Simple Twist Of Fate Chords

E can be played as xx2100
for the chromatically descending effect along with
Emaj7/D#  xx1100
E7/D      xx0100
 
 
[Intro]
| E        | E        | Emaj7/D# | Emaj7/D# |
| E7/D     | E7/D     | A/C#     | A/C#     |
| Am/C     | Am/C     | E        | A        |
| E        | B        | E        | E        |
 
[Verse 1]
E
They sat together in the park
Emaj7/D#
As the evening sky grew dark
E7/D                                  A/C#
She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones
      Am/C                   E/B                    A
'Twas then he felt alone and wished that he'd gone straight
E               B                   E
Watch out for a simple twist of fate
 
[Verse 2]
E
They walked along by the old canal
Emaj7/D#
So confused, I remember well
E7/D                                A/C#
Stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burnin' bright
            Am/C                  E               A
He felt the heat of the night, it hit him like a freight train
E             B                   E
Moving with a simple twist of fate
 
[Verse 3]
E
A saxophone someplace far off played
Emaj7/D#
As she was walkin' under the arcade
E7/D                                         A/C#
The light bust through a beat-up shade where he was wakin' up
              Am/C                   E                 A
She dropped a coin into the cup of a blind man at the gate
   E           B                   E
Forgot about a simple twist of fate
 
[Instrumental]
| E        | E        | Emaj7/D# | Emaj7/D# |
| E7/D     | E7/D     | A/C#     | A/C#     |
| Am/C     | Am/C     | E        | A        |
| E        | B        | E        | E        |
 
[Verse 4]
E
He woke up and the room was bare
Emaj7/D#
He didn't see her anywhere
E7/D                                    A/C#
Told himself he didn't care, pushed the window open wide
        Am/C                         E/B               A
Felt an emptiness inside to which he just could not relate
E               B                   E
Brought on by a simple twist of fate
 
[Verse 5]
E
He hears the ticking of the clocks
Emaj7/D#
And walks along with a parrot that talks
E7/D                                             A/C#
Hunts her down by the waterfront docks where the sailors all come in
             Am/C                    E                 A
Maybe she'll pick him out again, oh, how long must he wait
E                   B                   E
One more time for a simple twist of fate
 
[Instrumental]
| E        | E        | Emaj7/D# | Emaj7/D# |
| E7/D     | E7/D     | A/C#     | A/C#     |
| Am/C     | Am/C     | E        | A        |
| E        | B        | E        | E        |
 
[Verse 6]
E
People tell me it's a sin
Emaj7/D#
To know and feel too much within
E7/D                             A/C#
I still believe she was my twin, but I lost the ring
Am/C                        E               A
She was born in spring, but I was born too late
E             B                   E
Blame it on a simple twist of fate
 
[Outro]
| E        | E        | Emaj7/D# | Emaj7/D# |
| E7/D     | E7/D     | A/C#     | A/C#     |
| Am/C     | Am/C     | E        | A        |
| E        | B        | E        | E        |
 
| E        | E        | Emaj7/D# | Emaj7/D# |
| E7/D     | E7/D     | A/C#     | A/C#     |
| Am/C     | Am/C     | E        | A        |
| E        | B        | E        | E        |
 
| E        | E        | Emaj7/D# | Emaj7/D# |
| E7/D     | E7/D     | A/C#     | A/C#     |
| Am/C     | Am/C     | E        | A        |
| E        | B        | E
(Slow down at end, from the E after Am/C)
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