Shins - Saint Simonadd

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

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

step into the night.

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

wiped out.

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

step into the night

Bm        F#        D        E        F#

F#
La la la la
F#
La  la la la

D        A
La la la la
Em          G   A
la la la la la  la

(Repeat this once)

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

G        D       C       A        F#

Now run through VERSE chords 1x
(no words)

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

Bm        F#        D        E        F#

F#
La la la la
F#
La  la la la

D        A        Em        G     A