Chords for vincent by don mclean
Tempo:
144.3 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Am
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [C] [G]
[Em] Story, story [G] night, [C] [G]
paint your [Am] palette blue and grey
Look out [C] on a summer's day, [D] the eyes that [C] know the darkness in my [G] soul
Shadows in the [C] hills, [G] the scarlet [Am] trees and the tarpaulins
Guts that [C] freeze in winter chills, [D]
and colors [C] of the snow in the [G] air
[Am] [G]
Nobody [Am] understands
[D] what you [G] tried to [D] say [Em] to me
And how you suffered for [Am] your sanity, [D] and how you tried to set [Em] them free
They would not listen, [A] they did not know how, [Am]
[D] perhaps they [G] listen now
[C] [G]
[Em] Story, story [G] night, [C]
[G] flaming [Am] flowers that dry out the blaze
Thrilling clouds, [C] minor tastes, [D] reflection [C] builds in eyes of [G] channel blue
Scarlet changing you, [C] [G]
morning [Am] pure, the bamboo grain
Withered faces, [C] light and pain, [D] are asleep beneath [C] the earth's [G] loving hand
[C] [G] Nobody [Am] understands [D]
what you [G] tried to say to [Em] me
And how you suffered for [Am] your sanity,
[D] and how you tried to [Em] set them free
They would not listen, [A] they did not know how, [Am]
[D] perhaps they listen [G] now
For they could [Am] not love you, [D] but still [G] your love was [D] true
[Em]
And when [Am] a hope was left inside on [Cm] a story, story night
[G] You took [D] your life's lovers [Em] of them too
But [Am]
I could not tell you Vincent, [C] this world was never meant for [D] one as beautiful [G] as [C] you
[G]
[Em] Story, story [G]
night, [C] [G] portrait [Am] pen and empty halls, flaming [C] heads and naily walls
But [D] I still watch [C] the world I can't [G] forget, [Em] like a stranger's [G] tattooed map
[C]
[G] The ragged [Am] men in ragged clothes, the silver [C] tar on bloody roads
[D] Like rust in [C] the broken, on the purged [G] snow, now I think [Am] I know
[D] What [Am]
you [G] tried to [D] say to [Em] me, and how you suffered [Am] for your sanity
[D] And how you tried to [Em] set them free, they would not listen, [A] they're not listening still
[Am] Perhaps
[D] they never [G] will
[C] [G]
[Em] [A] [G]
[C] [G]
[Em] Story, story [G] night, [C] [G]
paint your [Am] palette blue and grey
Look out [C] on a summer's day, [D] the eyes that [C] know the darkness in my [G] soul
Shadows in the [C] hills, [G] the scarlet [Am] trees and the tarpaulins
Guts that [C] freeze in winter chills, [D]
and colors [C] of the snow in the [G] air
[Am] [G]
Nobody [Am] understands
[D] what you [G] tried to [D] say [Em] to me
And how you suffered for [Am] your sanity, [D] and how you tried to set [Em] them free
They would not listen, [A] they did not know how, [Am]
[D] perhaps they [G] listen now
[C] [G]
[Em] Story, story [G] night, [C]
[G] flaming [Am] flowers that dry out the blaze
Thrilling clouds, [C] minor tastes, [D] reflection [C] builds in eyes of [G] channel blue
Scarlet changing you, [C] [G]
morning [Am] pure, the bamboo grain
Withered faces, [C] light and pain, [D] are asleep beneath [C] the earth's [G] loving hand
[C] [G] Nobody [Am] understands [D]
what you [G] tried to say to [Em] me
And how you suffered for [Am] your sanity,
[D] and how you tried to [Em] set them free
They would not listen, [A] they did not know how, [Am]
[D] perhaps they listen [G] now
For they could [Am] not love you, [D] but still [G] your love was [D] true
[Em]
And when [Am] a hope was left inside on [Cm] a story, story night
[G] You took [D] your life's lovers [Em] of them too
But [Am]
I could not tell you Vincent, [C] this world was never meant for [D] one as beautiful [G] as [C] you
[G]
[Em] Story, story [G]
night, [C] [G] portrait [Am] pen and empty halls, flaming [C] heads and naily walls
But [D] I still watch [C] the world I can't [G] forget, [Em] like a stranger's [G] tattooed map
[C]
[G] The ragged [Am] men in ragged clothes, the silver [C] tar on bloody roads
[D] Like rust in [C] the broken, on the purged [G] snow, now I think [Am] I know
[D] What [Am]
you [G] tried to [D] say to [Em] me, and how you suffered [Am] for your sanity
[D] And how you tried to [Em] set them free, they would not listen, [A] they're not listening still
[Am] Perhaps
[D] they never [G] will
[C] [G]
[Em] [A] [G]
[C] [G]
Key:
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Em
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C
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] Story, story [G] night, _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ paint your [Am] palette blue and grey
_ _ Look _ out [C] on a summer's day, [D] the eyes that [C] know the darkness in my [G] soul
_ Shadows in the _ [C] hills, _ _ [G] _ _ the scarlet [Am] trees and the _ _ tarpaulins
_ _ _ Guts that [C] freeze in winter _ chills, _ [D]
and colors [C] of the snow in the [G] air
_ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
Nobody _ _ [Am] understands _ _ _
