Chords for Billy Joel - Only The Good Die Young (Live at Farm Aid 1985)
Tempo:
78.075 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
G
Am
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bm] I don't know how much money we're gonna raise, but [Ab] I think with this next song we may raise a little hell.
[F]
[C] [F]
[Gm] [Dm] [G]
[F] I'm from Mount [Am] Virginia, don't let me [F] wait.
[G] Virginia [C] girls got much to [F] play.
Oh, [Am] surely, who comes down [F] to the bait, might as well [G] be the one.
[F] Wait [B] till you've [A] sat and thought you'd [F] pray.
The [C] truth will not lock you [F] away.
She never [Am] told you twice to be [F] fair.
She said you [G] might have done, but only the good [C] die young.
[F] That's what [G] I [C] said.
Only the good [F] die young.
You're right, only [G] the good die [C] young.
[F] You might have heard I [Am] run with a dangerous [F] crowd.
We ain't [C] too pretty, we ain't too [F] proud.
You might [G] be laughing [Am] a bit too [F] loud.
You never [G] hurt no one.
[F] I'm [C] from Mount Virginia, show me time.
[F] Send [C] those signals, I'll follow you [F] blind.
Keep your [Am] mask on, keep your eyes behind.
[F] Never [G] less than the sun.
Darling, you know only the good [C] die young.
[F]
That's what [G] I said.
[C] Only the [F] good die young.
Only [G] the good die [C] young.
Swag [F] dress and a body on [C] your compliment.
[D] You got a brand new soul.
[F] You went across the road.
[Bm] Mount Virginia, they [F] didn't give you quite enough [C] information.
[D] You let down on me.
When you were [F] counting on your own [G] three.
Oh, oh, [F] oh, when they say there's a [G] heaven for [Am] those who will [F] wait.
That's what [C] I said.
[F] I'm the [G] laughter, the sinners, the crying [Am]
[F] saints.
Sinners are much [G] more fun.
Darling, you know only the good [C] die young.
[F] That's what [G] I said.
[C] Only the good [F] [G] die young.
[C] Only [G] the [F] good [Cm] die young.
[D] Only the good die young.
I
[F] [Gm] [F] could [Bb] give you what's [C] around your temple.
She [G] never cared for [D] me.
She [F] never said a prayer for [G] me.
Oh, [C] oh, [F] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [Am] oh.
She said, you [F] know it anyway.
[G] Time to [C] let go, [F] it's too late.
[Am] I [F] want to [G] be the one.
Darling, you know only the good [C] die young.
[F] [G] That's what I [C] said.
[F] [G] Only the good die [C] young.
Only the good die [F] young.
Only the [G] good [C] die young.
Oh, oh, [F] oh, oh, [G] oh, oh, oh, oh.
[C] [G] [F] [Gm] [N] [C] [Cm]
[C] [N]
[F]
[C] [F]
[Gm] [Dm] [G]
[F] I'm from Mount [Am] Virginia, don't let me [F] wait.
[G] Virginia [C] girls got much to [F] play.
Oh, [Am] surely, who comes down [F] to the bait, might as well [G] be the one.
[F] Wait [B] till you've [A] sat and thought you'd [F] pray.
The [C] truth will not lock you [F] away.
She never [Am] told you twice to be [F] fair.
She said you [G] might have done, but only the good [C] die young.
[F] That's what [G] I [C] said.
Only the good [F] die young.
You're right, only [G] the good die [C] young.
[F] You might have heard I [Am] run with a dangerous [F] crowd.
We ain't [C] too pretty, we ain't too [F] proud.
You might [G] be laughing [Am] a bit too [F] loud.
You never [G] hurt no one.
[F] I'm [C] from Mount Virginia, show me time.
[F] Send [C] those signals, I'll follow you [F] blind.
Keep your [Am] mask on, keep your eyes behind.
[F] Never [G] less than the sun.
Darling, you know only the good [C] die young.
[F]
That's what [G] I said.
[C] Only the [F] good die young.
Only [G] the good die [C] young.
Swag [F] dress and a body on [C] your compliment.
[D] You got a brand new soul.
[F] You went across the road.
[Bm] Mount Virginia, they [F] didn't give you quite enough [C] information.
[D] You let down on me.
When you were [F] counting on your own [G] three.
Oh, oh, [F] oh, when they say there's a [G] heaven for [Am] those who will [F] wait.
That's what [C] I said.
[F] I'm the [G] laughter, the sinners, the crying [Am]
[F] saints.
Sinners are much [G] more fun.
Darling, you know only the good [C] die young.
[F] That's what [G] I said.
[C] Only the good [F] [G] die young.
[C] Only [G] the [F] good [Cm] die young.
[D] Only the good die young.
I
[F] [Gm] [F] could [Bb] give you what's [C] around your temple.
She [G] never cared for [D] me.
She [F] never said a prayer for [G] me.
Oh, [C] oh, [F] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [Am] oh.
She said, you [F] know it anyway.
[G] Time to [C] let go, [F] it's too late.
[Am] I [F] want to [G] be the one.
Darling, you know only the good [C] die young.
[F] [G] That's what I [C] said.
[F] [G] Only the good die [C] young.
Only the good die [F] young.
Only the [G] good [C] die young.
Oh, oh, [F] oh, oh, [G] oh, oh, oh, oh.
