Verse

G AmStarry, starry night Paint your pallet blue and grey C D7 GLook out on a summer's day with eyes that know the darkness in my soul G AmShadows on the hills, sketch the trees and the daffodils C D7 GCatch the breeze and the winter chills, in colours on the snowy linen land

Hook

Am D7 | G D/F# | EmAnd now I understand what you tried to say to me Am7 D7 EmHow you suffered for your sanity How you tried to set them free A7 Am7 D7 GThey would not listen, they did not know how perhaps they listen now

Verse

G AmStarry, starry night Flaming flowers that brightly blaze C D7 GSwirling clouds in violet haze reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue G AmColors changing hue, morning fields of amber grain C D7 GWeathered faces lined in pain, are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand

Hook

Am D7 | G D/F# | EmAnd now I understand what you tried to say to me Am7 D7 EmHow you suffered for your sanity How you tried to set them free A7 Am7 D7 GThey would not listen, they did not know how perhaps they listen now

Extended Hook

Am7 D7 | G D/F# | EmFor they could not love you, but still your love was true Am7 Cm And when no hope was left in sight on that starry, starry nightG F E7 Am7You took your life as lovers often do, But I could have told you Vincent C D7 GThis world was never meant for one as beautiful as you

Verse

G AmStarry, starry night Portraits hung in empty halls C D7 GFrameless heads on nameless walls, with eyes that watch the world and can't forget G AmLike the strangers that you've met, the ragged men in ragged clothes C D7 GThe silver thorn, the bloody rose, lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow

Hook Ending

Am D7 | G D/F# | EmAnd now I think I know what you tried to say to me Am7 D7 EmHow you suffered for your sanity How you tried to set them free A7 Am7 D7 | G | G | G | G |They would not listen, they're not listening still perhaps they never will…