Vincent - Starry Starry Night

Evergreen song, Ben bought an album of Joanna Wang that is released recently, this is one of the songs in her album, love her style of singing, slightly slow in pace and rubato, appreciate her talent.

This song was first published in 1972, is the year I was born, I can't remember when was the first time I heard of the song, I do remember I loved it the first time, though I did not know what it talked about in the lyric, love the guitar arrangement, tranquility dominant the whole song, sad ending indeed....

But as I am listening, I sing along with the lyric in this youtube's owner provide, despite of the name Vincent, I felt deeply inside it is actually uttering the love of Jesus Christ, just not quite agree with the last verse, "They would not listen they're not listening still
Perhaps they never will " hahaha, so I would changed it to "Perhaps they listen now", guessed you don't mind.


Vincent - Don McLean

Starry, starry night
Paint your palette blue and gray
Look out on a summer's day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
Shadows on the hills
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
In colors on the snowy linen land

Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They would not listen they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now

Starry, starry night
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
Swirling clouds in violet haze
Reflecting Vincent's eyes of China blue
Colors changing hue
Morning fields of amber grain
Weathered faces lined in pain
Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand

Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They would not listen they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now

For they could not love you
But still your love was true
And when no hope was left in sight
On that starry, starry night
You took your life as lovers often do
But I could have told you Vincent
This world was never meant for one as
beautiful as you

Starry, starry night
Portraits hung in empty halls
Frameless heads on nameless walls
With eyes that watch the world and can't forget
Like the strangers that you've met
The ragged men in ragged clothes
A silver thorn on a bloody rose
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow

Now I think I know
What you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They would not listen they're not listening still
Perhaps they never will

Vincent lyrics with Chords

Vincent Guitar Tabs