Vincent (starry, Starry Night) Uke tab by Don Mclean

7 Chords used in the song: G, Am, C, D7, Em7, A7, Cm

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Year:  1997
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G G
Starry, starry night
Am Am
Paint your palette blue and gray
C C
Look out on a summer's day
D7 D7 G G
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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Perfection :)
27 Mar 2021
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This is beautiful and easy to sing to . I will keep practicing until I can get it perfect
10 Aug 2019
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this is so beautiful
22 Jun 2019
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