Simple Twist of Fate
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Simple Twist of Fate ? Bob Dylan
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Tuning: Standard
Bob Dylan
Simple Twist of Fate (1975)
(Bob Dylan)
From: "Blood on the Tracks"
Dylan uses an open tuning on the original recording. This is what I play
if I don't want to retune and still look for similar voicings.
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-E
C x-3-2-0-1(0)
ch /ch
Cmaj7/B x-2-2-0-1(0)
C/Bb x-1-2-0-1(0)
F (t)1-3-3-2-1(1)
Fm (t)1-3-3-1-1(1)
G/B x-2-0-0-0-x
Fsus2 (t)1-3-3-0-1(1)
F/G 3-x-3-2-1(1)
ch /ch
Fsus2/G 3-x-3-0-1(1)
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Capo 4th fret
INTRO / VERSES
ch /ch
C Cmaj7/B
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
e(0)--------------|----------------(0)--------------|----------------|
B|1---------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
G|0---------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
D|2---------------|----------------|2---------------|----------------|
A|3---------------|----------------|2---------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
CFBb
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
e(0)--------------|----------------(1)--------------|---------(1)----|
B|1---------------|----------------|1---------------|----------1-----|
G|0---------------|----------------|2---------------|----------0-----|
D|2---------------|----------------|3---------------|----------3-----|
A|1---------------|----------------|3---------------|----------3-----|
E|----------------|----------------|1---------------|----------1-----|
FCGFsus2
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
e(1)--------------(0)--------------(1)-------(1)----|
B|1---------------|1------0--------|1---------1-----|
G|1---------------|0------0--------|2---------0-----|
D|3---------------|2------0--------|3---------3-----|
A|3---------------|3------2--------|3---------3-----|
E|1---------------|------(3)-------|1---------1-----|
ch /ch
C F/G Fsus2/G C
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
e(0)--------------|-(1)-----(1)----(0)--------------|----------------|
B|1---------------|--1-------1-----|1---------------|----------------|
G|0---------------|--2-------0-----|0---------------|----------------|
D|2---------------|--3-------3-----|2---------------|----------------|
A|3---------------|----------------|3---------------|----------------|
E|----------------|--3-------3-----|----------------|----------------|
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Capo 4th fret
INTRO
ch /ch
| C | % | Cmaj7/B | % | C/Bb | % |
| F | F Fsus2| Fm | % | C G/B | F Fsus2 |
ch /ch
| C | F/G Fsus2/G | C | % |
C
They sat together in the park
Cmaj7
As the evening sky grew dark
C/Bb F Fsus2
She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones
Fm C G/B F Fsus2
?Twas then he felt alone and wished that he?d gone straight
ch /ch
C F/G Fsus2/G C
And watched out for a simple twist of fate
C
They walked along by the old canal
Cmaj7
A little confused, I remember well
C/Bb F
And stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burnin? bright
Fm C G/B F Fsus2
He felt the heat of the night hit him like a frei---ght train
ch /ch
C F/G Fsus2/G C
Moving with a simple twist of fate
C
A saxophone someplace far off played
Cmaj7
As she was walkin? on by the arcade
C/Bb F Fsus2
As the light bust through a beat-up shade where he was wakin? up,
Fm C G/B F Fsus2
She dropped a coin into the cup of a blind man at the gate
ch /ch
C F/G Fsus2/G C
And forgot about a simple twist of fate
SOLO
ch /ch
| C | % | Cmaj7/B | % | C/Bb | % |
| F | % | Fm | % | C G/B | F |
| C | F/G | C | % |
C
He woke up, the room was bare
Cmaj7
He didn?t see her anywhere
C/Bb F
He told himself he didn?t care, pushed the window open wide
Fm C G/B F Fsus2
Felt an emptiness inside to which he just could not relate
ch /ch
C F/G Fsus2/G C
Brought on by his simple twist of fate
C
He hears the ticking of the clocks
Cmaj7
And walks along with a parrot that talks
C/Bb F
Hunts her down by the waterfront docks where the sailors all come in
Fm C G/B F Fsus2
Maybe she?ll pick him out again, how long must he wait
ch /ch
C F/G Fsus2/G C
One more time for a simple twist of fate
C
People tell me it?s a sin
Cmaj7
To know and feel too much within
C/Bb F
I still believe she was my twin, but I lost the ring
Fm C G/B F Fsus2
She was born in spring, but I was born too late
ch /ch
C F/G Fsus2/G C
Blame it on a simple twist of fate
SOLO
ch /ch
| C | % | Cmaj7/B | % | C/Bb | % |
| F | % | Fm | % | C G/B | F |
| C | F/G | C