Saint Simon chords by The Shins

Chords with lyrics

The Shins - Saint Simon

This was originally submitted by Brian C. I’ve just gone through and tweaked
it a bit and filled in some stuff that got missed. Except for some la-la-ing
which is tough to describe in detail, it’s totally complete now.

In the verse, pretty much play the root note on the downbeat and strum the
chord on the up beat. For the chorus, just strum the chords evenly.

CAPO 3RD FRET

VERSE 1:
   A minorAm    E MajorE       G+G
After all these implements and texts designed by
D MajorD        C majorC        D MajorD
intellects are vexed to find evidently there's
   G+G
still so much that hides.
  A minorAm     E MajorE        G+G
And though the saints dub us divine in ancient
D MajorD         C majorC      D MajorD
fading lines their sentiment is just as hard to
G+G
pluck from the vine.

CHORUS:
FF            D MajorD
I'll try hard not to pretend
FF           D MajorD
allow myself no mock defence as I
E MajorE
step into the night.


VERSE 2:
A minorAm  E MajorE        G+G        D MajorD
Since I don't have the time nor mind to figure
    C majorC          D MajorD
out the nursery rhymes that helped us out in
    G+G
making sense of our lives
A minorAm      E MajorE        G+G    D MajorD
The cruel, uneventful state of apathy releases me
 C majorC       D MajorD         G+G
I value them but I won't cry every time one's

wiped out.

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

A minorAm	E MajorE	C majorC	D MajorD	E MajorE
(instrumental transition)



E MajorE
La da dum dum
E MajorE
La da dum dum

C majorC    G+G
La da dum dum
DmDm     FF  G+G      (Repeat 1x)
la da da da dum dum


C majorC        G+G
Mercy's eyes are blue, and
DmDm     FF  G+G
when she places them in
C majorC    G+G
front of you
DmDm   FF    G+G
nothing holds a roman
C majorC   G+G
candle to
DmDm     FF     G+G
the solemn warmth you feel
FF    C majorC    FF    C majorC
Inside    (la-la-ing)
FF    C majorC    Bb majorBb    G+G    E MajorE
There's no measuring of (it),(As) nothing else is love

Now run through VERSE chords 1x (no lyrics)

CHORUS:
FF             D MajorD
I'll try hard not to give in
FF             D MajorD    E MajorE
batten down to fare the wind
FF           D MajorD
rid my head of this pretence
FF           D MajorD
allow myself no mock defence, as I
E MajorE
step into the night...

A minorAm	E MajorE	C majorC	D MajorD	E MajorE
(instrumental transition)
E MajorE
La da dum dum
E MajorE
La da dum dum

C majorC	G+G	DmDm	   FF   G+G
La da dum dum, la da da da dum  x4





C majorC        G+G
Mercy's eyes are blue, and
DmDm     FF  G+G
when she places them in
C majorC    G+G
front of you
DmDm   FF    G+G
nothing really holds a
C majorC   G+G
candle to
DmDm     FF     G+G
the solemn warmth you feel
FF    C majorC    FF    C majorC
Inside of you
FF    C majorC    Bb majorBb    G+G    E MajorE
Doo doo-doot doo doo doo

La dee dum the outro, mess around a bit, have fun with it.

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-Voykin

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