Shins - Saint Simonadd

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

CHORUS:
E                       C#
I'll try hard not to pretend
E                      C#          D#
allow myself no mock defense as I

step into the night.

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

wiped out.

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

step into the night

G#m        D#        B        C#        D#

D#
La la la la
D#
La  la la la

B        F#
La la la la
C#m          E   F#
la la la la la  la

(Repeat this once)

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

E        B       A       F#        D#

Now run through VERSE chords 1x
(no words)

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

G#m        D#        B        C#        D#

D#
La la la la
D#
La  la la la

B        F#        C#m        E     F#