Red Right Ankle by Decemberists

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G                         C                G                              C
This is the story of your red right ankle,   and how it came to meet your leg
G                         C                G                             C
And how the muscle bone and sinews tangled, and how the skin was softly shed
Am                          D           Am                     D
And how it whispered, oh, adhere to me,    for we are bound by symmetry
Am                           D                G                    C      C/B
And whatever differences our lives have been,   we together make a limb
Am                        D           G     C   G   C  
This is the story of your red right ankle


G                         C            G                        C
This is the story of your gypsy uncle, you never knew cause he was dead
G                         C                    G                   C
And how his face was carved and ripped wrinkles, in the picture in your head
Am                  D              Am                 A   (Asus4)
And remember how you found the key, to his hideout in the Pyrenees
Am                     D                  G               C           C/B
But you wanted to keep his secret safe, so you threw the key away
Am                        D           G     C    G   C C/B
This is the story of your gypsy uncle

Am    D   Dsus4 D  Am    D    Dsus4 D
G    C   (x2)


G                        C                  G                              C       
This is the story of the boys who loved you, who love you now and loved you then
G                           C                          G                    C
And some were sweet and some were cold and snuffed you, and some just laid around in bed
Am                           D   (Dsus4)    Am                  D  (Dsus4)
And had crumbled you straight to your knees, did it cruel did it tenderly
Am                               D             G                        C     C/B
And some had crawled their way into your heart, to rend your ventricles apart
Am                       D              C/G   C   C/B
This is the story of the boys who loved you
Am                        D           Gsus4
This is the story of your red right ankle


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