Vincent - Don McLean
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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
Hey Guys, I just fixed up an existing tab, purely because the second and third verses did not have the
chords, and when playing live (if you have not played it before) it's good to have the chords throughout
the tab!
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[Verse 1]
Starry, starry
night
Paint your pal
let blue and g
rey
Look out on a
summer's day w
ith eyes that
know the darkn
ess in my soul
Shadows on the
hills, sketch
the trees and
the daffodils
Catch the bree
ze and the win
ter chills, in
colours on th
e snowy linen
land
[Chorus]
And now I unde
rstand what
you tried to
say to me
How you suffer
ed for your sa
nity How y
ou tried to se
t them free
They would not
listen, they
did not know h
ow perhaps t
hey listen now
[Verse 2]
Starry, starry
night
Flaming flower
s that brightl
y blaze
Swirling cloud
s in violet ha
ze reflect in
Vincent's eyes
of china blue
Colors changin
g hue, morning
fields of amb
er grain
Weathered face
s lined in pai
n, are soothed
beneath the a
rtist's loving
hand
[Chorus]
And now I unde
rstand what
you tried to
say to me
How you suffer
ed for your sa
nity How y
ou tried to se
t them free
They would not
listen, they
did not know h
ow perhaps t
hey listen now
[Extended Chorus]
For they could
not love you,
but still yo
ur love was tr
ue
And when no ho
pe was left in
sight on that
starry, starr
y night
You took your
life as lovers
often do, Bu
t I could have
told you Vinc
ent
This world was
never meant f
or one as beau
tiful as you
[Verse 3]
Starry, starry
night
Portraits hung
in empty hall
s
Frameless head
s on nameless
walls, with ey
es that watch
the world and
can't forget
Like the stran
gers that you'
ve met, the ra
gged men in ra
gged clothes
The silver tho
rn, the bloody
rose, lie cru
shed and broke
n on the virgi
n snow
[Final Chorus]
And now I thin
k I know
what you tried
to say to me
How you suffer
ed for your sa
nity How yo
u tried to set
them free
They would not
listen, they'
re not listen
ing still
perhaps they n
ever will
[Optional Outro]