{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":213474,"song":"Red Right Ankle","artist":"The Decemberists","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11219860-red-right-ankle-chords-by-the-decemberists/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/213474?type=chord","rating":4.71356,"votes":133,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D/F#[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|---------------------------|\r\nB|---------------------------|\r\nG|---------------------------|\r\nD|------------------0h2------|\r\nA|----------------------0h2--|  (x2, w/ verse chords)\r\nE|--2---0h2-0h2--3-----------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D/F#[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]                \r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis is the story of your red right ankle,       [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand how it came to meet your leg[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd how the muscle bone and sinews tangled, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand how the skin was softly shed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]                              \r\nAnd how it whispered, oh, adhere to me, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nfor we are bound by symmetry[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]               \r\nAnd whatever differences our lives have been,  [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nwe together make a limb[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D/F#[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D/F#[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nThis is the story of your red right ankle[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis is the story of your gypsy uncle, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nyou never knew 'cause he was dead[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]                                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd how his face was carved and ripped with wrinkles, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nin the picture in your head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch] \r\nAnd remember how you found the key, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch] \r\nto his hideout in the Pyrenees[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch] \r\nBut you wanted to keep his secret safe, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nso you threw the key away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D/F#[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D/F#[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nThis is the story of your gypsy uncle[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Asus4[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  \r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Asus4[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]D/F#[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   (x2)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis is the story of the boys who loved you, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwho love you now and loved you then[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]                                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd some were sweet and some were cold and snuffed you, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand some just laid around in bed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch] \r\nAnd had crumbled you straight to your knees, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch] \r\ndid it cruel did it tenderly[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                         [ch]A[/ch] \r\nAnd some had crawled their way into your heart, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nto rend your ventricles apart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]G/B[/ch]    [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Asus4[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThis is the story of the boys who loved you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThis is the story of your red right ankle[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nD/F#: 2 0 0 0 3 3\r\n\r\n\r\n************************************\r\n\r\n| h  Hammer-on\r\n\r\n************************************","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\n\n\nD/F#                               G                \n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n\nEm    A   Asus4  A  \nEm    A   Asus4  A\nD/F#  G   (x2)\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD/F#: 2 0 0 0 3 3\n\n\n************************************\n\n| h  Hammer-on\n\n************************************","chords":["D/F#","G","B","D","A","E","Em","Asus4","G/B","D/F"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Asus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,3,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}