Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) - Don McLean - Lyrics Chords
Tempo:
105.025 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] Starry, starry night, paint [Am] your [E] palette blue and grey, look [C] out on a summer's day,
[D] With eyes that know the darkness [G] in my soul, shadows on the hills, sketch [E] the trees and
the daffodils, [Am] [C]
catch the breeze and the winter chills,
[D] In colors on the snowy [G] linen land, [C] [G]
now I [Am] understand, [G] what you tried to [Bm] say to [Em] me,
How you suffered [Am] for your sanity,
[D] how you tried to [Em] set them free,
They would not listen, they [A] did not know how, [C]
[D] perhaps they'll [G] listen now.
[G]
Starry, starry night, flaming [Am] flowers that brightly blaze, [C] swirling clouds in violet
haze, [D] reflect in Vincent's eyes of [G] china blue, [Em] colors [G] changing hue, morning [Am] fields of amber
grain, weathered [C] faces lined in pain, [D] are soothed beneath the [G] artist's loving hand,
[C] now I [Am] understand,
[D] what you [G] tried to [Bm] say to me, [Em] how you suffered [Am] for your sanity, [D] how
you tried to set them [Em] free, they would not listen, they [A] did not know how, [Am] [D] perhaps they'll
listen [G] now, for they could [Am] not love you, [D]
but still your [G] love was true, [Em]
and when [Am] no hope
was left in sight [Cm] on that starry, starry night, [G] you took your [Fm] life as [E] lovers often do, [Am] but
I could have told you Vincent, [C] this world was never meant for [D] one as beautiful [G] as you,
[Em] starry, [G] starry night, portraits hung in empty halls, frameless [C] heads on nameless walls,
[D] with eyes that watch the world and [G] can't forget, [C] like the strangers [G] that you've met, the ragged
[Am] men in ragged clothes, the silver [C] thorn of bloody roads, [D] lie crushed and broken on the
[G] virgin snow, [Em] now I [Am] think I know, [D] what you [G] tried to say [Bm] to [Em] me, how you suffered [Am] for your
sanity, [D] how you tried to set [Em] them free, they would not listen, [A] they're not listening still,
[Am] perhaps [D]
they [G] never will.
[D] With eyes that know the darkness [G] in my soul, shadows on the hills, sketch [E] the trees and
the daffodils, [Am] [C]
catch the breeze and the winter chills,
[D] In colors on the snowy [G] linen land, [C] [G]
now I [Am] understand, [G] what you tried to [Bm] say to [Em] me,
How you suffered [Am] for your sanity,
[D] how you tried to [Em] set them free,
They would not listen, they [A] did not know how, [C]
[D] perhaps they'll [G] listen now.
[G]
Starry, starry night, flaming [Am] flowers that brightly blaze, [C] swirling clouds in violet
haze, [D] reflect in Vincent's eyes of [G] china blue, [Em] colors [G] changing hue, morning [Am] fields of amber
grain, weathered [C] faces lined in pain, [D] are soothed beneath the [G] artist's loving hand,
[C] now I [Am] understand,
[D] what you [G] tried to [Bm] say to me, [Em] how you suffered [Am] for your sanity, [D] how
you tried to set them [Em] free, they would not listen, they [A] did not know how, [Am] [D] perhaps they'll
listen [G] now, for they could [Am] not love you, [D]
but still your [G] love was true, [Em]
and when [Am] no hope
was left in sight [Cm] on that starry, starry night, [G] you took your [Fm] life as [E] lovers often do, [Am] but
I could have told you Vincent, [C] this world was never meant for [D] one as beautiful [G] as you,
[Em] starry, [G] starry night, portraits hung in empty halls, frameless [C] heads on nameless walls,
[D] with eyes that watch the world and [G] can't forget, [C] like the strangers [G] that you've met, the ragged
[Am] men in ragged clothes, the silver [C] thorn of bloody roads, [D] lie crushed and broken on the
[G] virgin snow, [Em] now I [Am] think I know, [D] what you [G] tried to say [Bm] to [Em] me, how you suffered [Am] for your
sanity, [D] how you tried to set [Em] them free, they would not listen, [A] they're not listening still,
[Am] perhaps [D]
they [G] never will.
