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[E6]Red hair [Dmaj7] wild
she [BM9] cried
[E13sus4] when the cello striked [A+4]
[E6]She was [Dmaj7] higher
than [BM9] anybody else
[E13sus4] she was fire [A+4]
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[Bm9] And on a starry [A+4] night
she’d take us through our [F#M7 – jazz] parts
it’s only [Esus4] dissonance my dear
and clashing light [Bm9]
a [A+4] note
can paint a [F#M7] night [Esus4]
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Starry [E6] night [Bm9] [F#M7] [Esus4]
Starry [E6] night [Bm9] [F#M7] [Esus4]
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[E6]Cotton to her[Dmaj7] feet
stamped her [BM9] boots
[Esus] to a syncopated beat
there[BM9] music in anything
[Esus] sing
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[BM9] And on a starry [A+4] night
she’d take us through our [Esus] parts
it’s only dissonance my dear
and clashing light [BM9]
a [A+4] note
can paint a [Esus] night
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Starry [E6] night [Dmaj7][BM9][Esus]
Starry [E6] night [Dmaj7][BM9][Esus]
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Starry [E6] night [BM9] [F#M7] [A+4]
Starry [E6] night [BM9] [F#M7] [A+4] [E6]