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10 Chords used in the song: G, Am, C, D7, Em, Am7, A7, Cm, F7, E7
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Vincent
Starry starry nights, paint your palette blue and grey
Look out on a summer's day with eyes that know the darkness in my soul
Shadows on the hills, sketch the trees and the daffodils
Catch the breeze and the winter chills, in colours on the snowy linen land
Now I understand what you tried to say to me
How you suffered for you sanityHow you tried to set them free
They would not listen they did not know how Perhaps they'll listen now
Starry starry nights, flaming flowers that brightly blaze
Swirling clouds in violet haze reflect in Vincent's eyes of chine blue
Colours changing hue, morning fields of amber grain
Weathered faces lined in pain are soothed beneath the artist’s loving hand
Now I understand what you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanityHow you tried to set them free
They would not listen they did not know how Perhaps they'll listen now
For they could not love you, but still your love was true
And when no hope was left in sight, on that starry starry night
You took your life as lovers often do, but I could have told you, Vincent,
This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you
Starry starry nights, 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
Now I think I know what you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity and how you tried to set them free
Would not listen they're not listening still
Perhaps they never will
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About this song: Vincent
"Vincent" is a song by Don McLean written as a tribute to Vincent van Gogh. It is also known by its opening line, "Starry Starry Night", a reference to van Gogh's painting The Starry Night. The song also describes different paintings done by the artist. McLean wrote the lyrics in 1971 after reading a book about the life of the artist. The following year, the song became the number one hit in the U.K. and No. 12 in the U.S.
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