Pinball Wizard - The Who

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This is my first tab, so it's almost certainly filled with mistakes. Actually to be honest, 
I'm only seven years old and just found dad's laptop open on the coffee table. I started mashing 
the keyboard with my palm and this is what came out. Neat eh! Anyway, good luck with it.

[Guitar]
(clean electric or acoustic)
(for the verse chords play a 16th note strum, using triads chords using just the b, g and d 
strings. Start at the 7th fret.)

 -  x 4

         
Ever since I w

              
as a young boy

             
 I've played t

              
he silver ball

       
. From Soho do

wn to
 
             
Brighton I mus

              
t have played 

              
them all. But 

         
I ain't seen n

 
othin like him

 in 

             
any amusement 

          
hall that deaf

            
 dumb and blin

       (
d kid sure pla

      
ys a mean pin-

           
ball!


         
He stands like

              
 a statue beco

             
mes part of th

           
e machine. Fee


ling all the b

umpers 

             
always playing

         
 clean. Plays 

              
by intuition t

             
he digit count

              
ers fall. That

 
 deaf 

              
dumb and blind

      (
 kid sure play

      
s a mean pin-b

          
all!


           
He's a pin-bal

             
l wizard there

           
 has to be a t

          
wist. A pin-ba

             
ll wizard's go

  
t such 

         
a supple wrist


          
How do you thi

        
nk he  does it

              
? (I dont know

            
) What makes h

      
im   so    goo

 
d?


         
Ain't got no d

              
istractions, c

             
ant hear no bu

              
zzes and bells

         
 don't see no 

   
lights a 

             
flashin plays 

              
by sense of sm

         
ell. Always ge

              
ts a replay, y

          
ou never see h

im fall 

        
that deaf, dum

              
b and blind ki

   ( 
d sure plays a

       
 mean pin-ball

        
!


          
I thought I  w

            
as the Bally t

#            
able king but 

          
I  just handed

             
 my pinball cr

       
own to him.


 -  x4


         
Even on my fav

             
ourite table h

              
e can beat my 

          
best. His disc


iples lead him

 in 

             
and he just do

              
es the rest. H

         
e's got crazy 

              
flipper finger

  
s never seen h

im fall 

        
that deaf, dum

              
b and blind ki

   ( 
d sure plays a

               
 mean pinball!


[Guitar 2]
(overdriven electric)
(G2 is always playing 5ths (just the top two or three strings of a minor shape barre chord, 
muting everything else) so when you read B, play B5 etc. G1 is played pretty sparsely. Through 
the verses it's all single chords - don't go all Mumford and Sons and start busily strumming!


 x 2

             
Ever since I w

              
as a young boy

              
 I've played t

              
he silver ball

       
. From Soho do

wn to 

              
Brighton I mus

              
t have played 

              
them all. But 

          
I ain't seen n

othin like him

 in 

              
any amusement 

            
hall. That dea

              
f dumb and bli

            
nd kid sure pl

            
ays a mean pin

         
-ball!


             
He stands like

              
 a statue, bec

              
omes part of t

            
he machine. Fe

eling all the 

bumpers 

              
always playing

             
 clean. Plays 

              
by intuition, 

              
the digit coun

              
ters fall that

 
 deaf, 

              
dumb and blind

            
 kid sure play

             
s a mean pin-b

           
all!


           
He's a pin-bal

             
l wizard there

           
 has to be a t

          
wist. A pin-ba

             
ll wizard's go

  
t such 

         
a supple wrist

.


           
How do you thi

            
nk he  does it

              
? (I don't kno

            
w) What makes 

           
him   so    go

  
od?


             
Ain't got no d

              
istractions ca

              
nt hear no buz

              
zes and bells 

           
don't see no l

ights a 

              
flashin plays 

              
by sense of sm

            
ell. Always ge

ts a replay yo

u never see hi

m fall 

            
that deaf  dum

              
b and blind ki

            
d sure plays a

            
 mean pin-ball

        
!


          
thought I  was

           
 the Bally tab

            
le king but I 

           
 just handed m

             
y pinball crow

     
n to him.


 x4


             
Even on my fav

              
ourite table h

              
e can beat my 

          
best his disci

ples lead him 

in 

              
and he just do

              
es the rest he

       
's got crazy f

lipper fingers

 never seen hi

m fall 

            
that deaf dumb

              
 and blind kid

            
 sure plays a 

            
mean pin-ball!

       
 

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