“VINCENT” by Don McLean
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Starry, starry night; Paint your palette blue and gray;
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C D 1 verse only
Look out on a summer's day;
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul...
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G Am
Shadows on the hills; Sketch the trees and the daffodils;
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C D
Catch the breeze and the winter chills; In colors on the snowy linen land.
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[Chorus]
Am D7 D Em
Now I understand What you tried to say, to me; And how you suffered for your
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Am7 D7 D
sanity; And how you tried to set them free: They would not listen; they did
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A7 Am D7 G
not know how -- Perhaps they'll listen now. *first chorus only*
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[Verse]
G Am
Starry, starry night; Flaming flowers that brightly blaze;
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C D 1 verse only
Swirling clouds in violet haze; Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue
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G Am
Colors changing hue; Morning fields of amber grain;
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C D
Weathered faces lined in pain; Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand.
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[Chorus]
Am D7 D Em
Now I understand What you tried to say, to me; And how you suffered for your
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Am7 D7 D
sanity; And how you tried to set them free: They would not listen; they did
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A7 Am D7 G
not know how -- Perhaps they'll listen now.
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[Bridge]
Am D7 D G Em
For they could not love you; But still, your love was true; And when no
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hope was left inside; On that
starry, starry night; You
took your life as lovers often do --
But I could've told you, Vincent:
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Em Am7 C D7 G Am7 G
This world was never meant; For one as beautiful as you.
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[Verse]
G Am
Starry, Starry night; Portraits hung in empty halls;
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C D 1 verse only
Frameless heads on nameless walls; With eyes that watch the world and can't forget
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G Am
Like the strangers that you've met; The ragged men in ragged clothes;
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C D
The silver thorn, a bloody rose; Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow.
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[Chorus]
Am D7 D Em
Now I think I know What you tried to say, to me; And how you suffered for your
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Am7 D7 D
sanity; And how you tried to set them free: They would not listen; they're not
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A7 Am D7 G
listening still -- Perhaps they never will.
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source: tyler_christmas