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 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 This is the story of your gypsy uncle, you never knew 'cause he was dead And how his face was carved and ripped wrinkles, in the picture in your head And remember how you found the key, to his hideout in the Pyrenees But you wanted to keep his secret safe, so you threw the key away This is the story of your gypsy uncle Em A Asus4 A Em A Asus4 A D/F# G (x2) This is the story of the boys who loved you, who love you now and loved you then And some were sweet and some were cold and snuffed you, and some just laid around in bed And had crumbled you straight to your knees, did it cruel did it tenderly And some had crawled their way into your heart, 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 G This is the story of your red right ankle