Shins - Saint Simonadd

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

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

step into the night.

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

wiped out.

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

step into the night

Gm        D        A#        C        D

D
La la la la
D
La  la la la

A#        F
La la la la
Cm          D#   F
la la la la la  la

(Repeat this once)

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

D#        A#       Ab       F        D

Now run through VERSE chords 1x
(no words)

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

Gm        D        A#        C        D

D
La la la la
D
La  la la la

A#        F        Cm        D#     F