Originally in B (key change to D), I play in E capo 2 and don’t do the key change
Intro, skip this in E
Em/B | Esus4/B | B7sus4 | B7 | |
Bm7 | Am/B | Am/C | Bsus4 | B |
Esus4 | E |
x4 |
Vox on the 5
Esus4 | E | |
Ever | since I was a young boy, I | played the silver ball |
Dsus4 | D | |
From | Soho down to Brighton, I | must have played ‘em all |
Csus4 | C | |
But I | ain’t seen nothin’ like him, in | any amusement hall |
Hard stop on “sure”
Bsus4 | B | |
That | deaf, dumb and blind kid, | sure plays a mean pinball |
E | E | D | G | A | A |
x2 |
Esus4 | E | |
He | stands like a statue, becomes | part of the machine |
Dsus4 | D |
Feeling all the bumpers, | always playing clean |
Csus4 | C | |
He | plays by intuition, the | digit counters fall |
Bsus4 | B | |
That | deaf, dumb and blind kid, | sure plays a mean pinball |
E | E | D | G | A | A |
x2 |
A | B | E | |
He’s a | pin | ball | wizard |
A | B | E | |
There | has to | be a | twist |
A | B | E | |
A | pin | ball | wizard’s |
C | G | Gsus4 | G | |
Got | such a supple | wrist | → |
Vox on the high 7 of the chor d on “how”
G | Fadd9 | C/E | G | Fadd9 | C/E |
How do you t | hink h | e | does it? (I | don’t | know) |
G | Fadd9 | C/E | G |
What makes | him | so | good? |
Esus4 | E |
Ain’t got no distractions, can’t | hear no buzzers and bells |
Dsus4 | D | |
Don’t | see no lights a-flashin’, he | plays by sense of smell |
Csus4 | C |
Always gets the replay, | never seen him fall |
Bsus4 | B | |
That | deaf, dumb and blind kid, | sure plays a mean pinball |
E | E | D | G | A | A |
x2 |
A | B | E | |
I | thought | I wa | s |
A | B | E | |
The | Bally | table | king |
A | B | E | |
But | I | just | handed |
C | G | Gsus4 | G | |
My | pinball crown to | him | → |
Written here with key change, though I’m not sure it’s advisable
Gsus4 | G |
x4 |
Gsus4 | G | |
Even | on my favorite table, | he can beat my best |
Fsus4 | F | |
His di | sciples lead him in, and | he just does the rest |
D#sus4 | D# | |
He’s got | crazy flipper fingers, | never seen him fall |
Dsus4 | D | |
That | deaf, dumb and blind kid, | sure plays a mean pinball |
G | G | F | A# | D# |