The Shins - Saint Simon

0Verse:
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1After all these implements and texts designed by
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2intellects we're vexed to find evidently there's
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3still so much that hides.
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4And though the saints dub us divine in ancient
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5fading lines their sentiment is just as hard to
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6pluck from the vine.
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8Chorus:
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9I'll try hard not to pretend
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10allow myself no mock defense as I
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12step into the night.
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14Verse:
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15Since I don't have the time nor mind to figure
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16out the nursery rhymes that helped us out in
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17making sense of our lives
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18The cruel, uneventful state of apathy releases me
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19I value them but I won't cry every time one's
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21wiped out.
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23Chorus:
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24I'll try hard not to give in
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25batten down to fare the wind
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26rid my head of this pretense
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27allow myself no mock defense as I
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29step into the night
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Interlude: Am43  E44  C45  D46  E47
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33La la la la
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34La  la la la
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37La la la la
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38la la la la la  la
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40-repeat once-
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43Mercy's eyes are blue and
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44when she places them in
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45front of you
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46nothing holds a roman
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47candle to
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48the solemn warmth you feel
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49Inside
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Interlude: F74  C75  A#76  G77 E78
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52-play Verse chords once-
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55Chorus:
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56I'll try hard not to give in
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57batten down to fare the wind
F84                      D85
58rid my head of this pretense
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59allow myself no mock defense as I
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60step into the night
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Interlude: Am89  E90  C91  D92  E93
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63La la la la
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64La  la la la
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Outro: C96  G97  Dm98  F99  G100
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