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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
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This is the story of your red right ankle