Chords for Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) Don McLean (Acoustic cover by Emily Linge)
Tempo:
107.05 bpm
Chords used:
B
C#
C#m
E
G#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Starry, [C#] starry night
Paint [G#] your palette blue and grey
[C#] Look [G#m] out on a summer's day
[F#] With eyes that know the [B] darkness in my soul
Shadows on the hills
[E] [B] Sketch the [C#m] trees and the daffodils
Catch the [E] breeze and the winter chills
[C#] In colors on the snowy linen [B] land
[E] [B] Now I [C#m] understand
[C#] What you [B] try to say [B] to me
[G#m] And how you suffer for [C#m] your sanity
[C#] And how you try to set [G#m] them free
They would not [G#] listen, they did not [C#] know how
[C#m] [C#] Perhaps [B] they'll listen [E] now
[B] Starry, starry night
Flaming [C#m] flowers that brightly blaze
[G#m] Swirling clouds and violet haze
[C#] Reflecting vintent sides of [B] china blue
[E] Colors [B] change in [E] hue
[B] Morning [G#] fields of amber grain
[C#m] Weathered [E] faces lined in pain
[C#] Are soothed beneath the artist's [B] loving [E] hand
[B] Now I [C#m] understand
[C#] What you [B] try to say to me
[G#m] How you suffer [C#m] for your sanity
[C#] How you try to set [G#m] them free
They would not listen, they did not [C#] know how
[F#] Perhaps [B] they'll listen now
For they [C#m] could not love you
[C#] But still your [B] love was true
[G#m] And when [G#] no hope was left in sight
On [E] that starry, starry night
[B] You took your life as lovers [G#m] often do
But I [C#m] could have told you, [E] Vincent
This world was never meant [C#] for one as beautiful [B] as you
Starry, starry night
Portraits [G#] hung in empty halls
[C#m] Frameless [G#m] heads on nameless walls
[D#] With eyes that watch the world and [B] can't forget
[E] Like the strangers [B] that you've met
The ragged [C#m] men in ragged clothes
Silver [E] thorn of bloody rose
[F#] Light crushed and broken on the [B] virgin snow
[E]
[B] Now I [C#m] think I know
[C#] [F#] What you try to say to [G#m] me
How you suffer [C#m] for your sanity
[C#] How you try to [G#m] set them free
They would not [C#] listen, they're not listening still
[C#m] Perhaps they [B] never [D#m] will
[G#m] [C#m] [F#]
[B] [E] [B]
Paint [G#] your palette blue and grey
[C#] Look [G#m] out on a summer's day
[F#] With eyes that know the [B] darkness in my soul
Shadows on the hills
[E] [B] Sketch the [C#m] trees and the daffodils
Catch the [E] breeze and the winter chills
[C#] In colors on the snowy linen [B] land
[E] [B] Now I [C#m] understand
[C#] What you [B] try to say [B] to me
[G#m] And how you suffer for [C#m] your sanity
[C#] And how you try to set [G#m] them free
They would not [G#] listen, they did not [C#] know how
[C#m] [C#] Perhaps [B] they'll listen [E] now
[B] Starry, starry night
Flaming [C#m] flowers that brightly blaze
[G#m] Swirling clouds and violet haze
[C#] Reflecting vintent sides of [B] china blue
[E] Colors [B] change in [E] hue
[B] Morning [G#] fields of amber grain
[C#m] Weathered [E] faces lined in pain
[C#] Are soothed beneath the artist's [B] loving [E] hand
[B] Now I [C#m] understand
[C#] What you [B] try to say to me
[G#m] How you suffer [C#m] for your sanity
[C#] How you try to set [G#m] them free
They would not listen, they did not [C#] know how
[F#] Perhaps [B] they'll listen now
For they [C#m] could not love you
[C#] But still your [B] love was true
[G#m] And when [G#] no hope was left in sight
On [E] that starry, starry night
[B] You took your life as lovers [G#m] often do
But I [C#m] could have told you, [E] Vincent
This world was never meant [C#] for one as beautiful [B] as you
Starry, starry night
Portraits [G#] hung in empty halls
[C#m] Frameless [G#m] heads on nameless walls
[D#] With eyes that watch the world and [B] can't forget
[E] Like the strangers [B] that you've met
The ragged [C#m] men in ragged clothes
Silver [E] thorn of bloody rose
[F#] Light crushed and broken on the [B] virgin snow
[E]
[B] Now I [C#m] think I know
[C#] [F#] What you try to say to [G#m] me
How you suffer [C#m] for your sanity
[C#] How you try to [G#m] set them free
They would not [C#] listen, they're not listening still
[C#m] Perhaps they [B] never [D#m] will
[G#m] [C#m] [F#]
[B] [E] [B]
Key:
B
C#
C#m
E
G#m
B
C#
C#m
_ _ Starry, [C#] starry night _ _
_ Paint [G#] your palette blue and grey
