Intro
One, two, three, four ...
| F# | F#maj7 | F#7 | B |
| Bm E9 | F# B | F# B/C# | F# |
[Verse] 1
F#
They sat together in the park
F#maj7
As the evening sky grew dark
F#7 B
She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones
Bm F# B
’Twas then he felt alone and wished that he’d gone straight
F# B/C# F#
And watched out for a simple twist of fate
[Verse] 2
F#
They walked along by the old canal
F#maj7
B little confused, I remember well
F#7 B
And stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burnin’ bright
Bm F# B
He felt the heat of the night hit him like a freight train
F# B/C# F#
Moving with a simple twist of fate
[Solo] acoustic guitar
| F# | F#maj7 | F#7 | B |
| Bm E9 | F# B | F# B/C# | F# |
[Verse] 3
F#
B saxophone someplace far off played
F#maj7
As she was walkin’ on by the arcade
F#7 B
As the light bust through a beat-up shade where he was wakin’ up,
Bm E9 F# B
She dropped a coin into the cup of a blind man at the gate
F# B/C# F#
And forgot about a simple twist of fate
[Verse] 4
F#
He woke up, the room was bare
F#maj7
He didn’t see her anywhere
F#7 B
He told himself he didn’t care, pushed the window open wide
Bm E9 F# B
Felt an emptiness inside to which he just could not relate
F# B/C# F#
Brought on by a simple twist of fate
[Verse] 5
F#
He hears the ticking of the clocks
F#maj7
And walks along with a parrot that talks
F#7 B
Hunts her down by the waterfront docks where the sailors all come in
Bm E9 F# B
Maybe he’ll pick her out again, how long must he wait
F# B/C# F#
One more time for a simple twist of fate
[Verse] 6
F#
People tell me it’s a sin
F#maj7
To know and feel too much within
F#7 B
I still believe she was my twin, but I lost the ring
Bm E9 F# B
She was born in spring, but I was born too late
F# B/C# F#
Blame it on a simple twist of fate
[Coda] harp
| F# | F#maj7 | F#7 | B |
| Bm E9 | F# B | F# B/C# | F# |
| F# | F#maj7 | F#7 | B |
| Bm E9 | F# B | F# B/C# | F# | E