{"id":1064,"date":"2021-05-10T05:57:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T05:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=1064"},"modified":"2026-03-13T23:10:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T23:10:34","slug":"vincent-starry-starry-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/vincent-starry-starry-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Vincent (Starry Starry Night)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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[Verse 1] - - - - <\/strong><\/span>Starry, starry  [C] night,   paint your palette [Dm] blue and grey.  <\/span><\/span>Look out on a [F] summer's day, with [G] eyes that know the darkness in my [C] soul.  <\/span><\/span>Shadows on the [C] hills, Sketch the trees and [Dm] daffodils.  <\/span><\/span>Catch the breeze and [F] winter chills, in [G] colors on the snowy linen [C] land\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }  [WITH BLUE ENDING]<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n[Verse 2] - - - - <\/strong><\/span>Starry, starry  [C] night, flaming flowers that [Dm] brightly blaze.  <\/span><\/span>Swirling clouds in [F] violet haze [G] reflecting Vincent's eyes of china [C] blue.  <\/span><\/span>Colors changing [C] hue, Morning fields of [Dm] amber grain.  <\/span><\/span>Weathered faces [F] lined in pain are [G] soothed beneath the artist's loving [C] hand<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n{ CHORUS } - - - - <\/strong><\/span>And now I under- [Dm] -stand [G] what you tried to [C] say to me.   [ v Am ] <\/span><\/span>How you suffered for your [Dm] sanity, [G] how you tried to set them [Am] free.   <\/span><\/span><\/span>They would not listen, they did [C] not know how, [Dm] perhaps they'll [G] listen now [C] \r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Bridge] - - - - <\/strong><\/span>For they could not [Dm] love you, [G] but still your love was [C] true. <\/span><\/span>And when no [Dm] hope was left in sight on that [Cm] starry, starry night, <\/span><\/span>You [C] took your life as [Ab] lovers often [G7] do, <\/span><\/span>But I [Dm] could have told you, Vincent, this [F] world was n<\/span><\/span>ever meant for one as [G] beautiful as [C] you\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Verse 3] - - - - <\/strong> <\/span>Starry, starry  [C] night, portraits hung in [Dm] empty halls.  <\/span><\/span>Frameless heads on [F] nameless walls with [G] eyes that watch the world and can't [C] forget. <\/span><\/span>Like the strangers that you've [C] met.  The ragged men in [Dm] ragged clothes. <\/span><\/span>The silver thorn of [F] bloody rose, lie [G] crushed and broken on the virgin [C] snow\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS } - only the red - do not sing the blue\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>[C] They would not listen, they're not [D] listening still, [Dm] perhaps they never [G] will.  [ C G ]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n