Harvey Andrews

Pinball(Chords)

Harvey Andrews

Key: Dm

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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'

Written by Harvey Andrews

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