Intro
One, two, three, four ...
| D# | D#maj7 | D#7 | G# |
| G#m C#9 | D# G# | D# G#/A# | D# |
[Verse] 1
D#
They sat together in the park
D#maj7
As the evening sky grew dark
D#7 G#
She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones
G#m D# G#
’Twas then he felt alone and wished that he’d gone straight
D# G#/A# D#
And watched out for a simple twist of fate
[Verse] 2
D#
They walked along by the old canal
D#maj7
G# little confused, I remember well
D#7 G#
And stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burnin’ bright
G#m D# G#
He felt the heat of the night hit him like a freight train
D# G#/A# D#
Moving with a simple twist of fate
[Solo] acoustic guitar
| D# | D#maj7 | D#7 | G# |
| G#m C#9 | D# G# | D# G#/A# | D# |
[Verse] 3
D#
G# saxophone someplace far off played
D#maj7
As she was walkin’ on by the arcade
D#7 G#
As the light bust through a beat-up shade where he was wakin’ up,
G#m C#9 D# G#
She dropped a coin into the cup of a blind man at the gate
D# G#/A# D#
And forgot about a simple twist of fate
[Verse] 4
D#
He woke up, the room was bare
D#maj7
He didn’t see her anywhere
D#7 G#
He told himself he didn’t care, pushed the window open wide
G#m C#9 D# G#
Felt an emptiness inside to which he just could not relate
D# G#/A# D#
Brought on by a simple twist of fate
[Verse] 5
D#
He hears the ticking of the clocks
D#maj7
And walks along with a parrot that talks
D#7 G#
Hunts her down by the waterfront docks where the sailors all come in
G#m C#9 D# G#
Maybe he’ll pick her out again, how long must he wait
D# G#/A# D#
One more time for a simple twist of fate
[Verse] 6
D#
People tell me it’s a sin
D#maj7
To know and feel too much within
D#7 G#
I still believe she was my twin, but I lost the ring
G#m C#9 D# G#
She was born in spring, but I was born too late
D# G#/A# D#
Blame it on a simple twist of fate
[Coda] harp
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| G#m C#9 | D# G# | D# G#/A# | D# |
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| G#m C#9 | D# G# | D# G#/A# | D# | E