{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":75922,"song":"Vincent","artist":"Don McLean","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11546640-vincent-chords-by-don-mclean/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/75922?type=chord","rating":4.75147,"votes":4971,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Gsus4[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Asus2[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStarry, starry  night,       paint your palette blue and grey[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLook out on a summer's day, with eyes that know the darkness in my soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gsus4[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Asus2[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShadows on the hills,       Sketch the trees and daffodils[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]      [ch]D7[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCatch the breeze and winter chills, in colors on the snowy linen land[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D7[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G/F#[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd now I understand  what you tried to say to me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D7[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHow you suffered for your sanity, how you tried to set them free,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]A7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey would not listen, they did not know how,  perhaps they'll listen now[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Gsus4[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Asus2[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStarry, starry  night,       flaming flowers that brightly blaze,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSwirling clouds in violet haze reflecting Vincent's eyes of china blue[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Gsus4[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Asus2[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nColors changing hue,       Morning fields of amber grain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]    [ch]D7[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWeathered faces lined in pain are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd now I understand  what you tried to say to me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHow you suffered for your sanity,  how you tried to set them free,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]A7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]D7[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey would not listen, they did not know how,  perhaps they'll listen now[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor they could not love you,  but still your love was true[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nAnd when no hope was left in sight on that starry, starry night,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nYou took your life as lovers often do[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I could have told you, Vincent, this world was[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNever meant for one as beautiful as you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Gsus4[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Asus2[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStarry, starry  night,       portraits hung in empty halls,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]      [ch]D7[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrameless heads on nameless walls with eyes that watch the world and can't forget[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Gsus4[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Asus2[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLike the strangers that you've met        The ragged men in ragged clothes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D7[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe silver thorn of bloody rose, lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd now I think I know  what you tried to say to me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHow you suffered for your sanity,  how you tried to set them free,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]A7[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey would not listen, they're not listening still, perhaps they never will[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","Gsus4","Asus2","Am","C","Cmaj7","D7","G/F#","Em","A7","Cm","F","E7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Asus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,0,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,0,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"Cmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,0,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,0,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}