_ [D] what _ you [G] tried to [D] say _ [Em] to me _
And how you suffered for [Am] your sanity, _ _ [D] _ _ and how you tried to set [Em] them free
They would not listen, [A] they did not know how, _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [D] perhaps they [G] listen _ now
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Em] Story, story _ [G] night, _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ flaming [Am] flowers that dry out the _ blaze _ _
_ Thrilling clouds, [C] _ minor _ tastes, _ [D] reflection [C] builds in eyes of [G] channel blue
_ Scarlet changing _ you, _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ morning [Am] pure, the bamboo grain
_ _ _ _ Withered faces, [C] _ light and pain, _ [D] are asleep beneath [C] the earth's [G] loving hand
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ Nobody _ [Am] _ understands _ _ [D] _
what _ you [G] _ tried to say to [Em] me
_ And how you suffered for [Am] your sanity, _
_ [D] _ _ and how you tried to [Em] set them free
They would not listen, [A] they did not know how, _ [Am] _ _ _
[D] perhaps they listen [G] _ now
For they could [Am] not love _ you, _ [D] _ _ but still [G] your love was [D] true
_ _ [Em] _ _
_ And when [Am] a hope was left inside on [Cm] a story, story night
_ [G] You took [D] your life's lovers [Em] of them too
_ But [Am]
I could not tell you Vincent, [C] _ this world was never meant for [D] one as _ beautiful [G] as [C] you
_ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Em] Story, story [G] _
night, [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ portrait [Am] pen and empty _ halls, _ _ _ flaming [C] heads and naily walls
_ But [D] I still watch [C] the world I can't [G] _ forget, [Em] like a _ stranger's [G] tattooed map
[C] _ _
_ [G] _ The ragged [Am] men in ragged _ clothes, _ _ the silver [C] tar on bloody roads
_ [D] Like rust in [C] the broken, on the purged [G] snow, _ now I think [Am] I know
_ [D] What [Am] _ _
you [G] tried to [D] say _ to [Em] me, and how you suffered [Am] for your sanity
_ _ [D] And how you tried to [Em] set them free, they would not listen, [A] they're not listening _ still
_ _ [Am] Perhaps _
_ _ [D] _ they _ _ _ never [G] will _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] Story, story [G] night, _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ paint your [Am] palette blue and grey
_ _ Look _ out [C] on a summer's day, [D] the eyes that [C] know the darkness in my [G] soul
_ Shadows in the _ [C] hills, _ _ [G] _ _ the scarlet [Am] trees and the _ _ tarpaulins
_ _ _ Guts that [C] freeze in winter _ chills, _ [D]
and colors [C] of the snow in the [G] air
_ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
Nobody _ _ [Am] understands _ _ _
_ [D] what _ you [G] tried to [D] say _ [Em] to me _
And how you suffered for [Am] your sanity, _ _ [D] _ _ and how you tried to set [Em] them free
They would not listen, [A] they did not know how, _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [D] perhaps they [G] listen _ now
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Em] Story, story _ [G] night, _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ flaming [Am] flowers that dry out the _ blaze _ _
_ Thrilling clouds, [C] _ minor _ tastes, _ [D] reflection [C] builds in eyes of [G] channel blue
_ Scarlet changing _ you, _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ morning [Am] pure, the bamboo grain
_ _ _ _ Withered faces, [C] _ light and pain, _ [D] are asleep beneath [C] the earth's [G] loving hand
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ Nobody _ [Am] _ understands _ _ [D] _
what _ you [G] _ tried to say to [Em] me
_ And how you suffered for [Am] your sanity, _
_ [D] _ _ and how you tried to [Em] set them free
They would not listen, [A] they did not know how, _ [Am] _ _ _
[D] perhaps they listen [G] _ now
For they could [Am] not love _ you, _ [D] _ _ but still [G] your love was [D] true
_ _ [Em] _ _
_ And when [Am] a hope was left inside on [Cm] a story, story night
_ [G] You took [D] your life's lovers [Em] of them too
_ But [Am]
I could not tell you Vincent, [C] _ this world was never meant for [D] one as _ beautiful [G] as [C] you
_ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Em] Story, story [G] _
night, [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ portrait [Am] pen and empty _ halls, _ _ _ flaming [C] heads and naily walls
_ But [D] I still watch [C] the world I can't [G] _ forget, [Em] like a _ stranger's [G] tattooed map
[C] _ _
_ [G] _ The ragged [Am] men in ragged _ clothes, _ _ the silver [C] tar on bloody roads
_ [D] Like rust in [C] the broken, on the purged [G] snow, _ now I think [Am] I know
_ [D] What [Am] _ _
you [G] tried to [D] say _ to [Em] me, and how you suffered [Am] for your sanity
_ _ [D] And how you tried to [Em] set them free, they would not listen, [A] they're not listening _ still
_ _ [Am] Perhaps _
_ _ [D] _ they _ _ _ never [G] will _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _