Tone: [B]
Verse 1:
Starry, starry ni[B]night
Paint your palette [Dbm]blue and grey
Look out on a su[E]summer's day
With [Gb]eyes that know the darkness in my so[B]soul
[E]Shadows on the [B]hills [E]
[B]Sketch the trees and the d[Dbm]daffodils
[Dbm]Catch the breeze and the w[E]winter chills
In c[Gb]colors on the snowy linen la[B]land [E] [B]
Chorus:
Now I u[Dbm]understand
[Gb]What you tried to s[B]say to [Abm]me
[Abm]And how you suffered for your [Dbm]sanity
[Gb]How you tried to set them fr[Abm]free
They would not listen, they did n[Dbm]not know how
Per[B]Perhaps they'll listen [E]now [B]
Verse 2:
Starry, starry n[B]night[E]ight
[B]Flaming flowers th[Dbm]that brightly blaze
[Dbm]Swirling clouds in a vi[E]violet haze
[Gb]Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china bl[B]blue
[E]Colors changing hu[B]hue [E] [B]
[B]Morning fields of a[Dbm]amber grain
[Dbm]Weathered faces li[E]lined in pain
Are s[Gb]soothed beneath the artist's l[B]loving hand
Chorus:
Now I u[Dbm]understand
[Gb]What you tried to s[B]say [Gb]to me [Abm]
[Abm]And how you suffered for your [Dbm]sanity
[Gb]How you tried to set them fr[Abm]free
They would not listen, they did n[Dbm]not know how
Per[B]Perhaps they'll listen n[B]now
Bridge:
For they could not l[Dbm]love you
But s[Gb]still your love was t[B]true [Abm]
[Abm]And when no h[Dbm]hope was left in sight
On that st[E]starry, starry night
[B]You took your l[Gb]life, as lovers often d[Abm]do
But I could've t[Dbm]told you, Vincent
This w[E]world was never meant
for one [Gb]as bea[B]utiful as y[B]ou [E] [B]
Verse 3:
[B]Starry, starry night[E]night [B]
[B]Portraits hung in e[Dbm]empty halls
[Dbm]Frameless heads on na[E]nameless walls
[Gb]With eyes that watch the world and can't for[B]forget
Like the s[E]strangers that you've [B]met [E] [B]
[B]The ragged men in ra[Dbm]ragged clothes
[Dbm]The silver thorn on the bl[E]bloody rose
Lie cr[Gb]ushed and broken on the vir[B]gin sn[E]ow [B]
Outro:
[B]Now I think I k[Dbm]know
What you tried to s[B]say [Gb]to [Abm]me
[Abm]And how you suffered for your s[Dbm]sanity
[Dbm]And how you tried to set them fr[Abm]free
They would not listen, they're not l[Dbm]listening still
Perhaps they never w[B]will [Gb] [Abm]
Outro:
[Dbm] [Gb] [B] [E] [B]