Chords by: Zak Lommen
As Always i reccomend that you listen to the song as you play it for the first time to
get the strumming down.
I read a tab somewhere out there that said capo on 3, and i tried it and it definitly
sounds more accurate than just open. You choose.
VERSE 1:
A5 E5 G5
After all these implements and texts designed by
D5 C5 D5
intellects we're vexed to find evidently there's
G5
still so much that hides.
A5 E5 G5
And though the saints dub us divine in ancient
D5 C5 D5
fading lines their sentiment is just as hard to
G5
pluck from the vine.
CHORUS:
F5 D5
I'll try hard not to pretend
F5 D5 E5
allow myself no mock defense as I
step into the night.
VERSE 2:
A5 E5 G5 D5
Since I don't have the time nor mind to figure
C5 D5
out the nursery rhymes that helped us out in
G5
making sense of our lives
A5 E5 G5 D5
The cruel, uneventful state of apathy releases me
C5 D5 G5
I value them but I won't cry every time one's
wiped out.
CHORUS:
F5 D5
I'll try hard not to give in
F5 D5 E5
batten down to fare the wind
F5 D5
rid my head of this pretense
F5 D5 E5
allow myself no mock defense as I
step into the night
A5 E5 C5 D5 E5
E5
La la la la
E5
La la la la
C5 G5
La la la la
D5 F5 G5
la la la la la la
(Repeat this once)
C5 G5
Mercy's eyes are blue and
D5 F5 G5
when she places them in
C5 G5
front of you
D5 F5 G5
nothing holds a roman
C5 G5
candle to
D5 F5 G5
the solemn warmth you feel
F5 C5 F5 C5
Inside
F5 C5 Bb5 G5 E5
Now run through VERSE chords 1x
(no words)
CHORUS:
F5 D5
I'll try hard not to give in
F5 D5 E5
batten down to fare the wind
F5 D5
rid my head of this pretense
F5 D5
allow myself no mock defense as I
E5
step into the night
A5 E5 C5 D5 E5
E5
La la la la
E5
La la la la
C5 G5 D5 F5 G5
(this takes the song out)
Good song - zak lommen
