Shins - Saint Simonadd

VERSA# 1:
      D#m        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.
    D#m         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:
B                       G#
I'll try hard not to pretend
B                      G#          A#
allow myself no mock defense as I

step into the night.

VERSA# 2:
D#m    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
D#m            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:
B                         G#
I'll try hard not to give in
B                       G#         A#
batten down to fare the wind
B                      G#
rid my head of this pretense
B                      G#           A#
allow myself no mock defense as I

step into the night

D#m        A#        F#        G#        A#

A#
La la la la
A#
La  la la la

F#        C#
La la la la
G#m          B   C#
la la la la la  la

(Repeat this once)

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

B        F#       E       C#        A#

Now run through VERSE chords 1x
(no words)

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

D#m        A#        F#        G#        A#

A#
La la la la
A#
La  la la la

F#        C#        G#m        B     C#