bryan Average |
#25 by Bryan at Oct 6, 2007 at 6:02 PM EST |
| i totally agree with toast, now that they gave me that view. when i first heard this song, i thought it was about a women who was a ballerina but wanted to be more, wanted to marry a musician, so she ran away, just jumped in her car "count the headlights on the highway." but then maybe a man who loved her, who wasnt a musician or what she wanted in a man misses her. and he always has this image of her dancing like she use to. and maybe the "jesus freaks out on the streets" was about how she got out of there so fast, she was crazed on the highway. 1 2 3 4 5 Next | |
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