Here's the version of the song the way I play it (which is also the way Dylan played it on the Rolling Thunder Revue tour):
(The chords don't line up right. I tried everything, but this is the best I could do.)
Simple Twist Of Fate
G
They sat together in the park
Bm
As the evening sky grew dark,
G7
She looked at him and he felt a spark
C /b Am
tingle to his bones.
C /b Am
'Twas then he felt alone
G D C
and wished that he'd gone straight
G Am G
And watched out for a simple twist of fate.
They walked along by the old canal
A little confused, I remember well
And stopped into a strange hotel
with a neon burnin' bright.
He felt the heat of the night
hit him like a freight train
Moving with a simple twist of fate.
A saxophone someplace far off played
As she was walkin' by the arcade.
As the light bust through a beat-up shade
where he was wakin' up,
She dropped a coin into the cup
of a blind man at the gate
And forgot about a simple twist of fate.
He woke up, the room was bare
He didn't see her anywhere.
He told himself he didn't care,
pushed the window open wide,
Felt an emptiness inside
to which he just could not relate
Brought on by a simple twist of fate.
He hears the ticking of the clocks
And walks along with a parrot that talks,
Hunts her down by the waterfront docks
where the sailers all come in.
Maybe she'll pick him out again,
how long must he wait
Once more for a simple twist of fate.
People tell me it's a sin
To know and feel too much within.
I still believe she was my twin,
but I lost the ring.
She was born in spring,
but I was born too late
Blame it on a simple twist of fate.
Submitted by
Luke on Tue, 2007/12/11 - 1:59pm
United States
November 5, 2007
I'm also going to pull out my "Library of Classic Children's Songs and see if we can learn a Xmas song or two.
Luke, I'll contact the site owner about a better way to post chord sheet...the code tags make the font monospace, but still compresses white space.
Are you bringing your family?
United States
November 5, 2007
testing
G C123456789012345
C D
23456789 12345
D C D G
12345 7890 2345
GC D
23456789012345
GC D
3456789012345
United States
November 5, 2007
12345345
1 5
2345
2 5
United States
March 23, 2006
I can see the problem and I'll get it worked out as soon as I can. I hope to have time tonight, but there is a good chance I won't have any coding time until I'm all packed for vacation. Vacation is to Mahwah, NJ BTW, but I'll miss your jam as I'm flying on the morning of the 15th.
United States
November 19, 2007
A little ugly, but gets the point across...
Simple Twist Of Fate
GThey sat together in the park
Bm
As the evening sky grew dark,
G7
She looked at him and he felt a spark
C------/b------Am
tingle to his bones.
------C--------/b--Am
'Twas then he felt alone
----G-----------D----------C
and wished that he'd gone straight
----G-----------------Am--------------G
And watched out for a simple twist of fate.
They walked along by the old canal
A little confused, I remember well
And stopped into a strange hotel
with a neon burnin' bright.
He felt the heat of the night
hit him like a freight train
Moving with a simple twist of fate.
A saxophone someplace far off played
As she was walkin' by the arcade.
As the light bust through a beat-up shade
where he was wakin' up,
She dropped a coin into the cup
of a blind man at the gate
And forgot about a simple twist of fate.
He woke up, the room was bare
He didn't see her anywhere.
He told himself he didn't care,
pushed the window open wide,
Felt an emptiness inside
to which he just could not relate
Brought on by a simple twist of fate.
He hears the ticking of the clocks
And walks along with a parrot that talks,
Hunts her down by the waterfront docks
where the sailers all come in.
Maybe she'll pick him out again,
how long must he wait
Once more for a simple twist of fate.
People tell me it's a sin
To know and feel too much within.
I still believe she was my twin,
but I lost the ring.
She was born in spring,
but I was born too late
Blame it on a simple twist of fate.
United States
November 19, 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYybKGp1ycQ
Here's a clip of Dylan playing it this way, except he's capoed. Not a lot of shots of the playing, but enough to see the changes a couple times. Also, you totally rearranges the lyrics here.