Pinball chords by Harvey Andrews

INTRO: Dm  A7  Dm  A7

verse 1

                Dm
Well, I had the contract with me
      Gm
I was opening for a star
    C
I'd seen him on the concert stage
    Dm
I'd watched him from afar
  F
I hadn't heard much lately
   C
Of anything he'd done
    Dm
But he sang songs of rights and wrongs
   A7
Of those who'd lost or won

verse 2

          Dm
So it was in a run down nightclub
     Gm
In a broken part of town
      C
I was on the long way up
       Dm
He was on the long way down
  F
I saw him in a corner
        C
Playing pinball, killing time
  Dm
I asked him how he was
           A7
And with a smile he answered "Fine"
With a smile he answered "Fine"
Then he said


 F
"Sonny, it's the same old pinball
  Dm
I played ten years ago
C
Now it's just like me, friend
    F                C     F
The action's getting slow

I've been to the top friend
Dm
Now I'm way down low
      C
Still playing the same old pinball clubs
                    F    Dm  A7  Dm  A7
I played ten years ago"

verse 3

      Dm
Well, never meet your heroes
     Gm
I've read that line somewhere
        C
They're just like you and me
             Dm
With all our hope and our despair
  F
I said ?It's never that bad
        C
There's always one more day
        Dm
There's always one more song to sing
    A7
And one more tune to play"

verse 4

              Dm
Well, he just looked me up and down
            Gm
And then he slowly shook his head
           C
He said "To stay alive, try 9 to 5
  Dm
To earn your daily bread"
  F
I said "You were my idol
    C
You handed me this dream"
          Dm
He turned away and pointed
       A7
To the battered old machine
That battered old machine
And he said


 F
"Sonny, it's the same old pinball
  Dm
I played ten years ago
C
Now it's just like me, friend
    F                C     F
The action's getting slow

I've been to the top friend
Dm
Now I'm way down low
      C
Still playing the same old pinball clubs
                    F    Dm  A7  Dm  A7
I played ten years ago"

VERSE 5

           Dm
He said "I made a lot of money
      Gm
And I drank a lot of wine
  C
I paid for all my pleasures
            Dm
And I had a real good time
  F
I never stayed in one place
C
Longer than a day
  Dm
I gave them pearls and told the girls
  A7
I really couldn't stay"

VERSE 6

            Dm
"But where, where'd it go to sonny?
   Gm
It came and went so fast
     C
It's far too easy nowadays
   Dm
To live back in the past
    F
But I'm still good for doing
C
What I've always done
      Dm
There hasn't been a house yet
  A7
I haven't fought and won
I haven't fought and won."
Then he said


 F
"Sonny, it's the same old pinball
  Dm
I played ten years ago
C
Now it's just like me, friend
    F                C     F
The action's getting slow

I've been to the top friend
Dm
Now I'm way down low
      C
Still playing the same old pinball clubs
                    F    Dm  A7  Dm  A7
I played ten years ago"

VERSE 7

    Dm
"So now they're out there waiting
         Gm
And they don't know who you are
     C
They don't care for your future
        Dm
They'll just prop up the bar
    F
And you, you'll sing your heart out
    C
And maybe some will hear
    Dm
And maybe you'll come back
              A7
And play this place again next year"

VERSE 8

                       Dm
"So, go on and do your set now, sonny
  Gm
Before they get too drunk
    C
And please, don't count them, sonny
      Dm
These glasses that I've sunk
     F
I'll do my show, remember
     C
I've never lost them yet
    Dm
But sonny, sometimes lately
A7
It's been an even bet
It's been an even bet."
Then he said


 F
"Sonny, it's the same old pinball
  Dm
I played ten years ago
C
Now it's just like me, friend
    F                C     F
The action's getting slow

I've been to the top friend
Dm
Now I'm way down low
      C
Still playing the same old pinball clubs
                    F    Dm  A7  Dm  A7
I played ten years ago"

VERSE 9

          Dm
He's long gone and forgotten
    Gm
His name you never knew
    C
But what reminded me
           Dm
Was when I turned and looked at you
F
Standing there so happy
          C
With your new guitar and dreams
Dm
One question for you, sonny
        A7
Can you play these machines
Can you play these machines


 F
'Cause sonny it's the same old pinball
   Dm
He played ten years ago
    C
And now it's just like me friend
    F                C     F
The action's getting slow

I've been to the top friend
    Dm
And now I'm way down low
      C
Still playing the same old pinball clubs
                    F
I played ten years ago"
         C
Yes, I'm playing the same old pinball clubs
                    F
I played ten years ago"