Chords for Billy Joel - Only the Good Die Young (Live From Boston Garden, 1993)
Tempo:
76.425 bpm
Chords used:
F
G
C
Am
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F]
[G] [C] [F] [G] [Am]
[F] [Dm] [G] [D] [F] Come out [C] Virginia, don't [Am] have any wings.
[F] You can't let the girls [G] stop much [C] too late.
[F] Sooner or later, [Em] come [Am] the sound of [F] fate, might as well [G] be the one.
[F] Well they told you that, [G] [Am] don't even pray.
[F] They'll choose [C] heaven and lock you away.
[F] They never told [G] you the price [Am] that you [F] pay, the things that you might [G] have done.
[C] Only the good die young.
[F] That's [G] what I said.
[C] Only the good die young.
[F] [C] Only [G] the good die [C] young.
You [F] might have thought that [G] a runner was a dangerous [Am] one.
But now [F] we ain't [G] too plenty, we ain't too [C] proud.
[F] We might be left [Am] dead soon.
That [F] never hurt [G] no [F] one.
So come on Virginia, [Am] show me a sign.
[F] Send up a signal, [G] I'll show you [C] the light.
[F] Take that skirt, [G] you're hiding [Am] behind.
[F] Never less [G] than the sun.
Darling, only the good [C] die young.
[F] [G] That's what I said.
[C] Only the good die young.
[F] Only [G] the good die [C] young.
You [G] don't need swipe, cross, [F] or sign to buy young.
[C]
You [D] got a brand new soul, [Am] who [F] wouldn't cross a road?
[G] What would you be naked [Fm] in?
Why [C] don't you raise your heart?
You [D] didn't count on me when you were young.
[F] [C]
[F] They say there's a heaven [G] for those [Am] who wait.
[F] Some [C] say it's better but I say they
[F] regret the life we've seen.
[G] Cry [Am] with the saints, [F] sin is a much [G] more fun.
Darling, you know only the good [Bb] die [C] young.
[F]
[G] [C] Only the good die [F] young.
Only [G] the good [C] die young.
[G] [F]
[C] [Fm] [Am] [D] [F]
[G] [F] Virginia was a [C] wreck of nation.
[D] She didn't care for me.
Did she [F] ever spend where it was?
[F] [F] Oh, come afternoon, come [G] afternoon, [Am] you don't let [F] me wait.
[G] Catholic girls [C] die much [F] too late.
See the one lady, [Am] just out of faith.
[F] I want to be [G] the one.
Darling, you know only [C] the good die young.
[F]
That's what [G] I said.
[C] Only the good die [F] young.
[G] Only the good die [C] young.
Only the good die young.
[F]
[G] [C] Only the good die young.
Only [F] the good die young.
[G] [C] [G] [C] [F]
[E] [Ab] [C]
[G] [C] [F] [G] [Am]
[F] [Dm] [G] [D] [F] Come out [C] Virginia, don't [Am] have any wings.
[F] You can't let the girls [G] stop much [C] too late.
[F] Sooner or later, [Em] come [Am] the sound of [F] fate, might as well [G] be the one.
[F] Well they told you that, [G] [Am] don't even pray.
[F] They'll choose [C] heaven and lock you away.
[F] They never told [G] you the price [Am] that you [F] pay, the things that you might [G] have done.
[C] Only the good die young.
[F] That's [G] what I said.
[C] Only the good die young.
[F] [C] Only [G] the good die [C] young.
You [F] might have thought that [G] a runner was a dangerous [Am] one.
But now [F] we ain't [G] too plenty, we ain't too [C] proud.
[F] We might be left [Am] dead soon.
That [F] never hurt [G] no [F] one.
So come on Virginia, [Am] show me a sign.
[F] Send up a signal, [G] I'll show you [C] the light.
[F] Take that skirt, [G] you're hiding [Am] behind.
[F] Never less [G] than the sun.
Darling, only the good [C] die young.
[F] [G] That's what I said.
[C] Only the good die young.
[F] Only [G] the good die [C] young.
You [G] don't need swipe, cross, [F] or sign to buy young.
[C]
You [D] got a brand new soul, [Am] who [F] wouldn't cross a road?
[G] What would you be naked [Fm] in?
Why [C] don't you raise your heart?
You [D] didn't count on me when you were young.
[F] [C]
[F] They say there's a heaven [G] for those [Am] who wait.
[F] Some [C] say it's better but I say they
[F] regret the life we've seen.
[G] Cry [Am] with the saints, [F] sin is a much [G] more fun.
Darling, you know only the good [Bb] die [C] young.
[F]
[G] [C] Only the good die [F] young.
Only [G] the good [C] die young.
[G] [F]
[C] [Fm] [Am] [D] [F]
[G] [F] Virginia was a [C] wreck of nation.
[D] She didn't care for me.
Did she [F] ever spend where it was?
[F] [F] Oh, come afternoon, come [G] afternoon, [Am] you don't let [F] me wait.
[G] Catholic girls [C] die much [F] too late.
See the one lady, [Am] just out of faith.
[F] I want to be [G] the one.
Darling, you know only [C] the good die young.
