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# |