Intro
One, two, three, four ...
| F | Fmaj7 | F7 | A# |
| A#m D#9 | F A# | F A#/C | F |
[Verse] 1
F
They sat together in the park
Fmaj7
As the evening sky grew dark
F7 A#
She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones
A#m F A#
’Twas then he felt alone and wished that he’d gone straight
F A#/C F
And watched out for a simple twist of fate
[Verse] 2
F
They walked along by the old canal
Fmaj7
A# little confused, I remember well
F7 A#
And stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burnin’ bright
A#m F A#
He felt the heat of the night hit him like a freight train
F A#/C F
Moving with a simple twist of fate
[Solo] acoustic guitar
| F | Fmaj7 | F7 | A# |
| A#m D#9 | F A# | F A#/C | F |
[Verse] 3
F
A# saxophone someplace far off played
Fmaj7
As she was walkin’ on by the arcade
F7 A#
As the light bust through a beat-up shade where he was wakin’ up,
A#m D#9 F A#
She dropped a coin into the cup of a blind man at the gate
F A#/C F
And forgot about a simple twist of fate
[Verse] 4
F
He woke up, the room was bare
Fmaj7
He didn’t see her anywhere
F7 A#
He told himself he didn’t care, pushed the window open wide
A#m D#9 F A#
Felt an emptiness inside to which he just could not relate
F A#/C F
Brought on by a simple twist of fate
[Verse] 5
F
He hears the ticking of the clocks
Fmaj7
And walks along with a parrot that talks
F7 A#
Hunts her down by the waterfront docks where the sailors all come in
A#m D#9 F A#
Maybe he’ll pick her out again, how long must he wait
F A#/C F
One more time for a simple twist of fate
[Verse] 6
F
People tell me it’s a sin
Fmaj7
To know and feel too much within
F7 A#
I still believe she was my twin, but I lost the ring
A#m D#9 F A#
She was born in spring, but I was born too late
F A#/C F
Blame it on a simple twist of fate
[Coda] harp
| F | Fmaj7 | F7 | A# |
| A#m D#9 | F A# | F A#/C | F |
| F | Fmaj7 | F7 | A# |
| A#m D#9 | F A# | F A#/C | F | E