AGFC twice
[C]The [F]hand of [C]fate is [F]on me [C]now
[A]It pick me up [G]and [F]knock me [C]down
I'm [F]on the [C]run, I'm [F]prison [C]bound
[A]The hand of fate [G]is [F]heavy [C]now
I [F]killed a [C]man, I'm [F]highway [C]bound
[A]The wheel of fortune [G]keeps [F]turning [C]round
[F]Turning [C]round, [F]turning [C]round
[A]I should have known it [G]was a [C]one horse [G]town
[F]My sweet [C]girl was [F]once his [C]wife
[A]He had papers [G]that the [F]judge had [C]signed
The [F]wind blew [C]hard, it was [F]stormy [C]night
[A]He shot me once, [G]but I [F]shot him [C]twice
[C]The [F]hand of [C]fate is [F]on me [C]now
[A]It pick me up [G]and it [F]kicked me right [C]down
[F]Kicked me right [C]down
[F]Kicked me right [C]down [A][G][C][G]
[Bb] [C] I had to [Bb]save her [C]life
Yeah, I [Bb]gunned him [C]twice
[A]Yeah, [G]and I [F]watched him [C]die, watch out boy
[A]Yeah, [G]I [F]watched him [C]die
He was a barroom man, the violent kind
He had no love for that gal of mine
Then one day in a drinking bout
He swore he'd throw me right of town
The hand of fate is on me now
I shot that man I put him underground
I put him underground
Yes I did
I'm on the run, I hear the hounds
My luck is up, my chips are down
So goodbye baby, so long now
Wish me luck, I'm going to need it child
The hand of fate is on me now
Yeah it's too late
Too late baby, too late now
The hand of fate is on me now
The hand of fate is heavy now
It pick you up and knock you down
[C]The [F]hand of [C]fate is [F]on me [C]now
[A]It pick me up [G]and [F]knock me [C]down
I'm [F]on the [C]run, I'm [F]prison [C]bound
[A]The hand of fate [G]is [F]heavy [C]now
I [F]killed a [C]man, I'm [F]highway [C]bound
[A]The wheel of fortune [G]keeps [F]turning [C]round
[F]Turning [C]round, [F]turning [C]round
[A]I should have known it [G]was a [C]one horse [G]town
[F]My sweet [C]girl was [F]once his [C]wife
[A]He had papers [G]that the [F]judge had [C]signed
The [F]wind blew [C]hard, it was [F]stormy [C]night
[A]He shot me once, [G]but I [F]shot him [C]twice
[C]The [F]hand of [C]fate is [F]on me [C]now
[A]It pick me up [G]and it [F]kicked me right [C]down
[F]Kicked me right [C]down
[F]Kicked me right [C]down [A][G][C][G]
[Bb] [C] I had to [Bb]save her [C]life
Yeah, I [Bb]gunned him [C]twice
[A]Yeah, [G]and I [F]watched him [C]die, watch out boy
[A]Yeah, [G]I [F]watched him [C]die
He was a barroom man, the violent kind
He had no love for that gal of mine
Then one day in a drinking bout
He swore he'd throw me right of town
The hand of fate is on me now
I shot that man I put him underground
I put him underground
Yes I did
I'm on the run, I hear the hounds
My luck is up, my chips are down
So goodbye baby, so long now
Wish me luck, I'm going to need it child
The hand of fate is on me now
Yeah it's too late
Too late baby, too late now
The hand of fate is on me now
The hand of fate is heavy now
It pick you up and knock you down