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Red Right Ankle Tab

by Decemberists



Gsus4 sounds better

NO CAPO

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


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

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