0Verse: Am0 E1 G2 1After all these implements and texts designed by D3 C4 D5 2intellects we're vexed to find evidently there's G6 3still so much that hides. Am7 E8 G9 4And though the saints dub us divine in ancient D10 C11 D12 5fading lines their sentiment is just as hard to G13 6pluck from the vine. 7 8Chorus: F14 D15 9I'll try hard not to pretend F16 D17 E18 10allow myself no mock defense as I 11 12step into the night. 13 14Verse: Am19 E20 G21 D22 15Since I don't have the time nor mind to figure C23 D24 16out the nursery rhymes that helped us out in G25 17making sense of our lives Am26 E27 G28 D29 18The cruel, uneventful state of apathy releases me C30 D31 G32 19I value them but I won't cry every time one's 20 21wiped out. 22 23Chorus: F33 D34 24I'll try hard not to give in F35 D36 E37 25batten down to fare the wind F38 D39 26rid my head of this pretense F40 D41 E42 27allow myself no mock defense as I 28 29step into the night 30 Interlude: Am43 E44 C45 D46 E47 31 32 E48 33La la la la E49 34La la la la 35 36 C50 G51 37La la la la Dm52 F53 G54 38la la la la la la 39 40-repeat once- 41 42 C55 G56 43Mercy's eyes are blue and Dm57 F58 G59 44when she places them in C60 G61 45front of you Dm62 F63 G64 46nothing holds a roman C65 G66 47candle to Dm67 F68 G69 48the solemn warmth you feel F70 C71 F72 C73 49Inside 50 Interlude: F74 C75 A#76 G77 E78 51 52-play Verse chords once- 53 54 55Chorus: F79 D80 56I'll try hard not to give in F81 D82 E83 57batten down to fare the wind F84 D85 58rid my head of this pretense F86 D87 59allow myself no mock defense as I E88 60step into the night 61 Interlude: Am89 E90 C91 D92 E93 62 E94 63La la la la E95 64La la la la 65 Outro: C96 G97 Dm98 F99 G100 66