VINCENT Don McLean
Star^ry^star^ry |
D Em
||: night tt tt tt | // Paint^your^pa^lette | blue^and grey yy yy | // look^out^on^a |
||: night tt tt tt | // Flam^ing^flowers^that | bright^ly blaze ee ee | // swirl^ing^clouds^in |
||: night tt tt tt | // Por^traits^hung^in | emp^ty halls ss ss | // frame^less^heads^on |
G A7
| sum^mers day yy ~ ^with | eyes^that^know^the dark^ness^in^my |
| vio^let haze ee ~ ^re | flect^in^Vin^cent's eyes^of^chi^na |
| name^less walls ss ~ ^with | eyes^that^watch^the world^and^cant^for |
D
| soul / Sha^dows^on^the | hills ss ss ss | // sketch^the trees^and=the |
| blue / Col^ors^chang^ing | hue ee ee ee | // morn^ing fields^of |
| get Like^the strang^ers^that^you've | met tt tt tt | / ~ ^the rag^ged men^in |
Em G
| daf^fo dils ss ss | // Catch^the breeze^and=the | win^ter chills ss ~ ^in |
| am^ber grain nn nn | // Wea^thered fa^ces | lined^in pain nn ~ ^are |
| rag^ged clothes ss ss | / ~ The^sil^ver thorn^of | blood^y rose ee ~ ^lie |
A7 D G D Em
| co^lors^on^the snow^y^lin^en | land dd dd dd | // now^I^un^der | stand dd dd dd |
| soothed^be^neath^the art^ists^lov^ing | hand dd dd dd | // now^I^un^der | stand dd dd dd |
| crushed^and^bro^ken on^the^vir^gin | snow ww ww ww | // now^I^think^I | know ww ww ww |
A7 D Bm Em7
| // What^you^tried^to | say y^to me ee | / how^you suf^fered^for^your | sa^ni ty yy yy |
A7
| / how^you tried^to^set^them |
Bm E7
1. | free^They^would^not lis^ten^they^did | not know^how ww ww |
Em7 A7 D
| / ~ ^Per haps^they'll^lis^ten | now ww ww ww | ww ww Star^ry^star^ry :||
Bm E7
2. | free^They^would^not lis^ten^they^did | not know^how ww ww |
Em7 A7 D Em7
| / ~ ^Per haps^they'll^lis^ten | now For^they could not | love you uu uu |
A7 D Bm Em7
| ~ but^still^your love was | true ee ee ee | / And when no | hope^was^left^in side^on that |
Gm6 D C7 B7
| star^ry^star^ry night ~ ^you | took^your^life^as lov^ers^of^ten | do oo oo But^I |
Em7 G
| could^have^told^you Vin^cent ~ ^this | world^was^nev^er meant^for^one^as |
A7 D
| / beau^ti ful as | you uu uu uu | // Star^ry^star^ry :||
Bm E7
3. | / free^They^would^not lis^ten^theyre^not | ^list ening ^still ll ll |
Em7 A7 D
| / ~ ^Per haps^they^nev^er | will ll ll ll | @ ll ll // ||
About this song:
Vincent is performed by Don McLean.
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