Vincent
Don McLean
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C Starry, starry nightDm Paint your palette blue and grayF Look out on a summer's dayG7 With eyes that know the darkness inC my soulC Shadows on the hillsDm Sketch the trees and the daffodilsF Catch the breeze and the winter chillsG7 C In colors on the snowy linen landDm G7 Now I understandC Am What you tried to say to meDm And how you suffered for yourG7 sanityAm And how you tried to set them freeD They would not listen, they did notG7 know howC Perhaps they'll listen nowC Starry, starry nightDm Flaming flowers that brightly blazeF Swirling clouds in violet hazeContinues after the adG7 Reflect in Vincent's eyes of chinaC blueC Colors changing hueDm Morning fields of amber grainF Weathered faces lined in painG7 Are soothed beneath the artist'sC loving handDm G7 Now I understandC Am What you tried to say to meDm And how you suffered for yourG7 sanityAm And how you tried to set them freeD They would not listen, they did notG7 know howC Perhaps they'll listen nowDm For they could not love youG7 C Am But still your love was trueDm And when no hope was left in sightF On that starry, starry nightC You took your life, as lovers oftenA7 doDm But I could have told you, VincentF This world was never meant for oneG7 C As beautiful as youC Starry, starry nightDm Portraits hung in empty hallsF Frameless heads on nameless wallsG7 With eyes that watch the world andC can't forgetC Like the strangers that you've metDm The ragged men in the ragged clothesF The silver thorn, a bloody roseG7 Lie crushed and broken on theC virgin snowDm G7 Now I think I knowC Am What you tried to say to meDm And how you suffered for yourG7 sanityAm And how you tried to set them free They would not listen, they're notD7 G7 listening stillC Perhaps they never will