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Artist: The Decemberists
Album: Her Majesty
Song: Red Right Ankle
[http://www.indieguitartabs.com/bands/decemberists/08_redrightankle.html]
Capo 5th
D/F#: 2 0 0 0 3 3
D/F# G
D|------------------0h2------
A|----------------------0h2-- (x2, w/ verse chords)
E|--2---0h2-0h2--3-----------
D/F# G D/F# G
This is the story of your red right ankle, and how it came to meet your leg
D/F# G D/F# G
And how the muscle bone and sinews tangled, and how the skin was softly shed
Em A Em A
And how it whispered, oh, adhere to me, for we are bound by symmetry
Em A D G G D/F#
And whatever differences our lives have been, we together make a limb
Em A D/F# G D/F# G
This is the story of your red right ankle
D/F# G D/F# G
This is the story of your gypsy uncle, you never knew cause he was dead
D/F# G D/F# G
And how his face was carved and ripped wrinkles, in the picture in your head
Em A Em A (Asus4)
And remember how you found the key, to his hideout in the Pyrenees
Em A D G G D/F#
But you wanted to keep his secret safe, so you threw the key away
Em A D/F# G D/F# G
This is the story of your gypsy uncle
Em A Asus4 A Em A Asus4 A
D/F# G (x2)
D/F# G D/F# G
This is the story of the boys who loved you, who love you now and loved you then
D/F# G D/F# G
And some were sweet and some were cold and snuffed you, and some just laid around in bed
Em A (Asus4) Em A (Asus4)
And had crumbled you straight to your knees, did it cruel did it tenderly
Em A D G G D/F#
And some had crawled their way into your heart, to rend your ventricles apart
Em A G/B (B-A-G) G (G-F#-E)
This is the story of the boys who loved you
Em A D
This is the story of your red right ankle