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