[G]Starry, [G]starry night[G], paint your palette
[Am]Blue and [Am]grey, Look [C]out on a summer's day,
[D]with eyes [D]that know [G]the darkness in my soul
[G]Shadows [G]on the hills,
[C]Sketch the trees[Am] and daffodills
[C]Catch the [Am]breeze and winter chills, in
[D]colors[D] on [G]the snowy linen land
[G]And now I under [Am]stand [Am]what you tried to
[G]Say to me[Am], [Am]how you suffered for your sanity
[C]How you tried to [G]set them free,
[C]they [C]would not listen[Am], they did not know how,
[D]Perhaps [G]they'll listen now
[G]Starry, [G]starry [G]night, flaming flowers that
[Am]Brightly [Am]blaze, swirling [C]clouds in violet haze
[D]Reflecting[D] Vincent’s[G] eyes of China Blue
[G]Colors [G]changing hue,
[C]Morning fields of [Am]amber grain
[C]Weathered[Am] faces lined with pain
[D]Are soothed[D] beneath the artists[G] loving hand
[G]And now I under [Am]stand what you[Am] tried to
[G]say to me, how[Am] you suffered [Am]for your sanity
[C]How you tried[G] to set them free,
[C]they would [Am]not listen, they did not know how,
[D]Perhaps[G] they'll listen now
[C]For they could not love you,
but still[C] your[G] love was true
[C]And when [C]no hope was left in sight
[C]On that starry[C], starry night,
[G]you [G]took [G]your life as lovers sometimes do
[Am]But I [C]could have told you, Vincent, this world was
Never[D] meant [G]for one as beautiful as you
Starry[G], starry[G] night[G], portraits hung in
[Am]Empty halls[Am], fearless[C] heads on nameless walls
[D]with eyes[D] that watch [G]the world and can’t forget
[G]Like the[G] strangers that you’ve met
[C]The ragged[Am] men in ragged clothes
[C]The silver[Am] thorn of bloody rose, lie
[D]Crushed and [D]broken on [G]the virgin snow
[G]And now I think I know[Am], what you[Am] tried to
[G]say [Am]to me[Am], how you suffered for your sanity
How [C]you tried to[G] set them free,
[C]They would not listen, [Am]they’re not listening still,
[D]Perhaps the never will[G]…
