{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1899563,"song":"Pinball","artist":"Harvey Andrews","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11425193-pinball-chords-by-harvey-andrews/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1899563?type=chord","rating":0.03596,"votes":0,"content":"--------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTuning = Standard\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n--------------------------\r\nVERSE 1\r\n[tab]                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWell, I had the contract with me [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nI was opening for a star [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'd seen him on the concert stage [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI'd watched him from afar [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI hadn't heard much lately [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOf anything he'd done [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut he sang songs of rights and wrongs [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nOf those who'd lost or won [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n--------------------------\r\nVERSE 2\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSo it was in a run down nightclub [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nIn a broken part of town[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was on the long way up [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe was on the long way down[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI saw him in a corner [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPlaying pinball, killing time [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI asked him how he was [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd with a smile he answered \"Fine\" [/tab]\r\nWith a smile he answered \"Fine\" \r\nThen he said\r\n\r\n\r\n--------------------------\r\nCHORUS\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Sonny, it's the same old pinball [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI played ten years ago [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow it's just like me, friend [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe action's getting slow [/tab]\r\n\r\nI've been to the top friend \r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNow I'm way down low [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nStill playing the same old pinball clubs [/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI played ten years ago\" [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n--------------------------\r\nVERSE 3\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWell, never meet your heroes [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nI've read that line somewhere[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey're just like you and me [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWith all our hope and our despair [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI said “It's never that bad [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's always one more day [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThere's always one more song to sing [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd one more tune to play\" [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n--------------------------\r\nVERSE 4\r\n[tab]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWell, he just looked me up and down [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd then he slowly shook his head [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe said \"To stay alive, try 9 to 5 [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo earn your daily bread\" [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI said \"You were my idol[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou handed me this dream\" [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe turned away and pointed [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nTo the battered old machine [/tab]\r\nThat battered old machine \r\nAnd he said\r\n\r\n\r\n--------------------------\r\nCHORUS\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Sonny, it's the same old pinball [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI played ten years ago [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow it's just like me, friend [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe action's getting slow [/tab]\r\n\r\nI've been to the top friend \r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNow I'm way down low [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nStill playing the same old pinball clubs [/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI played ten years ago\" [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n--------------------------\r\nVERSE 5\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe said \"I made a lot of money [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd I drank a lot of wine [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI paid for all my pleasures [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd I had a real good time [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI never stayed in one place [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nLonger than a day [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI gave them pearls and told the girls [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI really couldn't stay\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n--------------------------\r\nVERSE 6\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\"But where, where'd it go to sonny? [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nIt came and went so fast[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's far too easy nowadays [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo live back in the past[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I'm still good for doing [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhat I've always done[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThere hasn't been a house yet [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI haven't fought and won[/tab]\r\nI haven't fought and won.\" \r\nThen he said\r\n\r\n\r\n--------------------------\r\nCHORUS\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Sonny, it's the same old pinball [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI played ten years ago [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow it's just like me, friend [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe action's getting slow [/tab]\r\n\r\nI've been to the top friend \r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNow I'm way down low [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nStill playing the same old pinball clubs [/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI played ten years ago\" [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n--------------------------\r\nVERSE 7\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\"So now they're out there waiting[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd they don't know who you are[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey don't care for your future [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThey'll just prop up the bar[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd you, you'll sing your heart out [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd maybe some will hear [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd maybe you'll come back [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd play this place again next year\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n--------------------------\r\nVERSE 8\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\"So, go on and do your set now, sonny [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nBefore they get too drunk[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd please, don't count them, sonny [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThese glasses that I've sunk[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'll do my show, remember [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've never lost them yet [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut sonny, sometimes lately [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\nIt's been an even bet[/tab]\r\nIt's been an even bet.\" \r\nThen he said\r\n\r\n\r\n--------------------------\r\nCHORUS\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Sonny, it's the same old pinball [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI played ten years ago [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow it's just like me, friend [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe action's getting slow [/tab]\r\n\r\nI've been to the top friend \r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNow I'm way down low [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nStill playing the same old pinball clubs [/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI played ten years ago\" [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n--------------------------\r\nVERSE 9\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe's long gone and forgotten [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nHis name you never knew [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut what reminded me [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWas when I turned and looked at you [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nStanding there so happy [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith your new guitar and dreams [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOne question for you, sonny [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nCan you play these machines[/tab]\r\nCan you play these machines\r\n\r\n\r\n--------------------------\r\nCHORUS\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n'Cause sonny it's the same old pinball[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe played ten years ago[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd now it's just like me friend [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe action's getting slow [/tab]\r\n\r\nI've been to the top friend \r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd now I'm way down low [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nStill playing the same old pinball clubs [/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch] \r\nI played ten years ago\" [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYes, I'm playing the same old pinball clubs [/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI played ten years ago\" [/tab]\r","plain_text":"--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTuning = Standard\n\n\nINTRO\nDm  A7  Dm  A7\n\n\n--------------------------\nVERSE 1\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n--------------------------\nVERSE 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith a smile he answered \"Fine\" \nThen he said\n\n\n--------------------------\nCHORUS\n\n\n\n\n\nI've been to the top friend \n\n\n\n\n\n--------------------------\nVERSE 3\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n--------------------------\nVERSE 4\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThat battered old machine \nAnd he said\n\n\n--------------------------\nCHORUS\n\n\n\n\n\nI've been to the top friend \n\n\n\n\n\n--------------------------\nVERSE 5\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n--------------------------\nVERSE 6\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI haven't fought and won.\" \nThen he said\n\n\n--------------------------\nCHORUS\n\n\n\n\n\nI've been to the top friend \n\n\n\n\n\n--------------------------\nVERSE 7\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n--------------------------\nVERSE 8\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIt's been an even bet.\" \nThen he said\n\n\n--------------------------\nCHORUS\n\n\n\n\n\nI've been to the top friend \n\n\n\n\n\n--------------------------\nVERSE 9\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCan you play these machines\n\n\n--------------------------\nCHORUS\n\n\n\n\n\nI've been to the top friend","chords":["Dm","A7","Gm","C","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}