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