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A|----------------------0h2--| (x2, w/ verse chords)
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[Verse 1]
D/F# G
This is the story of your red right ankle,
D/F# G
and how it came to meet your leg
D/F# G
And how the muscle bone and sinews tangled,
D/F# G
and how the skin was softly shed
Em A
And how it whispered, oh, adhere to me,
Em A
for we are bound by symmetry
Em A
And whatever differences our lives have been,
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we together make a limb
Em A D/F# G D/F# G
This is the story of your red right ankle
[Verse 2]
D/F# G
This is the story of your gypsy uncle,
D/F# G
you never knew 'cause he was dead
D/F# G
And how his face was carved and ripped with wrinkles,
D/F# G
in the picture in your head
Em A
And remember how you found the key,
Em A
to his hideout in the Pyrenees
Em A
But you wanted to keep his secret safe,
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so you threw the key away
Em A D/F# G D/F# G
This is the story of your gypsy uncle
[Interlude]
Em A Asus4 A
Em A Asus4 A
D/F# G (x2)
[Verse 3]
D/F# G
This is the story of the boys who loved you,
D/F# G
who love you now and loved you then
D/F# G
And some were sweet and some were cold and snuffed you,
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and some just laid around in bed
Em A
And had crumbled you straight to your knees,
Em A
did it cruel did it tenderly
Em A
And some had crawled their way into your heart,
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to rend your ventricles apart
Em A G/B G/B Asus4 G G D/F# Em
This is the story of the boys who loved you
Em A D
This is the story of your red right ankle
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