Ankle Bone Chords
by Birdtalker
Ankle Bone by Birdtalker is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
C x4
verse 1
C
She walks alone across the burning sand
F
No song in her ears
C
No, she won't find another mother now
F
There is no other here
Dm C
She wanders onward never to arrive
Dm C
The naked orphan with nothing more to hide
C x4
verse 2
C
Calls like a pagan to the angry sun
F
Wincing with tired eyes
C
Isn't there anything worth searching for?
F
Is it all compromise?
Dm C
She has no saviour and nothing to decide
Dm C
Spinning onward, a circular sky
Dm x2
F x2
Refrain
Dm
The desert is her mother
Dm
The desert is her mother
F
The desert is her mother
F
The desert is her mother
Dm
The desert is her mother
Dm
The desert is her mother
F
The desert is her mother
F
The desert is her mother
Dm
The desert is her mother
Dm
The desert is her mother
F
The desert is her mother
F C
The desert is her mother now
C F C F
Outro
Dm C
Maybe nothing is all that she will find
Dm C
Maybe nothing is all that she will find
C x4