Pinball Wizard Chords

[Intro]
| Cm     | Cmadd11 | G/B    | G/B    |
| Bb6    | Ab6     | Csus/G | G      | Ab    | G     |
 
(Piano arpeggiated)
| F/C    | C      | x4
 
 
[Verse]
      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.
     Gsus4                     G             |: C  C  Bb  Eb  Fsus  F :|
That deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays mean pinball.
 
 
[Verse]
    C
He stands like a statue, becomes part of the machine.
Bb
Feeling all the bumpers, always playing clean.
Ab
Plays by intuition, the digit counters fall.
     Gsus4                     G             |: C  C  Bb  Eb  Fsus  F :|
That deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays mean pinball.
 
 
[Chorus]
       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?
 
 
[Verse]
C
Ain't got no distractions, can't hear no buzzes or bells.
Bb
Don't see lights a-flashing, plays by sense of smell.
Ab
Always gets a replay, never tilts at all.
     Gsus4                      G            |: C  C  Bb  Eb  Fsus  F :|
That deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays mean pinball.
 
 
[Chorus]
    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.
 
 
[Instrumental]
(4/4 bars)
 
|: Bb  Ab  |  Eb  Bb :|  x4
 
 
(Piano arpeggiated)
| F/C | C | x4
 
 
[Verse]
     C
Even on my usual table he can't 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.
     Gsus4                     G             |: C  C  Bb  Eb  Fsus  F :|
That deaf, dumb an blind kid sure plays mean pinball.
 
 
|F / / / | F / / / | G / / / | G / / / |
 
 
[Chorus]
             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.
 
 
[Instrumental]
(4/4bars)
 
|: Dm  G  :| x16
 
   G     A   D       G     A      D
I thought I was the Bally table king                              [STOP]
         G   A   D         F              | C   F/C | C | D | D  | E |
     but I just handed my pinball crown to him.       To him.  To him
 
 
[Instrumental]
| C  | Bb | F | C
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