{"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":1869971,"song":"Vincent","artist":"Don McLean","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1869971-vincent-chords-by-don-mclean/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1869971?type=chord","rating":4.66784,"votes":66,"content":"\"Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)\" by Don McLean.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Gsus4[/ch]\r\nStarry, starry night[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Am[/ch]  \r\nPaint your palette blue and gray[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLook out on a summer's day[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith eyes that know the darkness in my soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShadows on the hills[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSketch the trees and the daffodils[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCatch the breeze and the winter chills[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn colors on the snowy linen land[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow I understand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhat you tried to say to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nAnd how you suffered for your sanity[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd how you tried to set them free[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThey would not listen, they did not know how[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPerhaps they'll listen now[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Gsus4[/ch]\r\nStarry, starry night[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFlaming flowers that brightly blaze[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSwirling clouds in violet haze[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nReflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Gsus4[/ch]\r\nColors changing hue[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMorning fields of amber grain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWeathered faces lined in pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAre soothed beneath the artist's loving hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nNow I understand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhat you tried to say to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd how you suffered for your sanity[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd how you tried to set them free[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThey would not listen, they did not know how[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPerhaps they'll listen now[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nFor they could not love you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut still your love was true[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nAnd when no hope was left in sight[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nOn that starry, starry night[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Bm7b5[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nYou took your life, as lovers often do[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut I could've told you Vincent[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThis world was never meant for[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOne as beautiful as you[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Gsus4[/ch]\r\nStarry, starry night[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPortraits hung in empty halls[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFrame-less heads on nameless walls[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith eyes that watch the world and can't forget[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Gsus4[/ch]\r\nLike the strangers that you've met[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe ragged men in ragged clothes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe silver thorn of bloody rose[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLie crushed and broken on the virgin snow[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow I think I know[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhat you tried to say to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd how you suffered for your sanity[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd how you tried to set them free[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThey would not listen, they're not listening still[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPerhaps they never will[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nIf anyone out there has any questions for me my E-mail is greenwater2292@yahoo.com","plain_text":"\"Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)\" by Don McLean.\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf anyone out there has any questions for me my E-mail is greenwater2292@yahoo.com","chords":["G","Gsus4","Am","C","D","D7","E","Am7","Em","A7","E7","Cm","Bm7b5","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"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]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}