Pinball Wizard
Words & Music:
Pete Townshend (The Who)
This is transcribed in Guitar
World and in the July 2006 issue of Acoustic Guitar.
F# Bsus B Bsus B Bsus B Bsus B
Bm/F# Bmsus4/F# F#7sus4 F#7
F#m7 Em/F#
Em/G F#sus4 F# Bsus4 B [vamp the Bsus4 B]
Bsus4
B
Ever since I was a young boy,
I played the silver ball.
Asus4
A
From Soho down to Brighton, I
must of played 'em all.
Gsus4
G
But I ain't seen nothing him
in any amusement hall.
F#sus4
F#7
B A
D E | B A D E
That deaf, dumb and the blind
kid sure plays a mean pinball.
He stands like a statue,
becomes part of the machine.
Felling all the bumpers,
always playing clean.
He plays by intuition, the
digit counters fall.
That deaf, dumb and the blind
kid sure plays a mean pinball.
CHORUS:
E B
E B
He's a pinball wizard, there
has to be a twist.
E B
G
D Dsus4 D
A pinball wizard's got such a
supple wrist.
D
How do you think he does
it? (I don't know!) What makes him so good?
He ain't got no distractions,
can't hear those buzzers and bells.
Don't see lights are flashin',
plays by sense of smell.
Always has a replay, never
tilts at all.
That deaf, dumb and the blind
kid sure plays a mean pinball.
CHORUS:
E F# B E F# B
I thought I-- was the Bally
table king.
E
F# B
G
D
But, I just handed my pinball
crown to him.
INTERLUDE: Dsus4 D [4x]
Even on my favourite table, he
can beat my bes
His disciples lead him in and
he just does the rest
He's got crazy flipper
fingers, never seen him fall
That deaf, dumb and the blind
kid sure plays a mean pinball.