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Red Right Ankle
Decemberists
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[TRANSPORTED FROM INDIEGUITARTABS.COM CAPO TAB. I JUST DID SOME ARRANGEMENTS]
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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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