Vincent Van Gogh chords

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I'd like to tell you a story
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of a man that you might know.
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His parents all called him Vincent,
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his last name was Van Gogh.

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He started drinking and painting
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and living a life of sin.
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He fell in with evil companions,
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a man named Paul Gaugin.

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They went to the city of Auvers,
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pursuing their carnal delights.
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They painted all during the afternoon
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and they played music all night.

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Now the people of that small city
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thought he was a little bit queer,
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to prove his love for mankind,
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he chopped off his outside ear.

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So they put him in an institution
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but they could not keep him there.
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He picked up his paints and his easel
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and he went out to take some air.

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He picked up his paints and his easel
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and he went out to paint some crows.
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They found him face down in a cornfield,
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shot right between two rows.

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Now where did Vincent van Go?