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Vincent (starry, Starry Night)

by Don Mclean

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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G
Starry starry night
Am
Paint your palette blue and gray
C
Look out on a summer's day
D7 G
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul

G
Shadows on the hills
Am
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
C
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
D7 G
In colors on the snowy linen land

Am D7
Now I understand
G Em7
What you tried to say to me
Am D7
And how you suffered for your sanity
Em7
And how you tried to set them free
A7 Am
They would not listen they did not know how
D7 G
Perhaps they'll listen now

G
Starry starry night
Am
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
C
Swirling clouds in violet haze
D7 G
Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue

Colors changing hue
Am
Morning fields of amber grain
C
Weathered faces lined in pain
D7 G
Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand

Am D7
Now I understand
G Em7
What you tried to say to me
Am D7
And how you suffered for your sanity
Em7
And how you tried to set them free

A7 Am
They would not listen they did not know how
D7 G
Perhaps they'll listen now

Am D7
For they could not love you
G
But still your love was true
Am
And when no hope was left in sight
Cm
On that starry starry night

G Em7 A7
You took your life as lovers often do
Am
But I could've told you Vincent
C
This world was never meant for
D7 G
One as beautiful as you

G
Starry starry night
Am
Portraits hung in empty halls
C
Frame-less heads on nameless walls
D7 G
With eyes that watch the world and can't forget

Like the strangers that you've met
Am
The ragged men in ragged clothes
C
The silver thorn of bloody rose
D7 G
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow

Am D7
Now I think I know
G Em7
What you tried to say to me
Am D7
And how you suffered for your sanity
Em7
And how you tried to set them free

A7 Am
They would not listen they're not listening still
D7 G
Perhaps they never will