Shins - Saint Simonadd

VERSC 1:
      Fm        C              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.
    Fm         C               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#          C
allow myself no mock defense as I

step into the night.

VERSC 2:
Fm    C                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
Fm            C                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#         C
batten down to fare the wind
C#                      A#
rid my head of this pretense
C#                      A#           C
allow myself no mock defense as I

step into the night

Fm        C        G#        A#        C

C
La la la la
C
La  la la la

G#        D#
La la la la
A#m          C#   D#
la la la la la  la

(Repeat this once)

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

C#        G#       Gb       D#        C

Now run through VERSE chords 1x
(no words)

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

Fm        C        G#        A#        C

C
La la la la
C
La  la la la

G#        D#        A#m        C#     D#