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Saint Simon Tab
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Don't know the chords? Chord View (by JGuitar)
#----------------------------PLEASE NOTE-----------------------------# # This represents the author's own work and interpretation of the # # song. To be used only for private study, scholarship, or research. # #--------------------------------------------------------------------#
Artist: The Shins
Album: Chutes Too Narrow
Song: Saint Simon
Tabbed by: justin@indieguitartabs.com
Cm G Bb Eb G(10) F(8) Fm(8)
e|---3---3---6---6---10-----8-----8---|
B|---4---3---6---8---12-----10----9---|
G|---5---4---7---8---12-----10----10--|
D|---5---5---8---8---12-----10----10--|
A|---3---5---8---6---10-----8-----8---|
E|---x---3---6---x---x------x-----x---|
*verse*:
Cm G Bb F
After all these implements and text designed by intellects
Eb F(8) Bb
so vexed to find evidently there's just so much that hides
Cm G Bb F
And though the saints dub us divine in ancient feeding lines
Eb F(8) Bb
their sentiment is just as hard to pluck from the vine
*end verse*:
Ab F
I'll try hard not to pretend
Ab F
allow myself no mock defense
G Cm
as I step into the night
*verse*:
Since I don't have the time nor mind to figure out
The nursery rhymes that helped us out and make a sense of our lives
The cruel uneventful state of apathy releases me
I value them but I won't cry if the time was wiped out
*end verse* (x2):
I'll try hard not to give in
Battened down to fair the wind
rid my head of this pretense
allow myself no mock defense
as I step into the night...
*chorus1*:
Cm G Eb F(8) G(10)
...niiiight...
(no chord)
La da da da...
*chorus 2*:
Eb Bb
La da da dum
Fm(8) Ab Bb
La da da da dum dum
*chorus 2*:
Eb Bb
Mercy's eyes are blue
Fm(8) Ab Bb Eb Bb
when she places them in front of you
Fm(8) Ab Bb Eb Bb
nothing holds a roman candle to
Fm(8) Ab Bb Eb Bb
the solemn warmth you feel inside of you
Ab Eb (x3)
da da da da da da da
*end chorus*:
C#
there's no measuring of,
Bb G
nothing else is love
*end verse* (x2):
I'll try hard not to give in
Battened down to fair the wind
Rid my head of this pretense
Allow myself no mock defense
Step into the night... (*chorus 1*)
La da da da
*chorus 2*:
La da da da da da...
*chorus 2*:
Mercy's eyes are blue
When she places them in front of you
nothing really holds a candle to
the solemn warmth you feel inside of you
do do do do do da da dee dum....
THE SOLO (2:05) (Tabbed by: Anthony DeJohn)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------
G|---7s8-7-5-4-4s5---5-5s7-7-7s3-3-3s5-5-3-3-3s5-5-5s3-8-7-5-4-4s5-5-
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------
e|---------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------
G|5s7-7-7s3-3-3-3h5-5-5-3-3-3h5-5-3-3(5)3-3(5)3
D|---------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------