The strumming is sightly weird but if you sit down and play along with the song you'll
it. The Chords written are pretty well aligned with there time (with the words) but I
still recomend playing along with the song to get it down "perfectly".
Verse 1:
After all the[Am]se implements and te[G]xts designed by[Bb]
i[D]ntellects we're vexed to find[Eb] evidently there's[F]
still so much[Bb] that hides.
and thoug[Cm]h the saints du[G]b us divine in ancient[Bb]
[F]fading lines their sentiment [Eb]is just as hard to[F]
[Bb]pluck from the vine.
Chorus:
[Ab]I'll try hard not to pretend[F]
[Ab]allow myself no mock defence as I[F][G]
step into the night.
Verse 2:
[Cm]Since I [G]don't have the time nor mind to figure[F]
out the nursery rh[Eb]ymes that helped us out in[D]
making sense of our [Bb]lives.
[Cm] [G] [Bb]
T[F]he cruel, uneventful state of apathy releases me
I valu[Eb]e the but I won't[F] cry every time one's[Bb]
wiped out.
Chorus:
[Ab]I'll try hard not to give in[F]
[Ab]batten down to fare the wind[F][G]
[Am]rid my head of this pretense[F]
[Am]allow myself no mock defence as I[F][G]
step into the night.
[Cm] [G] [Eb] [F] [G]
[G]La la la la
[G]La la la la
[Eb]La la la la[Bb]
[Fb]La la[Ab] la la la [Bb]la
(Repeat Once)
[Eb]Mercy' eyes are blue and[Bb]
[Fb]when she plac[Ab]es them in[Bb]
[Eb]of you[Bb]
[Fm]nothing ho[Ab]lds a roman[Bb]
[Em]candle t[Bb]o
[Fm]the solomn warmth[Ab] you feel[Bb]
[A]inside.[Eb][Ab][Eb]
[Ab] [Eb] [C#] [Bb] [G]
(No run through Verse chords once)
Chorus:
[Ab]I'll try hard not to give in[F]
[Ab]batten down to fare the wind[F][G]
[Ab]rid my head of this pretense[F]
[Ab]allow myself no mock defence as I[F]
[G]step into the night
[Cm] [G] [Eb] [F] [G]
[G]La la la la
[G]La la la la
[Eb](Thi[Bb]s co[Fm]ntinues[Bb] till songs end)
(tabs) By Harley Teichman
Amazing song "."
it. The Chords written are pretty well aligned with there time (with the words) but I
still recomend playing along with the song to get it down "perfectly".
Verse 1:
After all the[Am]se implements and te[G]xts designed by[Bb]
i[D]ntellects we're vexed to find[Eb] evidently there's[F]
still so much[Bb] that hides.
and thoug[Cm]h the saints du[G]b us divine in ancient[Bb]
[F]fading lines their sentiment [Eb]is just as hard to[F]
[Bb]pluck from the vine.
Chorus:
[Ab]I'll try hard not to pretend[F]
[Ab]allow myself no mock defence as I[F][G]
step into the night.
Verse 2:
[Cm]Since I [G]don't have the time nor mind to figure[F]
out the nursery rh[Eb]ymes that helped us out in[D]
making sense of our [Bb]lives.
[Cm] [G] [Bb]
T[F]he cruel, uneventful state of apathy releases me
I valu[Eb]e the but I won't[F] cry every time one's[Bb]
wiped out.
Chorus:
[Ab]I'll try hard not to give in[F]
[Ab]batten down to fare the wind[F][G]
[Am]rid my head of this pretense[F]
[Am]allow myself no mock defence as I[F][G]
step into the night.
[Cm] [G] [Eb] [F] [G]
[G]La la la la
[G]La la la la
[Eb]La la la la[Bb]
[Fb]La la[Ab] la la la [Bb]la
(Repeat Once)
[Eb]Mercy' eyes are blue and[Bb]
[Fb]when she plac[Ab]es them in[Bb]
[Eb]of you[Bb]
[Fm]nothing ho[Ab]lds a roman[Bb]
[Em]candle t[Bb]o
[Fm]the solomn warmth[Ab] you feel[Bb]
[A]inside.[Eb][Ab][Eb]
[Ab] [Eb] [C#] [Bb] [G]
(No run through Verse chords once)
Chorus:
[Ab]I'll try hard not to give in[F]
[Ab]batten down to fare the wind[F][G]
[Ab]rid my head of this pretense[F]
[Ab]allow myself no mock defence as I[F]
[G]step into the night
[Cm] [G] [Eb] [F] [G]
[G]La la la la
[G]La la la la
[Eb](Thi[Bb]s co[Fm]ntinues[Bb] till songs end)
(tabs) By Harley Teichman
Amazing song "."