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_ [G] Starry, starry night, _ _ _ paint [Am] your [E] palette blue and grey, _ _ look [C] out on a summer's day,
[D] With eyes that know the darkness [G] in my soul, shadows on the hills, _ _ _ _ sketch [E] the trees and
the daffodils, _ [Am] _ _ [C]
catch the breeze and the winter chills,
[D] In colors on the snowy [G] linen land, [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ now I [Am] understand, _ _ _ _ [G] what you tried to [Bm] say to [Em] me,
How you suffered [Am] for your sanity, _
[D] _ _ how you tried to [Em] set them free,
They would not listen, they [A] did not know how, _ [C] _
_ [D] perhaps they'll [G] listen now.
[G] _
_ _ _ Starry, starry night, _ _ _ flaming [Am] flowers that brightly blaze, _ _ _ [C] swirling clouds in violet
haze, [D] reflect in Vincent's eyes of [G] china blue, [Em] colors [G] changing hue, _ _ _ _ morning [Am] fields of amber
grain, _ _ weathered [C] faces lined in pain, [D] are soothed beneath the [G] artist's loving hand,
[C] now I [Am] understand, _
_ [D] _ _ what you [G] tried to [Bm] say to me, [Em] how you suffered [Am] for your sanity, _ [D] _ how
you tried to set them [Em] free, they would not listen, they [A] did not know how, [Am] _ _ [D] perhaps they'll
listen [G] now, for they could [Am] not love you, _ [D] _
but still your [G] love was true, _ _ [Em] _ _
and when [Am] no hope
was left in sight [Cm] on that starry, starry night, [G] you took your [Fm] life as [E] lovers often do, _ _ [Am] but
I could have told you Vincent, [C] _ this world was never meant for [D] one as beautiful _ [G] as you,
_ _ _ _ [Em] starry, [G] starry night, _ _ _ _ _ portraits hung in empty halls, _ _ frameless [C] heads on nameless walls,
[D] with eyes that watch the world and [G] can't forget, [C] like the strangers [G] that you've met, _ the ragged
[Am] men in ragged clothes, the silver [C] thorn of bloody roads, [D] lie crushed and broken on the
[G] virgin snow, [Em] now I [Am] think I know, _ _ [D] _ _ what you [G] tried to say [Bm] to [Em] me, how you suffered [Am] for your
sanity, _ [D] _ how you tried to set [Em] them free, they would not listen, [A] they're not listening still,
_ [Am] _ perhaps [D] _
they [G] never will. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] With eyes that know the darkness [G] in my soul, shadows on the hills, _ _ _ _ sketch [E] the trees and
the daffodils, _ [Am] _ _ [C]
catch the breeze and the winter chills,
[D] In colors on the snowy [G] linen land, [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ now I [Am] understand, _ _ _ _ [G] what you tried to [Bm] say to [Em] me,
How you suffered [Am] for your sanity, _
[D] _ _ how you tried to [Em] set them free,
They would not listen, they [A] did not know how, _ [C] _
_ [D] perhaps they'll [G] listen now.
[G] _
_ _ _ Starry, starry night, _ _ _ flaming [Am] flowers that brightly blaze, _ _ _ [C] swirling clouds in violet
haze, [D] reflect in Vincent's eyes of [G] china blue, [Em] colors [G] changing hue, _ _ _ _ morning [Am] fields of amber
grain, _ _ weathered [C] faces lined in pain, [D] are soothed beneath the [G] artist's loving hand,
[C] now I [Am] understand, _
_ [D] _ _ what you [G] tried to [Bm] say to me, [Em] how you suffered [Am] for your sanity, _ [D] _ how
you tried to set them [Em] free, they would not listen, they [A] did not know how, [Am] _ _ [D] perhaps they'll
listen [G] now, for they could [Am] not love you, _ [D] _
but still your [G] love was true, _ _ [Em] _ _
and when [Am] no hope
was left in sight [Cm] on that starry, starry night, [G] you took your [Fm] life as [E] lovers often do, _ _ [Am] but
I could have told you Vincent, [C] _ this world was never meant for [D] one as beautiful _ [G] as you,
_ _ _ _ [Em] starry, [G] starry night, _ _ _ _ _ portraits hung in empty halls, _ _ frameless [C] heads on nameless walls,
[D] with eyes that watch the world and [G] can't forget, [C] like the strangers [G] that you've met, _ the ragged
[Am] men in ragged clothes, the silver [C] thorn of bloody roads, [D] lie crushed and broken on the
[G] virgin snow, [Em] now I [Am] think I know, _ _ [D] _ _ what you [G] tried to say [Bm] to [Em] me, how you suffered [Am] for your
sanity, _ [D] _ how you tried to set [Em] them free, they would not listen, [A] they're not listening still,
_ [Am] _ perhaps [D] _
they [G] never will. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _