Red Right Ankle Chords - The Decemberists

Intro

G/B C

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G/B C

Verse 1

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

Verse 2

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

Interlude

Am D Dsus4 D Am D Dsus4 D G/B C (2x)

Verse 3

G/B C This is the story of the boys who loved you, G/B C who love you now and loved you then G/B C And some were sweet and some were cold and snuffed you, G/B C and some just laid around in bed Am D And had crumbled you straight to your knees, Am D did it cruel did it tenderly Am D And some had crawled their way into your heart, G C C G/B to rend your ventricles apart Am D C/E C/E Dsus4 C C G/B Am This is the story of the boys who loved you Am D G This is the story of your red right ankle D/F#: 2 0 0 0 3 3