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One thing that struck me working through these sheets was how well-structured – and sometimes quite complex – these songs are. Obviously, if you’re a virtuoso and can manage the solos then extended them and give them a go – they’ll probably add something to these.
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I’ve tried to keep these as close to the originals as I can, although some of the extended instrumental sections I’ve cut down a bit. Pinball Wizard by Pete Townshend(the Who) Lyrics for vocal, plus music accompaniment chords for Ukulele, Guitar, Banjo etc. Pinball Wizard performed by John Kavanagh. From their first single (I Can’t Explain), through a golden run of 1960s classics (My Generation, I Can See For Miles, Pinball Wizard), on into the 1970s rock gods (Won’t Get Fooled Again, Baba O’Reily, Who Are You) and even into the 1980s (You Better You Bet), these are songs that have become ingrained into the consciousness of generations of rock fans.Īnd now they can become ukulele classics as well! Well, maybe not, but you can certainly have a lot of fun with these.


To be honest, I didn’t dig too far – everything in this book should be relatively well known to anybody (myself included) with little more than a passing awareness of the repertoire that Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwhistle and Keith Moon contributed to the rock cannon over the last 50 years. And so if a song like that – a true classic that is everything an overblown, overamped, and yes, probably over-sexed, rock band and song should be – can translate to the humble ukulele, then why shouldn’t the rest of their oeuvre.Īnd so began a journey into The Who’s back-catalogue. Black (The Rolling Stones) Pinball Wizard (The Who) (Were Gonna). But the genesis of this book was the post I made over a year ago of Won’t Get Fooled Again, prompted by a superb video performance with The Roots on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. The Easy Hits Ukulele format provides melody, chords, and lyrics for easy strum. Improve your guitar skills by watching this short tutorial video to learn about sus4 chords.
PINBALL WIZARD UKE HOW TO
Certainly if you take your uke-ing seriously you could end up looking very foolish with this one. Check out this instructional acoustic guitar video that provides a lesson that explains what sus4 chords are and how to play the verse of the song 'Pinball Wizard' by The Who because its a great example of a sus4 chord. All that male aggression, testosterone, riffing and power chords isn’t going to translate well to a tiny pseudo acoustic guitar. I wrote it up with the standard fingering, but decided that using ring and pinkie for Asus4 and middle and ring for A made for a much easier transition after the B.Ever fancied the chance to practice your Pete Townshend windmill actions on your uke? Well here are 16 golden opportunities to have a go with.Īt first glance, I guess The Who aren’t the obvious choice for ukulele. I changed my mind about the fingering for Asus4 and A. I moved the inversions higher up than the original so the relationship between them is similar.Ī lot of moving from sus4 to major chords. The chord inversions are really important in this one. The strumming pattern for this one is the old down, down, up, down, down, up, windmill, windmill, windmill. Pinball Wizard is Pete Townshend operating at the peak of his songwriting powers, and features a frantic rhythm guitar strum that will work your hand. They play a B chord instead of an A chord on that one occasion. Artist:McFly Title:Pinball Wizard Tuning: E A D G B E Intro: Bm Bmsus F7sus F7 Fm7 Em F Bsus B Bsus B Bsus B Bsus B Ever (Bsus) since i was a young boy I (B) played the silver ball From (Asus)soho down to Brighton I (A) must of played em all But i (Gsus) aint seen nothing him In (G) any amusement hall That Fsus deaf dumb and the blind kid.
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We have an official Pinball Wizard tab made by UG professional guitarists. There’s a slight variation on it at the end of the first verse (after ‘down in my soul’). Complete lyrics and chords adapted for ukulele / with intro, outro and key. artist:mcfly title:pinball wizard tuning: e a d g b e intro: bm bmsus f7sus f7 fm7 em f bsus b bsus b bsus b bsus b ever (bsus) since i was a young boy i (b) played the silver ball from. So to make up for it here are four Who chord riffs. The Australian Ukulele Orchestra - Pinball Wizard - YouTube 0:00 / 3:43 The Australian Ukulele Orchestra - Pinball Wizard 1,052 views Ian Porter 367 subscribers 48 Dislike Share.
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I’ve been terribly remiss in not featuring The Who in my Riffs for Ukulele series (although I did write up their ukulele song Blue, Red and Grey).
