Fate

CAPO II
C-G-E-am F-G-C

         C         G        C
No, she doesn't believe in Fate
                            F
Not when the stakes are so high
         C                     F              C
But the Fiddler must live and something must give
      dm                 G
When star after star is falling from the sky
          C         G           C
So the three of us wait by the hour
                          F
Elizabeth waits by the screen
         C                          em
But the girl with the key doesn't believe in waiting
         dm                                  G
She's thrown the switch and all lights are green

Chorus:
         G                C
She was born beneath a benevolent star
           F                     C
Where the bear and the scorpion meet
            F                     C
But she was almost resigned to a life of leisure
       dm                    G
When providence fell at her feet
                                C
And now she has a videotape, a CD, and a key
      F      am         F
To an interdimensional gate
             C                     F           C
But they're not going to do her a damn bit of good
        G                  C
If she doesn't believe in Fate.



Now Elizabeth's watching the Colonel
And he's met with the girl with the key
But it's not going to do him a damn bit of good
'Cause he only believes in harsh reality
The armies are massed on the border
As the cattle die off in the west
And the three of us only can watch and hope
That the wheels have not come to rest.

CHORUS

 Bb         F
Time minus nine
             em
  lose your place, step out of line
Bb         F            G
No-one to watch as you fall
Bb        F         em
Following all of the wing feathers as you climb
Bb                 F       G
Grace leaves its traces behind.

Now the Colonel and Batya are fighting
And he's taken it all on the chin
All the flights are canceled out of Ulaanbaatar 
And the wildfires are closing in
There's no hope for the Fiddler
As the gauges peg to the right
Elizabeth's run to her pickup truck
And the girl with the key is nowhere in sight.

CHORUS
         C         G
No, she doesn't believe -
        E          am
  What does she believe in
             F         G        C
     If she doesn't believe in Fate?