Shins - Saint Simonadd

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

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

step into the night.

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

wiped out.

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

step into the night

Em        B        G        A        B

B
La la la la
B
La  la la la

G        D
La la la la
Am          C   D
la la la la la  la

(Repeat this once)

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

C        G       F       D        B

Now run through VERSE chords 1x
(no words)

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

Em        B        G        A        B

B
La la la la
B
La  la la la

G        D        Am        C     D