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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, [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/d/don-mclean/316589.html ] 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 … |