Pinball Wizard

Intro Cm  Cm11  G/B  Bb6 
        Ab6  C4/G  G  Ab  G 

( F/C  C ) 
 

     C 
Ever since I was a young boy I played the silver ball 
     Bb 
From Soho down to Brighton, I must have played them all 
      Ab 
But I ain't seen nothing like him in any amusement hall 
     G4                       G                   C C Bb Eb F4   F 
That deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball 

 

   C 
He stands like a statue, becomes part of the machine 
Bb 
Feeling all the bumpers, always playing clean 
   Ab 
He plays by intuition, the digit counters fall 
     G4                       G                   C C Bb Eb F4   F 
That deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball 
 

       F  G    C             F      G    C 
He's a pinball wizard, there has to be a twist 
  F  G    C            Eb            Bb    Eb/Bb Bb Eb/Bb 
A pinball wizard's got such a supple wrist 
Bb7       Ab     Eb/G  Bb                         Bb       Ab  Eb/G      Bb 
How do you think he  does it?  (I don't know.)  what makes him so good? 

 

   C 
He ain't got no distractions, can't hear no buzzers and bells 
Bb 
Don't see lights a-flashing, he plays by sense of smell 
Ab 
Always has a replay, never tilts at all 
     G4                       G                   C C Bb Eb F4   F 
That deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball 
 

   F     G       C         F      G        C 
He can't beat me now, I've always been the champ 
  F    G     C          Eb                    Bb    Eb/Bb   Bb   Eb/Bb 
I know every trick - no freak's gonna beat my hand 

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( F/C  C ) 
 

     C 
Even on my usual table he can beat my best 
       Bb 
His disciples lead him in, and he just does the rest 
       Ab 
He got crazy flipper fingers - I never seen him fall 
     G4                       G                   C C Bb Eb F4   F 
That deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball 


Ponte F  F  G  G 
 

       G  A    D             G      A    D 
He's a pinball wizard, there has to be a twist 
  G  A    D            F             C     F/C  C  F/C  C   C 
A pinball wizard's got such a supple wrist 
       G  A    D            G        A        D 
He's a pinball wizard, he's scored a trillion more 
  G  A    D           F                   C    F/C 
A pinball wizard, the world's new pinball lord 
C               D    D            E    E 
   He's scorin' more.   He scored more 

( Dm  G ) 
 

  G       A D       G     A     D 
I thought I was the Bally table king 
    G A    D         F                C   F/C   C    D   D     E 
But I just handed my pinball crown to him.        To him.   To him 

Final C  Bb  F  C