[C] [G] [F] [Gm] [N] [C] [Cm]
[C] [N]
Key:
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C
G
Am
D
F
C
G
[Bm] I don't know how much money we're gonna raise, but [Ab] I think with this next song we may raise a little hell.
[F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
[Gm] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[F] I'm from Mount [Am] Virginia, don't let me [F] wait.
[G] Virginia [C] girls got much to [F] play.
Oh, [Am] surely, who comes down [F] to the bait, might as well [G] be the one.
[F] Wait [B] till you've [A] sat and thought you'd [F] pray.
The [C] truth will not lock you [F] away.
She never [Am] told you twice to be [F] fair.
She said you [G] might have done, but only the good [C] die young.
[F] That's what [G] I [C] said.
Only the good [F] die young.
You're right, only [G] the good die [C] young.
[F] You might have heard I [Am] run with a dangerous [F] crowd.
We ain't [C] too pretty, we ain't too [F] proud.
You might [G] be laughing [Am] a bit too [F] loud.
You never [G] hurt no one.
[F] I'm [C] from Mount Virginia, show me time.
[F] Send [C] those signals, I'll follow you [F] blind.
Keep your [Am] mask on, keep your eyes behind.
[F] Never [G] less than the sun.
Darling, you know only the good [C] die young.
[F]
That's what [G] I said.
[C] Only the [F] good die young.
Only [G] the good die [C] young.
_ Swag [F] dress and a body on [C] your compliment.
_ [D] You got a brand new soul.
[F] You went across the road.
[Bm] Mount Virginia, they [F] didn't give you quite enough [C] information.
_ [D] You let down on me.
When you were [F] counting on your own [G] three.
Oh, oh, [F] oh, when they say there's a [G] heaven for [Am] those who will [F] wait.
That's what [C] I said.
[F] I'm the [G] laughter, the sinners, the crying [Am]
[F] saints.
Sinners are much [G] more fun.
Darling, you know only the good [C] die young.
[F] That's what [G] I said.
[C] Only the _ good [F] _ _ [G] die young.
[C] Only [G] the [F] good [Cm] die young.
_ [D] Only the good die young.
I _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [F] could [Bb] give you what's [C] around your temple.
She [G] never cared for [D] me.
She [F] never said a prayer for [G] me.
Oh, [C] oh, [F] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [Am] oh.
She said, you [F] know it anyway.
[G] Time to [C] let go, [F] it's too late.
[Am] I [F] want to [G] be the one.
Darling, you know only the good [C] die young.
[F] _ [G] That's what I [C] said. _ _ _
[F] _ [G] Only the good die [C] young.
Only the good die [F] young.
Only the [G] good [C] die young.
Oh, oh, [F] oh, oh, [G] oh, oh, oh, oh.
[C] _ _ [G] _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [N] _ _ [C] _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [N] _
[F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
[Gm] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[F] I'm from Mount [Am] Virginia, don't let me [F] wait.
[G] Virginia [C] girls got much to [F] play.
Oh, [Am] surely, who comes down [F] to the bait, might as well [G] be the one.
[F] Wait [B] till you've [A] sat and thought you'd [F] pray.
The [C] truth will not lock you [F] away.
She never [Am] told you twice to be [F] fair.
She said you [G] might have done, but only the good [C] die young.
[F] That's what [G] I [C] said.
Only the good [F] die young.
You're right, only [G] the good die [C] young.
[F] You might have heard I [Am] run with a dangerous [F] crowd.
We ain't [C] too pretty, we ain't too [F] proud.
You might [G] be laughing [Am] a bit too [F] loud.
You never [G] hurt no one.
[F] I'm [C] from Mount Virginia, show me time.
[F] Send [C] those signals, I'll follow you [F] blind.
Keep your [Am] mask on, keep your eyes behind.
[F] Never [G] less than the sun.
Darling, you know only the good [C] die young.
[F]
That's what [G] I said.
[C] Only the [F] good die young.
Only [G] the good die [C] young.
_ Swag [F] dress and a body on [C] your compliment.
_ [D] You got a brand new soul.
[F] You went across the road.
[Bm] Mount Virginia, they [F] didn't give you quite enough [C] information.
_ [D] You let down on me.
When you were [F] counting on your own [G] three.
Oh, oh, [F] oh, when they say there's a [G] heaven for [Am] those who will [F] wait.
That's what [C] I said.
[F] I'm the [G] laughter, the sinners, the crying [Am]
[F] saints.
Sinners are much [G] more fun.
Darling, you know only the good [C] die young.
[F] That's what [G] I said.
[C] Only the _ good [F] _ _ [G] die young.
[C] Only [G] the [F] good [Cm] die young.
_ [D] Only the good die young.
I _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [F] could [Bb] give you what's [C] around your temple.
She [G] never cared for [D] me.
She [F] never said a prayer for [G] me.
Oh, [C] oh, [F] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [Am] oh.
She said, you [F] know it anyway.
[G] Time to [C] let go, [F] it's too late.
[Am] I [F] want to [G] be the one.
Darling, you know only the good [C] die young.
[F] _ [G] That's what I [C] said. _ _ _
[F] _ [G] Only the good die [C] young.
Only the good die [F] young.
Only the [G] good [C] die young.
Oh, oh, [F] oh, oh, [G] oh, oh, oh, oh.
[C] _ _ [G] _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [N] _ _ [C] _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [N] _