Red Right Ankle Uke tab by Decemberists

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


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

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This is the story of the boys who loved you, who love you now and loved you then
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And some were sweet and some were cold and snuffed you, and some just laid around in bed
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And had crumbled you straight to your knees, did it cruel did it tenderly
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And some had crawled their way into your heart, to rend your ventricles apart
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This is the story of the boys who loved you
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This is the story of your red right ankle