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                        Only The Good Die Young

                                                                Billy Joel

F Am C  F C G
 F Am C  F G
    F                  G            C
    Come out Virginia, don't let me wait
    You Catholic girls start much too late
    Ah, but sooner or later it comes down to fate
      F                    G
    I might as well be the one

    Well, they showed you a statue, told you to pray
    They built you a temple and locked you away
    Ah, but they never told you the price that you pay
    For things that you might have done

                                  C     F                   G
            For only the good die young, that's what I said
          C               C   F               G        C
            Only the good die young, only the good die young

    You might have heard I run with a dangerous crowd
    We ain't too pretty we ain't too proud
    We might be laughing a bit too loud
    Ah, but that never hurt no one

    So come on Virginia show me a sign
    Send up a signal and I'll throw you the line
    The stained-glass curtain you're hiding behind
    That never lets in the sun

            Darlin' only the good die young, wa woah woah woah oh
            I tell ya only the good die young - only the good die young

                                G
                      You got a nice white dress
                            F                   C2
                      And a party on your confirmation
                                D2
                      You got a brand new soul
                                  F2
                      Mmmm, and a cross of gold

                      But Virginia they didn't give you
                      Quite enough information
                      You didn't count on me
                                                     F2      G2 F2 E2 D2
                      When you were counting on your rosary, oh woah woah

    They say there's a heaven for those who will wait
    Some say it's better, but I say it ain't
    I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints
    The sinners are much more fun

            You know that only the good die young, that's what I said
            I tell ya only the good die young, only the good die young
                          *Interlude*  G F C2 D2 F2

                      Said your mother told you all that
                      I could give you was a reputation
                      Ah, she never cared for me
                      But did she ever say a prayer for me? oh woah woah

    Come out, come out, come out Virgina, don't let me wait
    You Catholic girls start much too late
    Sooner or later it comes down to fate
    I might as well be the one

            You know that only the good die young, tell you baby
            You know that only the good die young, only the good die young

            Only the gooo-oood, only the good die young
            Ooh ooh ooooh, ooh - ooh ooh ooooh, ooh...

                                                        (repeat & fade)


Copyright 1977
By Billy Joel
The Stranger






   You may prefer to arrange it so you play bar chords for the verse &
   chorus and substitute a C2 for a C chord.

      Chords:
             F  Am C  G  C2 D2 F2 G2  E2
         e |-1--0--0--3--3--5--8--10--7--
         B |-1--1--1--0--3--5--8--10--7--
         G |-2--2--0--0--5--7--10-12--9--
         D |-3--2--2--0--5--7--10-12--9--
         A |-3--0--3--2--3--5--8--10--7--
         E |-1--------3------------------







               I welcome questions, comments, corrections, etc...
                Unless noted, all songs are worked out by myself.

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