Shins - Saint Simonadd

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

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

step into the night.

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

wiped out.

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

step into the night

F#m        C#        A        B        C#

C#
La la la la
C#
La  la la la

A        E
La la la la
Bm          D   E
la la la la la  la

(Repeat this once)

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

D        A       G       E        C#

Now run through VERSE chords 1x
(no words)

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

F#m        C#        A        B        C#

C#
La la la la
C#
La  la la la

A        E        Bm        D     E