Pinball Wizard
Pete Townshend / the Who: Tommy (1969)
| Bsus4 | B | Asus4 | A | Gsus4 | G | F#sus4 | F# | B | A | D | E | |
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| Bsus4 | B | Asus4 | |
| Ever since I was a young boy I've | played the silver ball. From | Soho down to |
| A | Gsus4 | |
| Brighton I | must have played them all. But I | ain't seen nothin like him in |
| G | F#sus4 | F# | (single strum) | B | B | A | D | E | E | x2 | |
| any amusement hall that | deaf dumb and blind kid | sur | e plays a mean pin | ba | ll! |
| Bsus4 | B | Asus4 | |
| He | stands like a statue becomes | part of the machine. | Feeling all the bumpers |
| A | Gsus4 | G | F#sus4 | |
| always playing clean. | Plays by intuition the | digit counters fall. That | deaf |
| F# | B | B | A | D | E | E | x2 | |
| dumb and blind kid | sure plays a mean pin | ba | ll! |
| E | F# | B | E | F# | B | E | F# | B | G | D | |
| He's a | pin | ball | wizard there | has to | be a t | wist. A | pin | ball | wizard's got | such a supple | wrist! |
| D | Cadd9 | G/E | G | D | Cadd9 | G/E | G | |
| How do you | think | he | does it? (I dont know) | What makes | him | so | good? |
| Bsus4 | B | Asus4 | |
| Ain't got no distractions, can't | hear no buzzes and bells | don't see no lights a |
| A | Gsus4 | G | |
| flashin | plays by sense of smell. | Always gets a replay, you | never see him fall |
| F#sus4 | F# | B | B | A | D | E | E | x2 | |
| that | deaf, dumb and blind kid | sure plays a mean pin | ba | ll! |
| E | F# | B | E | F# | B | E | F# | B | G | D | Bsus4 | - | B | x4 | |
| I | thought | I | was the | Bally | table | king but | I | just | handed my | pinball crown to | him. |
| Bsus4 | B | Asus4 | |
| Even | on my favourite table | he can beat my best. His | disciples lead him in |
| A | Gsus4 | G | |
| and h | e just does the rest. He's got | crazy flipper fingers | never seen him fall |
| F#sus4 | F# | (single strum) | B | B | A | D | E | E | x2 | B | |
| that | deaf, dumb and blind kid | sur | e plays a mean pinb | al | l! |
| B | A | |
| Ever since I was a young boy I've played the silver ball. From | Soho down to |
| G | |
| Brighton I must have played them all. But I | ain't seen nothin like him in |
| F# | F# | B | B | A | D | E | E | x2 | |
| any amusement hall. That | deaf dumb and blind kid | sure plays a mean pin | ba | ll! |
| B | A | |
| He | stands like a statue, becomes part of the machine. | Feeling all the bumpers |
| G | F# | |
| always playing clean. | Plays by intuition, the digit counters fall that | deaf, |
| F# | B | B | A | D | E | E | x2 | |
| dumb and blind kid | sure plays a mean pin | ba | ll! |
| E | F# | B | E | F# | B | E | F# | B | G | D | |
| He's a | pin | ball | wizard there | has to | be a | twist. A | pin | ball | wizard's got | such a supple | wrist. |
| D | C | B | G | D | C | B | G | |
| How do you | think | he | does it? (I don't know) | What makes | him | so | good? |
| B | A | |
| Ain't got no distractions cant hear no buzzes and bells | don't see no lights a |
| G | |
| flashin plays by sense of smell. | Always gets a replay you never see him fall |
| F# | F# | B | B | A | D | E | E | x2 | |
| that | deaf dumb and blind kid | sure plays a mean pin- | ba | ll! |
| E | F# | B | E | F# | B | E | F# | B | G | D | B | |
| I though | t w | as the B | ally t | able k | ing but I | j | ust h | anded my p | inball crown to h | im. |
| B | A | |
| Even | on my favourite table he can beat my best his d | isciples lead him in |
| G | |
| and he just does the rest he's got | crazy flipper fingers never seen him fall |
| F# | F# | B | B | A | D | E | E | x2 | |
| that | deaf dumb and blind kid | sure plays a mean pin | ba | ll! |