(intro 2x) A G F C

C   F       C       F     C
The hand of fate is on me now
A             G   F        C
It pick me up and knock me down
    F      C        F      C
I'm on the run, I'm prison bound
A                G  F     C
The hand of fate is heavy now
  F        C        F       C
I killed a man, I'm highway bound
A                    G     F       C
The wheel of fortune keeps turning round
F       C      F       C
Turning round, turning round
A                      G     C         G
I should have known it was a one horse town

F        C        F        C
My sweet girl was once his wife
A             G        F         C
He had papers that the judge had signed
    F         C            F      C
The wind blew hard, it was stormy night
A                G     F        C
He shot me once, but I shot him twice
C   F       C       F     C
The hand of fate is on me now
A             G      F               C
It pick me up and it kicked me right down
F               C
Kicked me right down
F               C      A G C G
Kicked me right down

Bb  C              Bb       C
          I had to save her life
                  Bb         C
          Yeah, I gunned him twice

A     G     F           C
Yeah, and I watched him die, watch out boy
A     G F           C
Yeah, I watched him die