[Intro]
Cm Cm/B G/B Cm/Bb Fm/Ab Cm/G G Ab/G G
[Piano arpeggiated] | F/C | C | {4 times}
[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-short]
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 x 4] 4/4 bars |: Bb Ab | Eb Bb :|
[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 F G
That deaf, dumb an blind kid sure plays mean pinball.
[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 16]
4/4bars |: D G :|
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/A | C (sometimes C/G |