Vincent - Don McLean

Structure: Verse 1 - Chorus 1 - Verse 2 - Chorus 1 - Bridge: Extended Chorus - Verse 3 - Chorus: Final Chorus

Verse 1

Starry, starry night

G Starry, starry night

	Am
Paint your palette	blue and grey

Paint your palette Am blue and grey

C	D7	G
Look out on a summer's	day with eyes that know the darkness in my	soul

C Look out on a summer's D7 day with eyes that know the darkness in my G soul

	Am
Shadows on the	hills, sketch the trees and the daffodils

Shadows on the Am hills, sketch the trees and the daffodils

C	D7	G	C	G
Catch the breeze and the	winter chills, in colours on the snowy linen	land

C Catch the breeze and the D7 winter chills, in colours on the snowy linen G land C G

Chorus 1

	Am	D7	G	Em
And now I	under	stand what you tried to say to	me

And now I Am under D7 stand what you tried to say to G me Em

	Am7	D7	Em
How you suffered for your	sani	ty How you tried to set them	free

How you suffered for your Am7 sani D7 ty How you tried to set them Em free

	A7	Am7	D7	G
They would not listen, they did not know	how perhaps they	listen	now

They would not listen, they did not know A7 how perhaps they Am7 listen D7 now G

Verse 2

Starry, starry night

G Starry, starry night

Flaming flowers that brightly blaze

Am Flaming flowers that brightly blaze

C	D7	G
Swirling clouds in violet	haze reflect in Vincent's eyes of china	blue

C Swirling clouds in violet D7 haze reflect in Vincent's eyes of china G blue

	Am
Colors changing	hue, morning fields of amber grain

Colors changing Am hue, morning fields of amber grain

C	D7	G
Weathered faces	lined in pain, are soothed beneath the artist's loving	hand

C Weathered faces D7 lined in pain, are soothed beneath the artist's loving G hand

Chorus 1

Repeat

	Am	D7	G	Em
And now I	under	stand what you tried to say to	me

And now I Am under D7 stand what you tried to say to G me Em

	Am7	D7	Em
How you suffered for your	sani	ty How you tried to set them	free

How you suffered for your Am7 sani D7 ty How you tried to set them Em free

	A7	Am7	D7	G
They would not listen, they did not know	how perhaps they	listen	now

They would not listen, they did not know A7 how perhaps they Am7 listen D7 now G

Bridge: Extended Chorus

G	Am7	D7	G	Em
For they could not	love you,	but still your love was	true

G For they could not Am7 love you, D7 but still your love was G true Em

	Am7	Cm6
And when no hope was	left in sight on that starry, starry	night

And when no hope was Am7 left in sight on that starry, starry Cm6 night

	G	F7	E7	Am7
You	took your life as	lovers often	do, But I could have told you	Vincent

You G took your life as F7 lovers often E7 do, But I could have told you Am7 Vincent

	C	D7	G
This	world was never meant for one as	beautiful as	you

This C world was never meant for one as D7 beautiful as G you

Verse 3

Starry, starry night

G Starry, starry night

Portraits hung in empty halls

Am Portraits hung in empty halls

C	D7	G
Frameless heads on nameless	walls, with eyes that watch the world and can't for	get

C Frameless heads on nameless D7 walls, with eyes that watch the world and can't for G get

	Am
Like the strangers that you've	met, the ragged men in ragged clothes

Like the strangers that you've Am met, the ragged men in ragged clothes

	C	D7	G
The	silver thorn, the	bloody rose, lie crushed and broken on the virgin	snow

The C silver thorn, the D7 bloody rose, lie crushed and broken on the virgin G snow

Chorus: Final Chorus

	Am	D7	G	Em
And now I think I	know	what you tried to say to	me

And now I think I Am know D7 what you tried to say to G me Em

	Am7	D7	Em
How you suffered for your	sani	ty How you tried to set them	free

How you suffered for your Am7 sani D7 ty How you tried to set them Em free

	A7	Am7	D7	G
They would not listen, they're not	listening still perhaps they	never	will

They would not listen, they're not A7 listening still perhaps they Am7 never D7 will G