Simple Twist of Fate – Bob Dylan Song Chord/Tab and Lyric

Simple Twist of Fate ? Bob Dylan

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Tabbed by: maguri
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

C [E-A-D-G-B-E]x-3-2-0-1(0)
Cmaj7/B[/ch] 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)
Fsus2/G[/ch] 3-x-3-0-1(1)

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Capo 4th fret

INTRO / VERSES
C Cmaj7/B[/ch]
[+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+]

e(0)————–|—————-(0)————–|—————-|
B|1—————|—————-|0—————|—————-|
G|0—————|—————-|0—————|—————-|
D|2—————|—————-|2—————|—————-|
A|3—————|—————-|2—————|—————-|
E|—————-|—————-|—————-|—————-|

[C/Bb]
[+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+]

e(0)————–|—————-(1)————–|———(1)—-|
B|1—————|—————-|1—————|———-1—–|
G|0—————|—————-|2—————|———-0—–|
D|2—————|—————-|3—————|———-3—–|
A|1—————|—————-|3—————|———-3—–|
E|—————-|—————-|1—————|———-1—–|

[G/B]
[+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+]

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—–|

C F/G Fsus2/G[/ch] C
[+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+]

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
| C | % | Cmaj7/B[/ch] | % | C/Bb | % |
| F | F Fsus2| Fm | % | C G/B | F Fsus2 |
| C | F/G Fsus2/G[/ch] | C | % |

They sat together in the park
As the evening sky grew dark
[C/Bb] She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones
?Twas then he felt alone and wished that [G/B]he?d gone straight
C F/G Fsus2/G[/ch] C
And watched out for a simple twist of fate

They walked along by the old canal
A little confused, I remember well
[C/Bb] And stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burnin? bright
He felt the heat of the night hit him [G/B]like a frei—ght train
C F/G Fsus2/G[/ch] C
Moving with a simple twist of fate

A saxophone someplace far off played
As she was walkin? on by the arcade
As the [C/Bb]light bust through a beat-up shade where he was wakin? up,
She dropped a coin into the cup of a blind [G/B]man at the gate
C F/G Fsus2/G[/ch] C
And forgot about a simple twist of fate

SOLO
| C | % | Cmaj7/B[/ch] | % | C/Bb | % |
| F | % | Fm | % | C G/B | F |
| C | F/G | C | % |

He woke up, the room was bare
He didn?t see her anywhere
[C/Bb] He told himself he didn?t care, pushed the window open wide
Felt an emptiness inside to which he just could [G/B]not relate
C F/G Fsus2/G[/ch] C
Brought on by his simple twist of fate

He hears the ticking of the clocks
And walks along with a parrot that talks
[C/Bb] Hunts her down by the waterfront docks where the sailors all come in
Maybe she?ll pick him out again, how long [G/B]must he wait
C F/G Fsus2/G[/ch] C
One more time for a simple twist of fate

People tell me it?s a sin
To know and feel too much within
[C/Bb] I still believe she was my twin, but I lost the ring
She was born in spring, but I was [G/B]born too late
C F/G Fsus2/G[/ch] C
Blame it on a simple twist of fate

SOLO
| C | % | Cmaj7/B[/ch] | % | C/Bb | % |
| F | % | Fm | % | C G/B | F |
| C | F/G | C