"Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)" by Don McLean.
[Verse]
G Gsus4
Starry, starry night
Am
Paint your palette blue and gray
C
Look out on a summer's day
D G
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
G
Shadows on the hills
Am
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
C
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
D D
In colors on the snowy linen land
[Chorus]
Am
Now I understand
D7 G D E
What you tried to say to me
Am7
And how you suffered for your sanity
D Em
And how you tried to set them free
A7
They would not listen, they did not know how
Am7 D G
Perhaps they'll listen now
[Verse]
G Gsus4
Starry, starry night
Am
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
C
Swirling clouds in violet haze
D G
Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue
G Gsus4
Colors changing hue
Am
Morning fields of amber grain
C
Weathered faces lined in pain
D G
Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand
[Chorus]
Am D7
Now I understand
G D Em
What you tried to say to me
E7
And how you suffered for your sanity
D Em
And how you tried to set them free
A7
They would not listen, they did not know how
Am7 D G
Perhaps they'll listen now
[Bridge]
Am D7
For they could not love you
G D Em
But still your love was true
Am7
And when no hope was left in sight
Cm
On that starry, starry night
G Bm7b5 E7
You took your life, as lovers often do
Am
But I could've told you Vincent
C
This world was never meant for
D G
One as beautiful as you
[Verse]
G Gsus4
Starry, starry night
Am
Portraits hung in empty halls
C
Frame-less heads on nameless walls
D G
With eyes that watch the world and can't forget
G Gsus4
Like the strangers that you've met
Am
The ragged men in ragged clothes
C
The silver thorn of bloody rose
D G
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow
[Chorus]
Am
Now I think I know
G D Em
What you tried to say to me
Am
And how you suffered for your sanity
A Em
And how you tried to set them free
A7
They would not listen, they're not listening still
Am7 D G
Perhaps they never will
End.
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