Don McLean - Vincent: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "Vincent" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
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Learn Vincent Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Don McLean
This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Vincent" smoothly on your guitar.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
G Starry, starry night, Am Paint your palette blue and grey. Am Am/C Look out on a summer's day D7 G With eyes that know the darkness in my soul. Gsus4 G Shadows on the hills, G Am Sketch the trees and the daffodils, Am Am/C Catch the breeze and the winter chills D7 G In colours on the snowy linen land. Chorus: G Am D7 Now I understand D7 G D/F# Em What you tried to say to me. Em Am7 D7 How you suffered for your sanity D7 Em How you tried to set them free. A7 Am7 They would not listen, they did not know how D7 G Perhaps they'll listen now? Starry, starry night Flaming flowers that brightly blaze Swirling clouds in violet haze Reflect in 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 Chorus G Am Asus4 D7 For they could not love you, D7 G D/F# Em But still your love was true. Am7 And when no hope was left in sight Cm On that starry, starry night, G F6 E7 You took your life as lovers often do. Am7 But I could have told you, Vincent, C Am7 This world was never meant for one D7 G 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 The silver thorn; a bloody rose Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow Now I think I know What you tried to say to me And how you suffered for your sanity And how you tried to set them free They would not listen, they're not listening still Perhaps they never will You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsAm  Asus4  A7  Am7  C  Cm  D  D7  Em  E7  F#  F6  G  Gsus4  Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "Vincent" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Vincent" by Don McLean.