Simple Twist of Fate

Bob Dylan

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Capo 4th fret

Intro: | C | Cmaj7 | C7 | F | Fm | C G F | C F | C |

C                             Cmaj7
 They sat together in the park as the evening sky grew dark,
C7                                     F
 She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones
      Fm                     C           G         F
'Twas then he felt alone and wished that he'd gone straight
    C                 F               C
And watched out for a simple twist of fate

They walked along by the old canal a little confused, I remember well
And stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burning bright
He felt the heat of the night hit him like a freight train
Moving with a simple twist of fate

A saxophone some place far off played as she was walking on by the arcade
As the light bust through a beat up shade where he was waking up
She dropped a coin into the cup of a blind man at the gate
And forgot about a simple twist of fate

Instrumental: | C | Cmaj7 | C7 | F | Fm | C G F | C F | C |

C                             Cmaj7
 He woke up, the room was bare, he didn't see her anywhere
C7                                         F
 He told himself he didn't care, pushed the window open wide
      Fm                             C          G     F
Felt an emptiness inside to which he just could not relate
C               F               C
Brought on by a simple twist of fate

He hears the ticking of the clocks and walks along with a parrot that talks
Hunts her down by the waterfront docks where the sailors all come in
Maybe she'll pick him out again, how long must he wait?
One more time for a simple twist of fate

People tell me it's a sin to know and feel too much within
I still believe she was my twin, but I lost the ring
She was born in spring, but I was born too late
Blame it on a simple twist of fate

Instrumental: | C | Cmaj7 | C7 | F | Fm | C G F | C F | C |