Track Talk: Hand Of Fate
Date: November 1, 2010 10:19
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Hand Of Fate
(Mick Jagger / Keith Richards)
Musicland Studios, Munich, West-Germany, March 25, 1975,
Mountain Recording Studios, Montreux, Switserland, October 19 - 30, 1975 and
Musicland Studios, Munich, West-Germany, December 3 - 16, 1975
Mick Jagger - lead vocals, backing vocals
Keith Richards - electric guitar, backing vocals
Charlie Watts - drums
Bill Wyman - bass
Ron Wood - backing vocals
Wayne Perkins - electric guitar
Billy Preston - piano
Ollie Brown - percussion
The hand of fate is on me now, it picked me up and it knocked 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
Keeps turning round, turning round, I should have known it was an one horse town
Cause my sweet girl was once his wife and he had papers that the judge had signed
The wind blew hard it was a stormy night, he shot me once but I shot him twice
The hand of fate is on me now, it picked me up and it kicked me right down
It kicked me right down, it kicked me right down
I had 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
And then one day in a drinkin’ bout, he swore he'd throw me right out of town
The hand of fate is on me now, I shot that man, I put him underground
I put him underground, 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 gonna need it child
The hand of fate is on me now, yeah, it's too late baby, I’ll tell ya, it's too late baby
It's too late now, the hand of fate is on me now, oh yeah, I’ll tell ya
The hand of fate hangs heavy, heavy now, it's heavy now
The hand of fate is heavy now
Now, don’t you worry, don’t you frown, I’m gonna keep right, keep right
Oh yeah, watch out boy, oh yeah, come on, now, don’t you frown
It’s too late, it’s too late now
The hand of fate is heavy now, it pick you up and it knock you down
Produced by The Glimmer Twins
First released on:
The Rolling Stones - “Black And Blue” LP
(Rolling Stones Records COC 79104) US, April 15, 1976