Simple Twist of Fate

By

Guitar

Ukulele

Intro

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Emaj7
E7
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Am
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B/D#
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B11
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Verse 1

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They sat together in the park
Emaj7
As the evening sky grew dark,
E7
She looked at him and he felt a spark
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tingle to his bones.
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'Twas then he felt alone
and wished
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that
B/D#
he'd gone
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straight
And
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watched out for a
B11
simple twist of fate
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Verse 2

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They walked along by the old canal
Emaj7
A little confused, I remember well
E7
And stopped into a strange hotel
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with a neon burnin' bright.
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He felt the heat of the night
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hit him
B/D#
like a
A
freight train
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Moving with a
B11
simple twist of fate
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Verse 3

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A saxophone someplace far off played
Emaj7
As she was walkin' by the arcade.
E7
As the light bust through a beat-up shade
where
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he was wakin' up,
She dropped a
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coin into the cup
of a
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blind man
B/D#
at the
A
gate
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And forgot about a
B11
simple twist of fate
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Interlude

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Emaj7
E7
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Am
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B/D#
A
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B11
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Verse 4

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He woke up, the room was bare
Emaj7
He didn't see her anywhere.
E7
He told himself he didn't care,
pushed the
A
window open wide,
Felt an
Am
emptiness inside
to which he
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just could
B/D#
not re
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late
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Brought on by a
B11
simple twist of fate
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Verse 5

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He hears the ticking of the clocks
Emaj7
And walks along with a parrot that talks,
E7
Hunts her down by the waterfront docks
where the
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sailors all come in.
Maybe
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she'll pick him out again,
how
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long
B/D#
must he
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wait
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Once more for a
B11
simple twist of fate
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Verse 6

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People tell me it's a sin
Emaj7
To know and feel too much within.
E7
I still believe she was my twin,
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but I lost the ring.
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She was born in spring,
but
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I was
B/D#
born too
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late
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Blame it on a
B11
simple twist of fate
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