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