Vincent — Don McLean
Chords and lyrics for Vincent by Don McLean (key of G).
Verse 1
[G]Starry, starry night, [Gsus4]paint your [G]palette blue and grey
Look out on [C]a summer's day, [Cmaj7]with [D7]eyes that know the darkness in my soul
[G]Shadows on the hills, [Gsus4]sketch the [G]trees and daffodils
Catch the breeze [C]and winter chills, [Cmaj7]in [D7]colors on the snowy linen land
Chorus
[Am]And now I [D7]understand what you tried to [G]say to [G/F#]me, [Em]
[Am]How you suffered for your [D7]sanity, how you tried to set them [Em]free,
[A7]They would not listen, they did not [Am]know [D7]how, [G]perhaps they'll listen now
Verse 2
[G]Starry, starry night, [Gsus4]flaming [G]flowers that brightly blaze,
[C]Swirling clouds [Cmaj7]in violet [D7]haze reflecting Vincent's eyes of china blue
[G]Colors changing hue, [Gsus4]morning [G]fields of amber grain
[C]Weathered faces [Cmaj7]lined in [D7]pain are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand
Chorus
[Am]And now I [D7]understand what you tried to [G]say to [G/F#]me, [Em]
[Am]How you suffered for your [D7]sanity, how you tried to set them [Em]free,
[A7]They would not listen, they did not [Am]know [D7]how, [G]perhaps they'll listen now
Bridge
[Am]For they could not love [D7]you, but still your [G]love was [G/F#]true [Em]
[Am]And when no hope was left in sight on that starry, starry [Cm]night,
[G]You took your life [F]as lovers often [E7]do
[Am]But I could have told you, [C]Vincent, this world was
Never meant for one [D7]as beautiful as [G]you
Verse 3
[G]Starry, starry night, [Gsus4]portraits [G]hung in empty halls,
[C]Frameless heads [Cmaj7]on nameless [D7]walls with eyes that watch the world and can't forget
[G]Like the strangers that [Gsus4]you've [G]met, the ragged men in ragged clothes
[C]The silver thorn of [D7]bloody rose, lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow
Chorus
[Am]And now I [D7]think I know what you tried to [G]say to [G/F#]me, [Em]
[Am]How you suffered for your [D7]sanity, how you tried to set them [Em]free,
[A7]They would not listen, they're not listening [Am]still, [D7]perhaps they never [G]will