[C#] _ Look [G#m] out on a summer's day
[F#] With eyes that know the [B] darkness in my soul
Shadows on the hills
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ Sketch the [C#m] trees and the daffodils
_ Catch the [E] breeze and the winter chills
[C#] In colors on the snowy linen [B] land
[E] _ _ [B] _ Now I [C#m] understand
_ _ [C#] _ What you [B] try to say [B] to me
[G#m] And how you suffer for [C#m] your sanity
_ [C#] And how you try to set [G#m] them free
They would not [G#] listen, they did not [C#] know how
[C#m] _ _ [C#] Perhaps [B] they'll listen [E] now _
[B] _ _ Starry, starry night _
_ _ Flaming [C#m] flowers that brightly blaze
_ [G#m] Swirling clouds and violet haze
[C#] Reflecting vintent sides of [B] china blue
[E] Colors [B] change in [E] hue
_ [B] _ _ Morning [G#] fields of amber grain
_ [C#m] Weathered [E] faces lined in pain
[C#] Are soothed beneath the artist's [B] loving [E] hand
_ [B] _ _ Now I [C#m] _ understand
_ [C#] _ What you [B] try to say to me
[G#m] How you suffer [C#m] for your sanity
_ [C#] How you try to set [G#m] them free
They would not listen, they did not [C#] know how
_ _ [F#] Perhaps [B] they'll listen now
For they [C#m] could not love you
[C#] _ But still your [B] love was true
[G#m] _ _ And when [G#] no hope was left in sight
On [E] that starry, starry night
[B] You took your life as lovers [G#m] often do
But I [C#m] could have told you, [E] Vincent
This world was never meant [C#] for one as beautiful [B] as you
Starry, starry night
_ _ _ Portraits [G#] hung in empty halls
_ [C#m] Frameless [G#m] heads on nameless walls
[D#] With eyes that watch the world and [B] can't forget
[E] Like the strangers [B] that you've met _
_ The ragged [C#m] men in ragged _ clothes
_ Silver [E] thorn of bloody rose
[F#] Light crushed and broken on the [B] virgin snow
[E] _ _
[B] _ _ Now I [C#m] think I know
[C#] _ _ [F#] What you try to say to [G#m] me
How you suffer [C#m] for your sanity _
[C#] How you try to [G#m] set them free
They would not [C#] listen, they're not listening still
[C#m] _ _ Perhaps they [B] never [D#m] will
_ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Paint [G#] your palette blue and grey
[C#] _ Look [G#m] out on a summer's day
[F#] With eyes that know the [B] darkness in my soul
Shadows on the hills
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ Sketch the [C#m] trees and the daffodils
_ Catch the [E] breeze and the winter chills
[C#] In colors on the snowy linen [B] land
[E] _ _ [B] _ Now I [C#m] understand
_ _ [C#] _ What you [B] try to say [B] to me
[G#m] And how you suffer for [C#m] your sanity
_ [C#] And how you try to set [G#m] them free
They would not [G#] listen, they did not [C#] know how
[C#m] _ _ [C#] Perhaps [B] they'll listen [E] now _
[B] _ _ Starry, starry night _
_ _ Flaming [C#m] flowers that brightly blaze
_ [G#m] Swirling clouds and violet haze
[C#] Reflecting vintent sides of [B] china blue
[E] Colors [B] change in [E] hue
_ [B] _ _ Morning [G#] fields of amber grain
_ [C#m] Weathered [E] faces lined in pain
[C#] Are soothed beneath the artist's [B] loving [E] hand
_ [B] _ _ Now I [C#m] _ understand
_ [C#] _ What you [B] try to say to me
[G#m] How you suffer [C#m] for your sanity
_ [C#] How you try to set [G#m] them free
They would not listen, they did not [C#] know how
_ _ [F#] Perhaps [B] they'll listen now
For they [C#m] could not love you
[C#] _ But still your [B] love was true
[G#m] _ _ And when [G#] no hope was left in sight
On [E] that starry, starry night
[B] You took your life as lovers [G#m] often do
But I [C#m] could have told you, [E] Vincent
This world was never meant [C#] for one as beautiful [B] as you
Starry, starry night
_ _ _ Portraits [G#] hung in empty halls
_ [C#m] Frameless [G#m] heads on nameless walls
[D#] With eyes that watch the world and [B] can't forget
[E] Like the strangers [B] that you've met _
_ The ragged [C#m] men in ragged _ clothes
_ Silver [E] thorn of bloody rose
[F#] Light crushed and broken on the [B] virgin snow
[E] _ _
[B] _ _ Now I [C#m] think I know
[C#] _ _ [F#] What you try to say to [G#m] me
How you suffer [C#m] for your sanity _
[C#] How you try to [G#m] set them free
They would not [C#] listen, they're not listening still
[C#m] _ _ Perhaps they [B] never [D#m] will
_ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _