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Star ry, star ry (G6)night,
paint your pal ette (Am)blue and grey.
Look out on a (C)sum mer’s day,
with (D7)eyes that know the dark ness in my (G6)soul.
Shad ows on the hills,
the sketch morn the ing trees fields and of the (Am)daf fo dils,
the catch weath the ered breeze fac and es the (C)win ter chills,
in (D7)col ors on the snow y lin en (G)land.
Now I un der (Am)stand
what you tried to (G)say to me,
how you suf fered for your (Am7)san i ty,
how you tried to set them (Em)free.
They would not lis ten, they did (A7)not know how.
Per (D7)haps they’ll lis ten (G)now.
Star ry, star ry (G6)night,
flam ing flow’rs that (Am)bright ly blaze.
Swirl ing clouds in (C)vio let haze
re (D7)flect in Vin cent’s eyes of Chi na (G6)blue.
Col ors chang ing hue,
the sketch rag the ged trees men and in the (Am)am ber grain,
the catch sil the ver breeze thorn and of the (C)lined in pain
are (D7)soothed be neath the art ist’s lov ing (G)hand.
Now I un der (Am)stand
what you tried to (G)say to me,
how you suf fered for your (Am7)san i ty,
how you tried to set them (Em)free.
They would not lis ten, they did (A7)not know how.
Per (D7)haps they’ll lis ten (G)now.
Star ry, star ry (G)now.
For they could not (Am7)love you;
but still your love was (G)true.
And when no (Am7)hope was left in sight on that (Cm6)star ry, star ry night, you (G)took your life, as (F7)lov ers of ten (E7)do.
But I (Am7)could have told you, Vin cent, this (C)world was nev er meant for one as beau ti ful as (G)you.
Star ry, star ry (A7)lis t’ning still.
Per (D7)haps they nev er (G)will.
This page shows “Vincent” by Don McLean in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of G at 100 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.