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Song title:       Vincent Van Gogh
Original Album:	  Rockin' and Romance
Other Album:      Not So Much To Be Loved As To Love

Words and Music by Jonathan Richman
Copyright © 1985 Rockin' Leprechaun Music
Published by Rockin' Leprechaun Music

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
The version on NSMTBLATL is in A. All chords are at the bottom.

INTRO:   G


VERSE:
         G                        D
Have you heard about the painter, Vincent Van Gogh?
C                          G
  Who loved colour and who   let it show
                  D
And in the museum what have we here?
C                                        G
  The baddest painter since God's Jan Vermeer
                       D
He loved, he loved, he loved life so bad
    C                              G
His paintings had twice the colour other paintings had
                        D
So bad, so bad that the world had to know
C                             G
  The man loved colour and he   let it show


VERSE:
Well, in the Amsterdam museum I was feeling bad
And trying to find a way not to be that sad
I felt the feeling in the room sincere
Vincent Van Gogh well he seemed so near
And he loved, he loved, he loved life like he did
His paintings had things that painters keep hid
He loved life so bad that the world had to know
He loved colour and he let it show


VERSE:
OK, so what can we say about this Vincent Van Gogh? Ellie?
He loved colour and he let it show
Ok, Michael, now in the museum, what have we here?
The baddest painter since Jan Vermeer
He loved, he loved, he loved life with that heart
His paintings took off where the other paintings just start
He loved life so bad that the world had to know
He loved colour and he let it show


Alright...!


VERSE:
         G                       D
Have you heard about the painter Vincent Van Gogh?
C                          G
  Who loved colour and who   let it show
    G             D
Now in the museum what have we here?
C                                        G
  The baddest painter since God's Jan Vermeer
   G                   D
He loved, he loved, he loved life with a passion
    C                                                         G
His paintings said things that men generally don't do in that fashion
   G                          D
He loved life so bad that the world had to know
C                                 G
  The man loved life folks and he   let it show

C             Em
  Vincent Van Gogh, who we talkin' about?
C           G
Vincent Van Gogh



CHORDS:
(key of G)                (key of A)
G    355433 or 320033     A     577655 or x02220
D    557775 or x00232     E     779997 or 022100
C    335553 or x32010     D     557775 or x00232
Em   799877 or 022000     F#m   244222