Intro
One, two, three, four ...
| A# | A#maj7 | A#7 | D# |
| D#m G#9 | A# D# | A# D#/F | A# |
[Verse] 1
A#
They sat together in the park
A#maj7
As the evening sky grew dark
A#7 D#
She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones
D#m A# D#
’Twas then he felt alone and wished that he’d gone straight
A# D#/F A#
And watched out for a simple twist of fate
[Verse] 2
A#
They walked along by the old canal
A#maj7
D# little confused, I remember well
A#7 D#
And stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burnin’ bright
D#m A# D#
He felt the heat of the night hit him like a freight train
A# D#/F A#
Moving with a simple twist of fate
[Solo] acoustic guitar
| A# | A#maj7 | A#7 | D# |
| D#m G#9 | A# D# | A# D#/F | A# |
[Verse] 3
A#
D# saxophone someplace far off played
A#maj7
As she was walkin’ on by the arcade
A#7 D#
As the light bust through a beat-up shade where he was wakin’ up,
D#m G#9 A# D#
She dropped a coin into the cup of a blind man at the gate
A# D#/F A#
And forgot about a simple twist of fate
[Verse] 4
A#
He woke up, the room was bare
A#maj7
He didn’t see her anywhere
A#7 D#
He told himself he didn’t care, pushed the window open wide
D#m G#9 A# D#
Felt an emptiness inside to which he just could not relate
A# D#/F A#
Brought on by a simple twist of fate
[Verse] 5
A#
He hears the ticking of the clocks
A#maj7
And walks along with a parrot that talks
A#7 D#
Hunts her down by the waterfront docks where the sailors all come in
D#m G#9 A# D#
Maybe he’ll pick her out again, how long must he wait
A# D#/F A#
One more time for a simple twist of fate
[Verse] 6
A#
People tell me it’s a sin
A#maj7
To know and feel too much within
A#7 D#
I still believe she was my twin, but I lost the ring
D#m G#9 A# D#
She was born in spring, but I was born too late
A# D#/F A#
Blame it on a simple twist of fate
[Coda] harp
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| D#m G#9 | A# D# | A# D#/F | A# |
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| D#m G#9 | A# D# | A# D#/F | A# | E