Vincent chords by Don McLean
Verse 1
G
C
G
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
Verse 2
G
C
G
Shadows on the hills
Am
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
C
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
D
G
C
G
In colors on the snowy, linen land
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Chorus 1
Am
D
Now, I understand
G
Bm
what you tried to say to me
Em
Am
And how you suffered for your sanity
D
Em
And how you tried to set them free
A
They would not listen, they did not know how
Am
D
G
Perhaps they'll listen now
Verse 3
G
C
G
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
Verse 4
G
C
G
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 2
Am
D
Now, I understand
G
Bm
what you tried to say to me
Em
Am
And how you suffered for your sanity
D
Em
And how you tried to set them free
A
They would not listen, they did not know how
Am
D
G
Perhaps they'll listen now
Bridge 1
Am
For they could not love you
D
G
Bm
But still your love was true
Em
Am
And when no hope was left inside
Cm
On that starry, starry, night
G
F
E
You took your life as lovers often do
Am
But I could have told you, Vincent
C
C
This world was never meant for one
D
G
As beautiful as you
Verse 5
G
C
G
Starry, starry night
Am
Portraits hung in empty halls
C
Frameless heads on nameless walls
D
With eyes that watch the world
G
and can't forget
Verse 6
G
C
Like the strangers that you've met
G
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 3
Am
D
Now, I think I know
G
Bm
what you tried to say to me
Em
Am
And how you suffered for your sanity
D
Em
And how you tried to set them free
They would not listen,
A
they're not listening still
Am
D
G
Perhaps they never will
G
G
Vincent
Don McLean
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