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Pinball Wizard

Caribou

PINBALL WIZARD

   Year : 1975
  Album : "Tommy" Soundtrack
 Writer : Pete Townshend


 Intro : 
| Cm | Cm(addF) | Cm(addD)/B | G/B | Cm/Bb | Fm/Ab | Cm(addF)/G | G | Ab/G | G |   

| F/C | C | {4 times}


      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.
     Gm(sus)                                     C - C  Bb  Eb  Fsus - F {twice}
That deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays mean pinball.



    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.
     Gm(sus)                                     C - C  Bb  Eb  Fsus - F {twice}
That deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays mean pinball.



       F       C             F           C
He's a pinball wizard, there has to be a twist.
   F      C             Eb            Bb    Eb/Bb   Bb   Eb/Bb
A pinball wizard's got such a supple wrist.
Bb7         Cm   Fm/C  Bb                         Bb         Gm      F
How do you think  he   does it?  (I don't know.)  What makes him so good?



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.
     Gm(sus)                                     C - C  Bb  Eb  Fsus - F {twice}
That deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays mean pinball.





 | F             C     |  F               C
He can't beat me now I've always been the champ.
| F          C        | Eb                  | Bb  Eb/Bb | Bb  Eb/Bb | 
I know every trick - no freak's gonna beat my hand.



Instr: | Bb  Ab  |  Eb  | {4 times, then Intro}


     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.
     Gm(sus)                                     C - C  Bb  Eb  Fsus - F {twice}
That deaf, dumb anf blind kid sure plays mean pinball.



G           G       D             G           D
     He's a pinball wizard, there has to be a twist.
 | G      D          | F           | C      F/C | C  F/C | C  Am-F/A | C |
A pinball wizard's got such a supple wrist.
       G       D            G                  D
He's a pinball wizard, he's scored a trillion more.
  G       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.



Instr: | D  G  | {16 times}


   G        D       G           D
I thought I was the Bally table king -
         G      D         F              | C   F/C | C | D | D  | E |
     but I just handed my pinball crown to him.       To him.  To him!



Instr: | C  | Bb | F/A | C/G | {6 times, then repeat & fade}


Chorded by David Bisese