The Decemberists – Red Right Ankle (Ukulele)

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C                         F                C                              F
This is the story of your red right ankle and how it came to meet your leg

C                         F                C                             F
And how the muscle bone and sinews tangled and how the skin was softly shed

Dm                          G           Dm                     G
And how it whispered oh adhere to me for we are bound by symmetry

Dm                           G                C                    F
And whatever differences our lives have been we together make a limb

Dm                        G           C     F   C   F
This is the story of your red right ankle

C                         F            C                        F
This is the story of your gypsy uncle you never knew cause he was dead

C                         F                    C                   F
And how his face was carved and ripped wrinkles in the picture in your head

Dm                  G              Dm                 D   (Dsus4)
And remember how you found the key to his hideout in the Pyrenees

Dm                     G                  C               F           F/E
But you wanted to keep his secret safe so you threw the key away

Dm                        G           C     F    C   F
This is the story of your gypsy uncle
Dm G Gsus4 G Dm G Gsus4 G C F (x2)
C                        F                  C                              F
This is the story of the boys who loved you who love you now and loved you then

C                           F                          C                    F
And some were sweet and some were cold and snuffed you and some just laid around in bed

Dm                           G   (Gsus4)    Dm                  G  (Gsus4)
And had crumbled you straight to your knees did it cruel did it tenderly

Dm                               G             C                        F
And some had crawled their way into your heart to rend your ventricles apart

Dm                       G              F/C   F   F/E
This is the story of the boys who loved you

Dm                        G           Csus4
This is the story of your red right ankle