What key is "Vincent" by Don McLean in?

This ukulele tab is in the key of G Major.

What ukulele chords does "Vincent" use?

This tab uses these chords: G, Am, C, D7, Em, A7, Am7, Cm, E7.

Is "Vincent" a good ukulele song for beginners?

UkeBuddy rates this arrangement as Intermediate difficulty for ukulele.

Vincent by Don McLean • Ukulele Chords

Vincent chords
Don McLean

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Verse 1

^GStarry, starry night

^AmPaint your palette blue and gray

^CLook out on a summer's day

^D7With eyes that know the darkness i^Gn my soul

^GShadows on the hills

^AmSketch the trees and the daffodils

^CCatch the breeze and the winter chills

^D7In colors on the snowy lin^Gen land

Chorus

^AmNow I under^D7stand

^GWhat you tried to say to me ^Em

^AmAnd how you suffered for your s^D7anity

^EmAnd how you tried to set them free

^A7They would not listen, they did not know how ^Am7

^D7Perhaps they'll list^Gen now

Verse 2

^GStarry, starry night

^AmFlaming flowers that brightly blaze

^CSwirling clouds in violet haze

^D7Reflect in Vincent's eyes of chin^Ga blue

^AmBut I could have told you Vincent

^GColors changing hue

^AmMorning fields of amber grain

^CWeathered faces lined in pain

^D7Are soothed beneath the artist's lov^Ging hand

Chorus

^AmNow I under^D7stand

^CWeathered faces lined in pain

^GWhat you tried to say to me ^Em

^AmAnd how you suffered for your s^D7anity

^EmAnd how you tried to set them free

^A7They would not listen, they did not know how ^Am7

^D7Perhaps they'll list^Gen now

Bridge

^AmFor they could not lov^D7e you

^GBut still your love was true

^EmAnd when no ^Amhope was left in sight

^CmOn that starry, starry night

^GYou took your life, as lovers o^E7ften do

^AmBut I could have told you Vincent

^CThis world was never meant for

^GWhat you tried to say to me ^Em

^D7One as beautifu^Gl as you

Verse 3

^GStarry, starry night

^AmPortraits hung in empty halls

^CFrameless heads on nameless walls

^D7With eyes that watch the world and can't for^Gget

^GLike the strangers that you've met

^AmThe ragged men in ragged clothes

^CThe silver thorn of bloody rose

^A7They would not listen, they did not know how ^Am7

^D7Lie crushed and broken on the virgin^G snow

Chorus

^AmNow I think I kno^D7w

^GWhat you tried to say to me ^Em

^AmAnd how you suffered for your s^D7anity

^D7With eyes that watch the world and can't for^Gget

^EmAnd how you tried to set them free

^A7They would not listen, they're not listening still ^Am7

^D7Perhaps they never w^Gill

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