Simple twist of fate
intro
= verse 1 as instrumental
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1. They sat together in the
park,
F#m
as
the evening sky grew dark,
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G
she
looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones.
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'Twas
then he felt alone and wished that he'd gone straight
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and
watched out for a simple twist of fate.
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2. They walked along by the
old canal,
F#m
so
confused, I remember well,
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and
stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burnin'
bright.
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He felt the heat of the night that
hit him like a freight train,
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moving
with a simple twist of fate.
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3. A saxophone someplace far
off played
F#m
she
was walkin' on by the arcade,
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G
the
light bust through a beat-up shade where he was wakin’
up,
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She dropped a coin into the
cup of a blind man at the gate,
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and
forgot about a simple twist of fate.
+ instrumental = verse 3
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4. He woke up, the room was
bare,
F#m
he
didn’t see her anywhere,
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G
he
told himself he didn’t care, pushed the window open wide,
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felt
that emptiness inside to which he just could not relate,
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brought
on by a simple twist of fate.
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5. He hears the ticking of
the clocks
F#m
and
walks along with a parrot that talks,
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G
hunts
her down by the waterfront docks where the sailors all come in.
Gm
D G
Maybe she’ll pick him out
again, but how long must he wait,
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one
more time for a simple twist of fate ?
+ instrumental = verse 5
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6. People tell me it’s a sin
F#m
to
know and feel too much within.
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G
I still believe she was my
twin, but I lost the ring.
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She was born in spring, but I
was born too late,
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blame
it on a simple twist of fate. + instrumental = verse 6
(2x)
(orig.
= capo
2nd) (Brian Ferry)