Shins - Saint Simonadd

VERSA 1:
      Dm        A              C
After all these implements and texts designed by
G                F                G
intellects we're vexed to find evidently there's
      C
still so much that hides.
    Dm         A               C
And though the saints dub us divine in ancient
G                  F            G
fading lines their sentiment is just as hard to
C
pluck from the vine.

CHORUS:
A#                       G
I'll try hard not to pretend
A#                      G          A
allow myself no mock defense as I

step into the night.

VERSA 2:
Dm    A                C                G
Since I don't have the time nor mind to figure
        F                   G
out the nursery rhymes that helped us out in
       C
making sense of our lives
Dm            A                C        G
The cruel, uneventful state of apathy releases me
  F              G                 C
I value them but I won't cry every time one's

wiped out.

CHORUS:
A#                         G
I'll try hard not to give in
A#                       G         A
batten down to fare the wind
A#                      G
rid my head of this pretense
A#                      G           A
allow myself no mock defense as I

step into the night

Dm        A        F        G        A

A
La la la la
A
La  la la la

F        C
La la la la
Gm          A#   C
la la la la la  la

(Repeat this once)

F                C
Mercy's eyes are blue and
Gm          A#   C
when she places them in
F        C
front of you
Gm      A#       C
nothing holds a roman
F      C
candle to
Gm         A#          C
the solemn warmth you feel
A#        F       A#        F
Inside

A#        F       Eb       C        A

Now run through VERSE chords 1x
(no words)

CHORUS:
A#                         G
I'll try hard not to give in
A#                         G       A
batten down to fare the wind
A#                      G
rid my head of this pretense
A#                      G
allow myself no mock defense as I
A
step into the night

Dm        A        F        G        A

A
La la la la
A
La  la la la

F        C        Gm        A#     C