Vincent Don McLean
Starry, starry [C]night, paint you[F]r palette [C]blue and gre[Dm]y
[F]Look out on a summer's day, with[G] eyes that know the darkness [C]in m[F]y sou[C]l
[C]Shadows on the hill[F]s, Sketch [C]the trees and [Dm]daffodills
C[F]atch the breeze and winter chills, in co[G]lors on the sno[C]wy linen land
And now[Dm] I under stand wha[G]t you trie[C]d to Say[C/B] to me,[Am]
how you suffered for yo[Dm]ur sanity[G] How you tried to set [Am]them free,
they would not listen, [D]they did not[Dm] know how, Perhaps [G]they'll lis[C]ten n[F]ow[C]
[C]Starry, starry [F]night, fla[C]ming flowers[Dm] that Brightly blaze,
[F]swirling clouds in violet haze R[G]eflecting Vincentâ??s eyes of[C] Chi[F]na Bl[C]ue
[C]Colors changing [F]hue, Morni[C]ng fields of[Dm] amber grain
W[F]eathered faces lined with pain Are sooth[G]ed beneath the artists loving [C]hand
An[Dm]d now I under s[G]tand what [C]you trie[C/B]d to Say t[Am]o me,
[Am]how you suffered for your s[Dm]anity How[G] you tried to set them[Am] free,
[D]they would n[Dm]ot listen, they did[G] not know h[C]ow, Pe[F]rhaps [C]they'll listen now
For they could not lov[Dm]e you, but s[G]till your lov[C]e was tr[C/Bm]ue[Am]
And when no ho[Dm]pe was left in sight On that sta[Fm]rry, starry night,
you took[C] your life [Gm]as lovers so[A7]metimes do
[Dm]But I could have told you, Vincent, this[F] world was
Never meant for one as beauti[G]ful as [C]you
[C]Starry, starry [F]night, por[C]traits hung [Dm]in Empty halls,
fearless heads on[F] nameless walls with e[G]yes that watch the worl[C]d an[F]d can[C]â??t forget
Like the stranger[C]s that youâ??ve[F] met The r[C]agged men in[Dm] ragged clothes
The silver thorn of blo[F]ody rose, lie Crush[G]ed and broken o[C]n the virgin snow
A[Dm]nd now I under s[G]tand what [C]you trie[C/B]d to Say t[Am]o me,
[Am]how you suffered for your s[Dm]anity How[G] you tried to set them[Am] free,
[D]They would n[Dm]ot listen, theyâ??r[G]e not liste[C]ning st[F]ill,Pe[C]rhaps the never will
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