{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":187465,"song":"Saint Simon","artist":"The Shins","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11217834-saint-simon-chords-by-the-shins/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/187465?type=chord","rating":4.69761,"votes":258,"content":"Chords by: Zak Lommen\r\n\r\nI read a tab somewhere out there that said capo on 3, and I tried it and it definitely\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAfter all these implements and texts designed by[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nintellects we're vexed to find evidently there's[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nstill so much that hides.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd though the saints dub us divine in ancient[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nfading lines their sentiment is just as hard to[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\npluck from the vine.[/tab]\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'll try hard not to pretend[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nallow myself no mock defense as I[/tab]\r\n\r\nstep into the night.\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSince I don't have the time nor mind to figure[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nout the nursery rhymes that helped us out in[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nmaking sense of our lives[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe cruel, uneventful state of apathy releases me[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI value them but I won't cry every time one's wiped out.[/tab]\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'll try hard not to give in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nbatten down to fare the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nrid my head of this pretense[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nallow myself no mock defense as I[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nLa la la la[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nLa  la la la[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLa la la la[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nla la la la la  la[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMercy's eyes are blue and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhen she places them in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nfront of you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nnothing holds a roman[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\ncandle to[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthe solemn warmth you feel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nInside[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n            There's no measuring of[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNothing  else is love[/tab]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   x2\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'll try hard not to give in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nbatten down to fare the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nrid my head of this pretense[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nallow myself no mock defense as I[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nstep into the night[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nLa la la la[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nLa  la la la[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n(this takes the song out)[/tab]","plain_text":"Chords by: Zak Lommen\n\nI read a tab somewhere out there that said capo on 3, and I tried it and it definitely\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\nstep into the night.\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nAm      E       C       D       E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm   E   G   D   C   D   G   x2\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm      E       C       D       E","chords":["Am","E","G","D","C","F","Dm","Bb"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}