1620 – The Rolling Stones – Hand of fate (1976)

 

Escrita por Mick Jagger e Keith Richards, foi gravada entre dezembro de 1974 e fevereiro de 1976 e lançada em 23 de abril de 1976, no disco Black and Blue, o décimo quinto disco da banda. Foi produzida por Mick Jagger e Keith Richards. Trata-se de um hard rock da banda. Mick Jagger cantou. Keith Richards tocou guitarra. Bill Wyman tocou baixo. Charlie Watts tocou bateria. Billy Preston tcou piano, piano elétrico. Wayne Perkins tocou guitarra. Ronniw Woods fez backing vocals.

A letra:

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

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

I had to save her life
Yeah, I gunned him twice
Yeah, and I watched him die, watch out boy
Yeah, I watched him 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

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