Red Right Ankle chords by The Decemberists

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Intro 1

Verse 1
This is the story of
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your red right ankle
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And how it came to meet your leg
And how the muscle, bone,
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and sinews tangled
And how the skin was
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softly shed
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And how it whispered Oh adhere

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Verse 2

to me

For we are bound by symmetry

And whatever differences our

lives have been

We together make a limb

This is the story of your red right ankle

Csus2

Verse 3
This is the story of your
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gypsy uncle
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You never knew 'cause he was dead
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And how his face was carved
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and rift with wrinkles
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In the picture in your head
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And remember how you found

Verse 4
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the key
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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

Interlude 1

Verse 5
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This is the story of the boys
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who loved you
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Who love you now and loved
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you then
And some were sweet,
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and some were cold and snuffed you
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And some just laid around in bed

Verse 6
Some had crumbled you
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straight to your knees
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Did it cruel, did it tenderly
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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
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who loved you
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This is the story of your red right ankle