Chords with lyrics
Intro:
C majorC D MajorD A minorAm C majorC
D MajorD
G+G G MajorG A minorAm G+G
G MajorG A minorAm Am A minorAm
Am C majorC C E minorEm
D MajorD G+G A minorAm G+G
Verse 1:
G+G
Starry, starry night
A minorAm
Paint your palette blue and gray
C majorC
Look out on a summer's day
D MajorD G+G
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
G+G A minorAm
Shadows on the hills
G+G A minorAm
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
C majorC
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
D MajorD G+G A minorAm G+G
In colors on the snowy linen land
Chorus:
G+G A minorAm
Now I understand
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
What you tried to say to me
E minorEm A minorAm
And how you suffered for your sanity
D MajorD E minorEm
And how you tried to set them free
A augmentedA C majorC
They would not listen, they did not know how
D MajorD G+G A minorAm G+G
Perhaps they'll listen now
Verse 2:
G+G G+G A minorAm
Starry, starry night
G+G A minorAm B minorBm
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
A minorAm C majorC
Swirling clouds in a violet haze
D MajorD G+G
Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue
A minorAm G+G
Colors changing hue
A minorAm
Morning fields of amber grain
C majorC
Weathered faces lined in pain
D MajorD G+G A minorAm G+G
Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand
Chorus:
G+G A minorAm C majorC
Now I understand
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
What you tried to say to me
E minorEm A minorAm
And how you suffered for your sanity
D MajorD E minorEm
And how you tried to set them free
A minorAm C majorC
They would not listen, they did not know how
D MajorD G+G A minorAm G+G
Perhaps they'll listen now
Instrumental:
G+G A minorAm G+G
A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm
Am C majorC C D MajorD
F# minorF#m G+G A minorAm G+G
Bridge:
A minorAm C majorC
For they could not love you
D MajorD G+G D MajorD E minorEm
But still your love was true
A minorAm
And when no hope was left in sight
C minorCm
On that starry, starry night
G+G E minorEm
You took your life, as lovers often do
A minorAm
But I could've told you, Vincent
C majorC D MajorD G+G A minorAm G+G
This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you
Verse 3:
G+G A minorAm
Starry, starry night
G+G A minorAm
Portraits hung in empty halls
A minorAm C majorC
Frameless heads on nameless walls
D MajorD G+G
With eyes that watch the world and can't forget
G+G A minorAm G+G
Like the strangers that you've met
G+G A minorAm
The ragged men in ragged clothes
C majorC
The silver thorn on the bloody rose
D MajorD G+G A minorAm G+G
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow
Outro:
G+G A minorAm C majorC
Now I think I know
D MajorD G+G D MajorD B minorBm
What you tried to say to me
E minorEm A minorAm
And how you suffered for your sanity
D MajorD E minorEm
And how you tried to set them free
A augmentedA
They would not listen, they're not listening still
C majorC D MajorD G+G A minorAm G+G