Vincent - Don McLean

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G Starry, starry night

[G]Starry, starry night

Paint your palette Am blue and grey

Paint your palette [Am]blue and grey

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chorus 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

Verse 2

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G Starry, starry night

[G]Starry, starry night

Am Flaming flowers that brightly blaze

[Am]Flaming flowers that brightly blaze

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

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

Colors changing Am hue, morning fields of amber grain

Colors changing [Am]hue, morning fields of amber grain

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

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

Chorus 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Verse 3

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G Starry, starry night

[G]Starry, starry night

Am Portraits hung in empty halls

[Am]Portraits hung in empty halls

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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