Vincent (starry Starry Night) by Don Mclean, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Vincent (starry Starry Night)

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Donald McLean III (born October 2, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his 1971 hit song "American Pie", an 8.5-minute folk rock "cultural touchstone" about the loss of innocence of the early rock and roll generation (US #1 for four weeks in 1972 and UK #2).

McLean's grandfather and father, both also named Donald McLean, had roots originating in Scotland. The Buccis, the family of McLean's mother, Elizabeth, came from Abruzzo in central Italy.

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Verse 1:
G
Starry starry night
Am
Paint your palette blue and gray
C
Look out on a summer's day
D G
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
G
Shadows on the hills
G Am
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
C
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
D G
In colors on the snowy linen land

Chorus:
G Am
Now I understand
D G D
What you tried to say to me
Em Am
And how you suffered for your sanity
D Em
And how you tried to set them free
C A
They would not listen they did not know how
D G
Perhaps they'll listen now

Verse 2:
G
Starry starry night
Am
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
Am C
Swirling clouds in violet haze
D G
Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue
G
Colors changing hue
G Am
Morning fields of amber grain
C
Weathered faces lined in pain
D G
Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand

Chorus:
G Am
Now I understand
D G D
What you tried to say to me
Em Am
And how you suffered for your sanity
D Em
And how you tried to set them free
C A
They would not listen they did not know how
D G
Perhaps they'll listen now

Bridge:
G Am
For they could not love you
D G
But still your love was true
G Am
And when no hope was left in sight
Cm
On that starry starry night
G Em
You took your life as lovers often do
Am
But I could've told you Vincent
C D G
This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you

Verse 3:
G
Starry starry night
G Am
Portraits hung in empty halls
Am C
Frame-less heads on nameless walls
D G
With eyes that watch the world and can't forget
G
Like the strangers that you've met
G Am
The ragged men in ragged clothes
Am C
The silver thorn of bloody rose
D G
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow

Final Chorus:
G Am
Now I think I know
D G D
What you tried to say to me
Em Am
And how you suffered for your sanity
D Em
And how you tried to set them free
A
They would not listen they're not listening still
C G
Perhaps they never will