Chords for Simple Twist of Fate (Live at Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan - February/March 1978)

There's a simple love story _ happened _ to [Am] me.
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_ [G] _ They [C] sat together in the park _ [G] _ as the evening sky got dark.
_ [C] _ She looked at him he felt a spark
[F] tingle to her bones. _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] For then she felt alone and [C] wished [Em] that she'd [F] gone straight
_ [C] and watched out for [F] a simple [G] twist of [C] fate. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ They walked along by the old canal, [G] _ little confused I remember well.
_ [C] _ Stopped into a
renovated hotel [F] with a neon burning bright.
_ _ _ _ [Fm] She felt the heat of the night [C] hit her like [F] a freight
_ train [C] moving with [F] a simple [G] twist [C] of fate. _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ A saxophone something's played.
[G] _ She was walking on by the arcade.
[E] _ She heard the melody rise and
fade.
[F] The sun was coming out.
_ _ She dropped [Fm] her coin into the cup _ [C] of a blind [Em] man [F] at the gate.
I _ [C] forgot about _ [F] a [G] simple [C] twist of fate.
_ _ _ _ _ _ He woke up and she was gone.
_ [G] _ He didn't see nothing but the
dawn.
[C] _ Got out of bed and put his clothes [E] back on.
[F] Pushed back the blind.
_ _ _ Found [Fm] a note she'd left
behind.
_ [C] But he could not _ [F] concentrate _ [C] on anything [F] except a simple [G] twist [C] of fate.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ He hears the ticking of the clock.
[G] _ Walks alone through the city blocks.
[Gm] _ Hunts her down [C] by the waterfront docks [F] where the sailors all come in.
_ Maybe [Fm] he'll see her once again.
_ _ [C] How long must he [F] wait?
_ [C] One more time for [F] a simple [G] twist [C] of fate. _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ People tell me it's a crime _ [G] _ [Em] to remember her for too long a time.
_ [C] She should have caught me in my
prime.
She [F] would have stayed with me _ _ instead [Fm] of going back out to sea _ and [C] leaving me to [F] meditate
a [C] calm that [F] simple [G] twist [C] of fate. _
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