Vincent Don McLean Starry starry [G] night [Gsus4] [G] paint your palette [Am] blue and grey Look out on a [C] summer's day with [D] eyes that know the darkness in my [G] soul Shadows on the [G] hills [Gsus4] [G] sketch the trees and the [Am] daffodils Catch the breeze and the [C] winter chills In [D] colours on the snowy linen [G] land [C] [G] Now I under[Am]stand [Am6] what you tried to [G] say to [Gmaj7] me [Em7] How you suffered for you [Am] sanity [Am6] and how you tried to set them [Em] free They would not listen they did [A] not know how [Am] Per[Am6]haps they'll listen [G] now Starry starry [G] night [Gsus4] [G] flaming flowers that [Am] brightly blaze Swirling clouds in [C] violet haze re[D]flect in Vincent's eyes of china [G] blue Colors changing [G] hue [Gsus4] [G] morning fields of [Am] amber grain Weathered faces [C] lined in pain Are [D] soothed beneath the artist’s loving [G] hand [C] [G] Now I under[Am]stand [Am6] what you tried to [G] say to [Gmaj7] me [Em7] How you suffered for you [Am] sanity [Am6] and how you tried to set them [Em] free They would not listen they did [A] not know how [Am] Per[Am6]haps they'll listen [G] now For they could not [Am] love you [Am6] but still your love was [G] true [Gmaj7] [Em7] And when no [Am] hope was left in sight on that [Cm] starry starry night You [G] took your life as [F7] lovers often [E7] do But I [Am] could have told you Vincent This [C] world was never meant for one as [D] beautiful as you [G] [C] [G] Starry starry [G] night [Gsus4] [G] portraits hung in [Am] empty halls Frameless heads on [C ] nameless walls With [D] eyes that watch the world and can't for[G]get Like the stranger that you've [G] met [Gsus4] [G] the ragged man in [Am] ragged clothes The silver thorn of [C] bloody rose lies [D] crushed and broken on the virgin [G] snow Now I think I [Am] know [Am6] what you tried to [G] say to [Gmaj7] me [Em7] And how you suffered for you [Am] sanity [Am6] how you tried to set them [Em] free They would not listen they're not [A] listening still [Am] Per[Am6]haps they never [G] will [C] [G]