Chords
[Intro]
G/F# G G/F#
G
[Verse 1]
G/F# This is the story of yourG red right ankle
G/F# And how it came to meet yourG leg
G/F# And how the muscle, bone, andG sinews tangled
G/F# And how the skin was softGly shed
[Pre-Chorus]
Em7 And how it whispered
Oh adAhere to me
Em7 For we are bound byA symmetry
Em7 Whatever differences ourA lives have been
D We together maGke a limb
[Chorus]
Em7 This is the story of your Ared right ankle G/F#
G G/F# G
[Verse 2]
G/F# This is the story of yourG gypsy uncle
G/F# You never knew 'cause he wasG dead
G/F# And how his face was carved andG rift with wrinkles
G/F# In the picture in yoGur head
[Pre-Chorus]
Em7 And remember how youA found the key
Em7 To his hideout in theA Pyrenees
Em7 But you wanted to keep hisA secret safe
D So you threw the keyG away
[Chorus]
Em7 This is the story of your Agypsy uncle G/F#
G G/F# G
[Interlude]
Em7 A Em7 A
G/F# G G/F# G
[Verse 3]
G/F# This is the story of the boysG who loved you
G/F# Who love you now and loved youG then
G/F# And some were sweet, and some wereG cold and snuffed you
G/F# And some just laid aroundG in bed
[Pre-Chorus]
Em7 Some had crumbled you straightA to your knees
Em7 Did it cruel, did itA tenderly
Em7 Some had crawled their way inAto your heart
D To rend your ventricles Gapart
[Chorus / Outro]
Em7 This is the story of the boysA who loved[Bmadd11] you
G Em7 This is the story of your Ared right ankle D
