Simple Twist Of Fate
Bob Dylan

CAPO 1st Fret

INTRO: Verse Chords once through

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

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

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

HARP BREAK (One Verse)

D
He woke up, the room was bare
D/C#
He didn't see her anywhere
D/C                                        D/B
He told himself he didn't care, pushed the window open wide
        D/A#                D                         G
Felt an emptiness inside to which he just could not relate
D               A               D
Brought on by a simple twist of fate

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

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

HARP BREAK (One Verse) AND END