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[Verse 1]D
Starry, starry night
Em
Paint your palette blue and grey
G
Look out on a summer's day
A D
With eyes that know the darkness of my soul
G D
Shadows on the hill
Em
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
G
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
A
In colors on the snowy linen land
[Chorus]
D Em A D A Bm
Now I understand what you tried to say to me
Em A
How you suffered for your sanity
Bm
How you tried to set them free
Em G
They did not listen, they did not know how
A D
Perhaps they'll listen now
[Verse 2]
D
Starry, starry night
Em
Flaming flowers brightly blaze
G
Swirling clouds in violet haze
A D
Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue
G D
And the colors changing hue
Em
morning fields of amber grain
G
Weathered faces lined in pain
A D
Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand
[Chorus]
D Em A D A Bm
Now I understand what you tried to say to me
Em A
How you suffered for your sanity
Bm
How you tried to set them free
Em G
They did not listen, they did not know how
A D
Perhaps they'll listen now
[Bridge]
Em
For they could not love you
A D A Bm
Still your love was true
G
How when no hope was left in sight
Gm
On that starry, starry night
D Bm
You took your life, as lovers often do
Em
But I could have told you, Vincent
G D
This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you
[Verse 3]
D
Starry, starry night
Em
Portraits hung in empty halls
C G A
Frameless head on nameless walls
D G
With eyes that watch the world and can't forget
G D
Like the strangers that you've met
Em
Oh the ragged men in the ragged clothes
Em G
And the silver thorn of bloody rose
D A D
Lies crushed and broken on the virgin snow
[Outro]
D Em A D A Bm
Now I understand what you tried to say to me
Em A
How you suffered for your sanity
Bm
How you tried to set them free
Em G
They did not listen, they did not know how
A D
Perhaps they'll listen now
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