Vincent - Don McLean
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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
Title: Vincent
Artist: Don McLean, https://youtu.be/oxHnRfhDmrk
Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)
Tempo: 4/4 time, tempo standard q=100. Capo 2nd fret, optionally. Beats on eighths are marked "+".
Emphasize the melody notes. The chord names above may indicate the left-hand position. Use thumb-fretting.
[Verse]
C G
E|-0----------
B|------------
G|-----------0
D|------2-----
A|-3----------
E|-----------3
S
+ +
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tarry, starry
C F
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-|-----------1
night
+ +
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C +
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Paint your p
+
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allet
Dm +
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A|------------
E|-1----------
blue and gr
+ +
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ey
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Look out
+ +
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on a summe
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r's day
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with
+
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D|---------0--
A|------------
E|-1----------
eyes that k
+ +
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now the darkne
+ C
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ss in my soul.
G +
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Shadows o
+ C
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n the hills
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,
C +
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ketch the tr
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ees and daffod
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ils
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Catch t
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he breeze and
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winter chil
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ls,
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in colours
+ +
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on the snowy
+ C
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linen la
+ +
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nd.
[Chorus]
C +
E|------------
B|------------
G|-----0------
D|---------2--
A|-3----------
E|------------
+ +
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Now I u
+ Dm
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nder- stand
+ +
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+ +
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what you tried
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to
C +
E|-0----------
B|------------
G|-----0------
D|---------2--
A|-3----------
E|------------
say
+ Am +
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to me,
+ +
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+
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How you suf
+ +
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fered for your
Dm +
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sanity
+ +
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How yo
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u
+
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tried
+ +
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to se
+ Am +
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t them free.
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+ +
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They would not
+ +
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listen,
+
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the
+
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y did
Dm +
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B|-3----------
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D|---------0--
A|-0----------
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not know ho
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w
+ +
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+ +
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perhaps th
+ C
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ey listen no
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w.
[Verse] ... as above ...
Starry, starry night, Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
Swirling clouds in violet haze reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue
Colors changing hue, morning fields of amber grey,
Weathered faces lined in pain, are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand.
[Chorus] ... as above ...
Now I understand, what you tried to say to me,
How you suffered for your sanity, How you tried to set them free.
They would not listen, they did not know how, perhaps they listen now.
[Bridge]
C +
E|-0----------
B|------------
G|-----0------
D|---------2--
A|-3----------
E|------------
For
+ +
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they could n
+ Dm +
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ot love y
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ou,
+ +
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but still
+
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your love was
+
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true
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And whe
+ +
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n no hope
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was left
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in sight on
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that
Fm +
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starry, sta
+ +
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rry night
+ C +
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You took
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your life as l
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overs often
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do,
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But
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I
Dm +
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G|------------
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could have
+ +
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told you Vince
+ F +
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nt, This world
+ Dm7 +
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was never mea
+ G +
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nt for one as
+ +
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beautiful
C + +
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as you
[Verse] ... as above ...
Starry, starry night
Portraits hung in empty halls
Frameless heads on nameless walls, with eyes that watch the world and can't forget
Like the strangers that you've met, the ragged men in ragged clothes
The silver thorn, the bloody rose, lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow
[FinalChorus]
C
E|-----------0
B|-1a---------
G|-0a---------
D|------2-----
A|-3a---------
E|-----------3
N
+ +
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ow I think I
Dm +
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know
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what y
+
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ou tried to
C +
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A|-3----------
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say
+ Am +
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to me.
+ +
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How you suf
+ +
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fered for your
Dm + + +
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-0----------------------------|
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sanity
G +
E|------------
B|---------3--
G|-----0------
D|---------0--
A|------------
E|-3----------
How
+ +
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-3-------3--p1
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you tried to
+ Am +
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set them free.
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+ +
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They would not
+ +
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listen,
+
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the
+
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y're not
Dm +
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B|-3----------
G|-----2------
D|---------0--
A|-0----------
E|------------
listening
+ D7 +
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still
+ G +
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perhaps
+ +
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they never
--- slow down ...
C F + + C +
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-1a------------------|-1a--------------|
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-3a------------------|-3a--------------|
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will
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| a Arpeggio (harp-like: pick all strings upward in fast sequence)
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| \ Slide down
| / Slide up
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