Intro
One, two, three, four ...
| C# | C#maj7 | C#7 | F# |
| F#m B9 | C# F# | C# F#/G# | C# |
[Verse] 1
C#
They sat together in the park
C#maj7
As the evening sky grew dark
C#7 F#
She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones
F#m 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
C#maj7
F# little confused, I remember well
C#7 F#
And stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burnin’ bright
F#m 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# | C#maj7 | C#7 | F# |
| F#m B9 | C# F# | C# F#/G# | C# |
[Verse] 3
C#
F# saxophone someplace far off played
C#maj7
As she was walkin’ on by the arcade
C#7 F#
As the light bust through a beat-up shade where he was wakin’ up,
F#m B9 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
C#maj7
He didn’t see her anywhere
C#7 F#
He told himself he didn’t care, pushed the window open wide
F#m B9 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
C#maj7
And walks along with a parrot that talks
C#7 F#
Hunts her down by the waterfront docks where the sailors all come in
F#m B9 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
C#maj7
To know and feel too much within
C#7 F#
I still believe she was my twin, but I lost the ring
F#m B9 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# | C#maj7 | C#7 | F# |
| F#m B9 | C# F# | C# F#/G# | C# |
| C# | C#maj7 | C#7 | F# |
| F#m B9 | C# F# | C# F#/G# | C# | E