Capo 4
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Verse 1
Starry, starry n[G] ight
Paint your pallet bl[Am] ue and grey
Look out on a s[C] ummer's day with eye[D7] s that know the darkness in my soul[G]
Shadows on the hills, sketch the trees and the[Am] daffodils
Catch the breeze and the w[C] inter chills, in col[D7] ours on the snowy linen land [G] [C] [G]
Chorus
And now I under[Am] stand [D7] what you tried to say t[G] o me [Em]
How you suffered for your [Am7] sanity [D7] How you tried to set them free[Em]
They would not listen, they did n[A7] ot know how [Am7] perhaps [D7] they listen now[G]
Verse 2
Starry, starry n[G] ight
Flaming flowers t[Am] hat brightly blaze
Swirling clouds in [C] violet haze ref[D7] lect in Vincent's eyes of china blue[G]
Colors changing hue, morning fields of [Am] amber grain
Weathered faces [C] lined in pain, are soo[D7] thed beneath the artist's loving hand [G]
Chorus
And now I under[Am] stand [D7] what you tried to say t[G] o me [Em]
How you suffered for your [Am7] sanity [D7] How you tried to set them free[Em]
They would not listen, they did n[A7] ot know how [Am7] perhaps [D7] they listen now[G]
Extended Chorus
F[G] or they could not lo[Am7] ve you, bu[D7] t still your love was true [G] [Em]
And when no h[Am7] ope was left in sight on that sta[Cm6] rry, starry night
You t[G] ook your life as lo[F7] vers often do, [E7] But I could [Am7] have told you Vincent
This w[C] orld was never meant for one as bea[D7] utiful as you [G]
Verse 3
Starry, starry n[G] ight
Portraits hung in e[Am] mpty halls
Frameless heads on n[C] ameless walls, with eyes[D7] that watch the world and can't forget[G]
Like the strangers that you've met, the ragged men in [Am] ragged clothes
The silver thorn, the b[C] loody rose, lie cru[D7] shed and broken on the virgin snow [G]
Final Chorus
And now I think I k[Am] now [D7] what you tried to say [G] to me [Em]
How you suffered for your [Am7] sanity [D7] How you tried to set them free [Em]
They would not listen, they're not [A7] listening still [Am7] perhaps[D7] they never will [G]
Optional Outro
[G] [Am] [C] [D7] [G]
