G Gsus4 G Am
Starry, starry night, paint your palette blue and grey
C D G
Look out on a summer's day, with eyes that know the darkness in my soul
G Gsus4 G Am
Shadows on the hills, Sketch the trees and daffodils
C D G
Catch the breeze and winter chills, in colors on the snowy linen land
[Chorus]
Am D G G/F# Em
And now I understand what you tried to say to me,
Am D Em
How you suffered for your sanity, how you tried to set them free,
A Am D G
They would not listen, they did not know how, perhaps they'll listen now
[Verse 2]
G Gsus4 G Am
Starry, starry night, flaming flowers that brightly blaze,
C D G
Swirling clouds in violet haze reflecting Vincent's eyes of china blue
G Gsus4 G Am
Colors changing hue, Morning fields of amber grain
C D G
Weathered faces lined in pain are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand
[Chorus]
Am D G G/F# Em
And now I understand what you tried to say to me,
Am D Em
How you suffered for your sanity, how you tried to set them free,
A Am D G
They would not listen, they did not know how, perhaps they'll listen now
[Bridge]
Am D G G/F# Em
For they could not love you, but still your love was true
Am Cm
And when no hope was left in sight on that starry, starry night,
G F E7
You took your life as lovers often do
Am C
But I could have told you, Vincent, this world was
D G
Never meant for one as beautiful as you
[Verse 3]
G Gsus4 G Am
Starry, starry night, portraits hung in empty halls,
C D G
Frameless heads on nameless walls with eyes that watch the world and can't forget
G Gsus4 G Am
Like the strangers that you've met The ragged men in ragged clothes
C D G
The silver thorn of bloody rose, lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow
[Chorus]
Am D G G/F# Em
And now I think I know what you tried to say to me,
Am D Em
How you suffered for your sanity, how you tried to set them free,
A Am D G
They would not listen, they're not listening still, perhaps they never will
