Intro
One, two, three, four ...
| C | Cmaj7 | C7 | F |
| Fm A#9 | C F | C F/G | C |
[Verse] 1
C
They sat together in the park
Cmaj7
As the evening sky grew dark
C7 F
She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones
Fm C F
’Twas then he felt alone and wished that he’d gone straight
C F/G C
And watched out for a simple twist of fate
[Verse] 2
C
They walked along by the old canal
Cmaj7
F little confused, I remember well
C7 F
And stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burnin’ bright
Fm C F
He felt the heat of the night hit him like a freight train
C F/G C
Moving with a simple twist of fate
[Solo] acoustic guitar
| C | Cmaj7 | C7 | F |
| Fm A#9 | C F | C F/G | C |
[Verse] 3
C
F saxophone someplace far off played
Cmaj7
As she was walkin’ on by the arcade
C7 F
As the light bust through a beat-up shade where he was wakin’ up,
Fm A#9 C F
She dropped a coin into the cup of a blind man at the gate
C F/G C
And forgot about a simple twist of fate
[Verse] 4
C
He woke up, the room was bare
Cmaj7
He didn’t see her anywhere
C7 F
He told himself he didn’t care, pushed the window open wide
Fm A#9 C F
Felt an emptiness inside to which he just could not relate
C F/G C
Brought on by a simple twist of fate
[Verse] 5
C
He hears the ticking of the clocks
Cmaj7
And walks along with a parrot that talks
C7 F
Hunts her down by the waterfront docks where the sailors all come in
Fm A#9 C F
Maybe he’ll pick her out again, how long must he wait
C F/G C
One more time for a simple twist of fate
[Verse] 6
C
People tell me it’s a sin
Cmaj7
To know and feel too much within
C7 F
I still believe she was my twin, but I lost the ring
Fm A#9 C F
She was born in spring, but I was born too late
C F/G C
Blame it on a simple twist of fate
[Coda] harp
| C | Cmaj7 | C7 | F |
| Fm A#9 | C F | C F/G | C |
| C | Cmaj7 | C7 | F |
| Fm A#9 | C F | C F/G | C | E