Bryan Ferry – Simple Twist Of Fate (Guitar)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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(Slow down at end, from the E after Am/C)