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Pinball Wizard!

by Elton John · posted by TIN_MAN

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How to read this tab — notation key
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Blow note
−
Draw note
b or '
Half-step bend
bb or ''
Two half-step bend
bbb or '''
Three half-step bend
(###)
Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
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Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab
PINBALL WIZARD               ELTON JOHN

KEY OF D

-3b -3b  5   5  5  5   5    5
Ev-er  since I was a young boy 

5    5    -4  4   4   -3b
I played the sil-ver ball

  4  -4 -4  -4  -4   -4   -4
From so-ho down to brigh-ton 

-4 -4    4    -3     4  -4
I must have played them all

 -4 -3  4     4    4   4    4   4
But I ain't seen noth-ing like him 

 4  4 4 -3 -3b  -3   4
in an-y a-muse-ment hall

(CHORUS)

  4   -3    -3  -3b   -3  -3b
That deaf, dumb and blind kid 

  4   -3b -3b -2   -2  -3b
sure plays a mean pin-ball

Verse 2 SAME AS 1

He stands like a statue, 
becomes part of the ma-chine
Feeling all the bum-pers, 
al-ways playing clean
Plays by intuition, 
the digit counters fall
That deaf, dumb and blind kid 
sure plays a mean pinball

Verse 3

-3b -2b -3b  -3   4   4    
He's a  pin-ball wiz-ard, 

 -2b  -3b -3b -3 -3  4
there has to  be a twist

-2b -3b  -3   4    4   -3b  -3b 
A   pin-ball wiz-ard's got such 

-3b -3b -3b  -2
a   sup-ple wrist

 -3 -3b -2  -2b  -2   2  -2 -2  -2   1
How do you think he does it I don't know

  2    2    2   1   1
What makes him so good

Verse 4 same as 1
Ain't got no distractions, 
can't hear no buzzes or bells
Don't see lights a-flashing, 
plays by sense of smell
Always gets a replay, never seen him fall

(CHORUS)

Verse 5 same as 3
I thought i was the bod-y ta-ble king
But i just handed my pin-ball crown to him

VERSE 3 same as 1
he’s been on my favourite table, he can beat my best
His disciples lean him in and he just does the rest
He's got crazy flipper fingers, never seen him fall

(CHORUS TO END)

ENJOY!!!
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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