Shins - Saint Simonadd

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

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

step into the night.

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

wiped out.

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

step into the night

C#m        G#        E        F#        G#

G#
La la la la
G#
La  la la la

E        B
La la la la
F#m          A   B
la la la la la  la

(Repeat this once)

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

A        E       D       B        G#

Now run through VERSE chords 1x
(no words)

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

C#m        G#        E        F#        G#

G#
La la la la
G#
La  la la la

E        B        F#m        A     B