Vincent Don McLean
I missed a good fingerpicking chord version of this fabolous song.
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The number between brackets after the G chord means it's a different chord form
than played elsewhere. See chord diagrams.
[G]Starry, starry night[Gadd11] [-] [G]
paint your palette [Am]blue and [Asus2]grey[Am]
Am Am/C [cb]Asus2/C[/cb]
Look out on a summer's day
with [D7]eyes that know the darkness in my [G]soul
[Gaddd11]Shadows on the [G]hills,[Gadd11] [-] [G]
sketch the trees and the [Am]daffo[Asus2]dils,[Am]
Am Am/C [cb]Asus2/C[/cb]
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
in [D7]colours on the snowy linen [G]land.
Gsus4-G(no3)-Gsus4-G(2)-Gsus2
[G]Now I under[Am]stand[Asus2] [D7] what you tried to [G]say to [G/F#]me.
[Em]How you suffered for your [Am7]sanity,[D7] how you tried to set them [Em]free.
They would not listen, they did [A7]not know how.[Am7] Per[D7]haps they'll listen [G]now.
GM7(no5)-G6(no5)-G(3)
[G]Starry, starry night,[Gadd11] [-] [G]
flaming flowers that [Am]brightly [Asus2]blaze,[Am]
Am Am/C [cb]Asus2/C[/cb]
Swirling clouds in violet haze
re[D7]flect in Vincent's eyes of China [G]blue.
[Gaddd11]Colours changing [G]hue,[Gadd11] [-] [G]
morning fields of [Am]amber [Asus2]grain[Am]
Am Am/C [cb]Asus2/C[/cb]
Weathered faces lined in pain
are [D7]soothed beneath the artist's loving [G]hand
[G]Now I under[Am]stand[Asus2] [D7] what you tried to [G]say to [G/F#]me.
[Em]How you suffered for your [Am7]sanity,[D7] how you tried to set them [Em]free.
They would not listen, they did [A7]not know how.[Am7] Per[D7]haps they'll listen [G]now.
For [G]they could not [Am]love you[Asus4] [D7] but still your love was [G]true[G/F#]
[Em]And when no [Am7]hope was left in sight on that [Cm]starry, starry night,
You [G]took your life as [F6add#11]lovers often [E7]do. But I [Am7]could have told you, Vincent,
This [C]world was never [Am7]meant for one as [D7]beautiful as [G]you.
Gsus4-G(no3)-Gsus4-G(2)-Gsus2
[G]Starry, starry night,[Gadd11] [-] [G]
portraits hung in [Am]empty [Asus2]halls,[Am]
Am Am/C [cb]Asus2/C[/cb]
Frameless heads on nameless walls
with [D7]eyes that watch the world and can't for[G]get.
Like the [Gadd11]strangers that you've [G]met,[Gadd11-G]
the ragged men in [Am]ragged [Asus2]clothes,[Am]
Am Am/C [cb]Asus2/C[/cb]
The silver thorn, the bloody rose
like [D7]crushed and broken on the virgin [G]snow.
[G]Now I think I know[Am] [Asus2] [D7] what you tried to [G]say to [G/F#]me.
[Em]How you suffered for your [Am7]sanity,[D7] how you tried to set them [Em]free.
They would not listen, they're not [A7]listening still[Am7]
per[D7]haps they never [G]will.
Gadd11 G - G(4) G6(no5) G(4) Gadd9 G
Verse
G 3x0003
Gadd11 3x0013
Am x02210
Asus2 x02200
Am/C x32210
[cb]Asus2/C[/cb] x32200
D7 xx0212
Transition between verse 1 and verse 2, and between bridge and verse 3
Gsus4 3x001x
G(no3) 3x003x
G(2) 3x000x
Gsus2 3200xx
Chorus
G 3x0003
Am x02210
Asus2 x02200
D7 xx0212
G/F# 3x0003
Em 0x2000
Am7 x02010
A7 x02020
Transition between first chorus and verse 2
GM7(no5) 3xx002
G6(no5) 3xx000
G(3) 3x003x
Extro
Gadd11 3x0013
G 3x0003
G(4) 3200xx
G6(no5) 3220xx
Gadd9 3202xx
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