Biography:
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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Other songs:
- American Pie
- And I Love You So
- Babylon
- Castles In The Air
- Crossroads
- Crying
- Empty Chairs
- Magdalene Lane
- Since I Don't Have You
- Vincent
- Vincent (starry Starry Night)
- Vincent (starry, Starry Night)
- Birthday Song
- Bronco Bills Lament
- Chain Lightning
- Dreidel
- Every Day
- Everybody Loves Me Baby
- Flight Of Dragons
- Going For The Gold
- Great Big Man
- Homeless Brother
- If I Only Had A Match
- Jerusalem
- La La I Love You
- Legend Of Andrew Mccrew
- Mountains O Mourne
- Oh My What A Shame
- On The Amazon
- Orphans Of Wealth
- Prime Time
- Respectable
- Since I Dont Have You
- The Grave
- The More You Pay
- The Pride Parade
- Till Tomorrow
- When Love Begins
- Winter Has Me In Its Grip
- Winterwood
- Wonderful Baby
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[Verse]
D Em
Starry Starry night paint your pallete blue and grey
G A7 D
Look out on a summer's day with eyes that know the darkness in my soul
Em
Shadows on hills sketch the tress and daffodils
G A7 D
Catch the breeze and the winter chill In colors on the snowy linen land
[Chorus]
G D Em A7 D Bm
And now I understand what you tried to say to me
Em7 A7 Bm
How you suffered for you sanity How you tried to set them free
E7 Em7 A7 D
They would not listen the did not know how perhaps they'll listen now
[Verse]
D Em
Starry starry night flaming flowr's that brightly blaze
G A7 D
Swirling clouds in violet haze reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue
Em
Colors changing hue, morning fields of amber grain
G A7 D
Weathered faces lined in pain are soothed beneath the artists loving hand
[Bridge]
D Em7 A7 D
For they could not love you but still your love was true
Bm Em7 Gm6
And when no hope was left in sight on that starry starry night
D C7 B7 Em7
You took you life as lovers often do But I could of told you Vincent
G A7 D
This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you
[Verse]
D Em
Starry starry night portraits hung in empty halls
G A7 D
frameless heads on nameless walls with eyes that watch the world and can't forget
Em
Like the strangers that you've met,the ragged men in ragged clothes
G A7 D
The silver thorn the bloody rose Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow
[Chorus]
G D Em A7 D Bm
And now I understand what you tried to say to me
Em7 A7 Bm
How you suffered for you sanity How you tried to set them free
E7 Em7 A7 D
They would not listen, they're not listening still perhaps they never will
D Em
Starry Starry night paint your pallete blue and grey
G A7 D
Look out on a summer's day with eyes that know the darkness in my soul
Em
Shadows on hills sketch the tress and daffodils
G A7 D
Catch the breeze and the winter chill In colors on the snowy linen land
[Chorus]
G D Em A7 D Bm
And now I understand what you tried to say to me
Em7 A7 Bm
How you suffered for you sanity How you tried to set them free
E7 Em7 A7 D
They would not listen the did not know how perhaps they'll listen now
[Verse]
D Em
Starry starry night flaming flowr's that brightly blaze
G A7 D
Swirling clouds in violet haze reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue
Em
Colors changing hue, morning fields of amber grain
G A7 D
Weathered faces lined in pain are soothed beneath the artists loving hand
[Bridge]
D Em7 A7 D
For they could not love you but still your love was true
Bm Em7 Gm6
And when no hope was left in sight on that starry starry night
D C7 B7 Em7
You took you life as lovers often do But I could of told you Vincent
G A7 D
This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you
[Verse]
D Em
Starry starry night portraits hung in empty halls
G A7 D
frameless heads on nameless walls with eyes that watch the world and can't forget
Em
Like the strangers that you've met,the ragged men in ragged clothes
G A7 D
The silver thorn the bloody rose Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow
[Chorus]
G D Em A7 D Bm
And now I understand what you tried to say to me
Em7 A7 Bm
How you suffered for you sanity How you tried to set them free
E7 Em7 A7 D
They would not listen, they're not listening still perhaps they never will
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Donkey Kong
Donna Cruz
Doom
Doraemon
Dorian
Doris Day
Dorothy