The Decemberists – Red Right Ankle (Guitar)

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A|----------------------0h2--|  (x2, w/ verse chords)
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This is the story of your red right ankle,       

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and how it came to meet your leg

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And how the muscle bone and sinews tangled, 

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and how the skin was softly shed

Em                          A                              
And how it whispered, oh, adhere to me, 

Em                       A
for we are bound by symmetry

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And whatever differences our lives have been,  

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we together make a limb

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This is the story of your red right ankle

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This is the story of your gypsy uncle, 

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you never knew 'cause he was dead

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And how his face was carved and ripped with wrinkles, 

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in the picture in your head

Em                             A 
And remember how you found the key, 

Em                     A 
to his hideout in the Pyrenees

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But you wanted to keep his secret safe, 

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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, 

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who love you now and loved you then

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And some were sweet and some were cold and snuffed you, 

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and some just laid around in bed

Em                                     A 
And had crumbled you straight to your knees, 

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did it cruel did it tenderly

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And some had crawled their way into your heart, 

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to rend your ventricles apart

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This is the story of the boys who loved you

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This is the story of your red right ankle