Simple Twist Of Fate Chords & Tabs

by Bob Dylan

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Main pattern (not all strings strummed every time):
BPM: 137
Denominator: 8
Triplet: Yes
Measures: [1, 202, 202, 1, 202, 202, 1, 202, 101, 1, 202, 101]
"Simple Twist Of Fate" by Bob Dylan
Harmonica in the key of E
Capo: IV
C:         x32010
Cmaj7:     x32000
C7:        x32310
F:         133211
Fm:        133111
G:         320033

[Intro]
C  Cmaj7   C7  F
Fm  C  G  F   C  G  C

[Verse 1]
C                            
They sat together in the park
Cmaj7                       
As the evening sky grew dark
C7                                   
She looked at him and he felt a spark
F                  
Tingle to his bones
Fm                      
'Twas then he felt alone
    C           G            F    
And wished that he'd gone straight
    C                 G                   C
And watched out for a simple twist of fate

[Verse 2]
C                                 
They walked along by the old canal
Cmaj7                             
A little confused, I remember well
C7                              
And stopped into a strange hotel
       F                  
With a neon burning bright
   Fm                        
He felt the heat of the night
C       G      F            
Hit him like a freight train
C             G                   C
Moving with a simple twist of fate

[Verse 3]
C                                   
A saxophone someplace far off played
Cmaj7                              
As she was walking on by the arcade
C7                                       F
As the light bust through a beat-up shade
       F              
Where he was waking up
              Fm               
She dropped a coin into the cup
     C       G        F   
Of a blind man at the gate
C                    G                   C
And forgot about his simple twist of fate

[Instrumental]
C     Cmaj7     C7     F      
(*no lyrics - harmonica solo*)
Fm    C  G  F   C  G  C       
(*no lyrics - harmonica solo*)

[Verse 4]
C                            
He woke up, the room was bare
Cmaj7                     
He didn't see her anywhere
C7                            
He told himself he didn't care
           F               
Pushed the window open wide
        Fm              
Felt an emptiness inside
                 C     G     F   
To which he just could not relate
C               G                   C
Brought on by a simple twist of fate

[Verse 5]
C                                 
He hears the ticking of the clocks
Cmaj7                                   
And walks along with a parrot that talks
C7                                    
Hunts her down by the waterfront docks
          F                  
Where the sailors all come in
      Fm                       
Maybe she'll pick him out again
    C    G       F   
How long must he wait
C                   G                   C
One more time for a simple twist of fate

[Verse 6]
C                       
People tell me its a sin
Cmaj7                           
To know and feel too much within
C7                             
I still believe she was my twin
 F                 
But I lost the ring
  Fm                  
She was born in spring
    C     G        F   
But I was born too late
C             G                   C
Blame it on a simple twist of fate

[Outro]
C     Cmaj7     C7     F      
(*no lyrics - harmonica solo*)
Fm    C  G  F   C  G  C       
(*no lyrics - harmonica solo*)