C F C Dm
Starry, starry night, paint your palette blue and grey
F G C F C
Look out on a summer's day, with eyes that know the darkness in my soul
C F C Dm
Shadows on the hills, Sketch the trees and daffodills
F G C
Catch the breeze and winter chills, in colors on the snowy linen land
Dm G C C/B Am
And now I under stand what you tried to Say to me,
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Dm G Am
how you suffered for your sanity How you tried to set them free,
D Dm G C F C
they would not listen, they did not know how, Perhaps they'll listen now
C F C Dm
Starry, starry night, flaming flowers that Brightly blaze,
F G C F C
swirling clouds in violet haze Reflecting Vincent’s eyes of China Blue
C F C Dm
Colors changing hue, Morning fields of amber grain
F G C
Weathered faces lined with pain Are soothed beneath the artists loving hand
Dm G C C/B Am
And now I under stand what you tried to Say to me,
Am Dm G Am
how you suffered for your sanity How you tried to set them free,
D Dm G C F C
they would not listen, they did not know how, Perhaps they'll listen now
Dm G C C/Bm Am
For they could not love you, but still your love was true
Dm Fm
And when no hope was left in sight On that starry, starry night,
C Gm A7
you took your life as lovers sometimes do
Dm F
But I could have told you, Vincent, this world was
G C
Never meant for one as beautiful as you
C F C Dm
Starry, starry night, portraits hung in Empty halls,
F G C F C
fearless heads on nameless walls with eyes that watch the world and can’t forget
C F C Dm
Like the strangers that you’ve met The ragged men in ragged clothes
F G C
The silver thorn of bloody rose, lie Crushed and broken on the virgin snow
Dm G C C/B Am
And now I under stand what you tried to Say to me,
Am Dm G Am
how you suffered for your sanity How you tried to set them free,
D Dm G C F C
They would not listen, they’re not listening still,Perhaps the never will
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