🎶 Vincent

Capo 4
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Verse 1
Starry, starry n[Db]ight
Paint your pallet bl[Bb]ue and grey
Look out on a s[A#]ummer's day with eye[D7]s that know the darkness in my soul[Db]
Shadows on the hills, sketch the trees and the[Bb] daffodils
Catch the breeze and the w[A#]inter chills, in col[D7]ours on the snowy linen land [Db] [A#] [Db]

Chorus
And now I under[Bb]stand [D7]what you tried to say t[Db]o me [D#]
How you suffered for your [Am7]sanity [D7] How you tried to set them free[D#]
They would not listen, they did n[A7]ot know how [Am7]perhaps [D7]they listen now[Db]

Verse 2
Starry, starry n[Db]ight
Flaming flowers t[Bb]hat brightly blaze
Swirling clouds in [A#]violet haze ref[D7]lect in Vincent's eyes of china blue[Db]
Colors changing hue, morning fields of [Bb]amber grain
Weathered faces [A#]lined in pain, are soo[D7]thed beneath the artist's loving hand [Db]

Chorus
And now I under[Bb]stand [D7]what you tried to say t[Db]o me [D#]
How you suffered for your [Am7]sanity [D7] How you tried to set them free[D#]
They would not listen, they did n[A7]ot know how [Am7]perhaps [D7]they listen now[Db]

Extended Chorus
F[Db]or they could not lo[Am7]ve you, bu[D7]t still your love was true [Db] [D#]
And when no h[Am7]ope was left in sight on that sta[Cm6]rry, starry night
You t[Db]ook your life as lo[F7]vers often do, [E7] But I could [Am7]have told you Vincent
This w[A#]orld was never meant for one as bea[D7]utiful as you [Db]

Verse 3
Starry, starry n[Db]ight
Portraits hung in e[Bb]mpty halls
Frameless heads on n[A#]ameless walls, with eyes[D7] that watch the world and can't forget[Db]
Like the strangers that you've met, the ragged men in [Bb]ragged clothes
The silver thorn, the b[A#]loody rose, lie cru[D7]shed and broken on the virgin snow [Db]

Final Chorus
And now I think I k[Bb]now [D7]what you tried to say [Db]to me [D#]
How you suffered for your [Am7]sanity [D7]How you tried to set them free [D#]
They would not listen, they're not [A7]listening still [Am7] perhaps[D7] they never will [Db]

Optional Outro
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