[F]
That's what [G] I said.
[C] Only the good die [F] young.
[G] Only the good die [C] young.
Only the good die young.
[F]
[G] [C] Only the good die young.
Only [F] the good die young.
[G] [C] [G] [C] [F]
[E] [Ab] [C]
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_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _
[F] _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ [F] Come out [C] Virginia, don't [Am] have any wings.
[F] You can't let the girls [G] stop much [C] too late.
[F] Sooner or later, [Em] come [Am] the sound of [F] fate, might as well [G] be the one.
[F] Well they told you that, [G] [Am] don't even pray.
[F] They'll choose [C] heaven and lock you away.
[F] They never told [G] you the price [Am] that you [F] pay, the things that you might [G] have done.
[C] Only the good die young.
[F] That's [G] what I said.
[C] Only the good die young.
[F] [C] Only [G] the good die [C] young.
You [F] might have thought that [G] a runner was a dangerous [Am] one.
But now [F] we ain't [G] too plenty, we ain't too [C] proud.
[F] We might be left [Am] dead soon.
That [F] never hurt [G] no [F] one.
So come on Virginia, [Am] show me a sign.
[F] Send up a signal, [G] I'll show you [C] the light.
[F] Take that skirt, [G] you're hiding [Am] behind.
[F] Never less [G] than the sun.
Darling, only the good [C] die young.
[F] _ [G] That's what I said.
[C] _ Only the good die young.
[F] Only [G] the good die [C] young.
You [G] don't need swipe, cross, [F] or sign to buy young.
[C] _ _
You [D] got a brand new soul, [Am] who [F] wouldn't cross a road?
[G] What would you be naked [Fm] in?
Why [C] don't you raise your heart?
You [D] didn't count on me when you were young.
[F] _ [C] _
_ [F] They say there's a heaven [G] for those [Am] who wait.
[F] Some [C] say it's better but I say they
[F] regret the life we've seen.
[G] Cry [Am] with the saints, [F] sin is a much [G] more fun.
Darling, you know only the good [Bb] die [C] young.
[F] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] Only the good die [F] young.
Only [G] the good [C] die young.
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [Fm] _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] Virginia was a [C] wreck of nation.
_ [D] She didn't care for me.
Did she [F] ever spend where it was?
[F] [F] Oh, come afternoon, come [G] afternoon, [Am] you don't let [F] me wait.
[G] Catholic girls [C] die much [F] too late.
See the one lady, [Am] just out of faith.
[F] I want to be [G] the one.
Darling, you know only [C] the good die young.
[F]
That's what [G] I said.
[C] _ Only the good die [F] young.
[G] Only the good die [C] young.
Only the good die young.
[F] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ Only the good die young.
Only [F] the good die young. _
[G] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _
[E] _ [Ab] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _
[F] _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ [F] Come out [C] Virginia, don't [Am] have any wings.
[F] You can't let the girls [G] stop much [C] too late.
[F] Sooner or later, [Em] come [Am] the sound of [F] fate, might as well [G] be the one.
[F] Well they told you that, [G] [Am] don't even pray.
[F] They'll choose [C] heaven and lock you away.
[F] They never told [G] you the price [Am] that you [F] pay, the things that you might [G] have done.
[C] Only the good die young.
[F] That's [G] what I said.
[C] Only the good die young.
[F] [C] Only [G] the good die [C] young.
You [F] might have thought that [G] a runner was a dangerous [Am] one.
But now [F] we ain't [G] too plenty, we ain't too [C] proud.
[F] We might be left [Am] dead soon.
That [F] never hurt [G] no [F] one.
So come on Virginia, [Am] show me a sign.
[F] Send up a signal, [G] I'll show you [C] the light.
[F] Take that skirt, [G] you're hiding [Am] behind.
[F] Never less [G] than the sun.
Darling, only the good [C] die young.
[F] _ [G] That's what I said.
[C] _ Only the good die young.
[F] Only [G] the good die [C] young.
You [G] don't need swipe, cross, [F] or sign to buy young.
[C] _ _
You [D] got a brand new soul, [Am] who [F] wouldn't cross a road?
[G] What would you be naked [Fm] in?
Why [C] don't you raise your heart?
You [D] didn't count on me when you were young.
[F] _ [C] _
_ [F] They say there's a heaven [G] for those [Am] who wait.
[F] Some [C] say it's better but I say they
[F] regret the life we've seen.
[G] Cry [Am] with the saints, [F] sin is a much [G] more fun.
Darling, you know only the good [Bb] die [C] young.
[F] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] Only the good die [F] young.
Only [G] the good [C] die young.
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [Fm] _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] Virginia was a [C] wreck of nation.
_ [D] She didn't care for me.
Did she [F] ever spend where it was?
[F] [F] Oh, come afternoon, come [G] afternoon, [Am] you don't let [F] me wait.
[G] Catholic girls [C] die much [F] too late.
See the one lady, [Am] just out of faith.
[F] I want to be [G] the one.
Darling, you know only [C] the good die young.
[F]
That's what [G] I said.
[C] _ Only the good die [F] young.
[G] Only the good die [C] young.
Only the good die young.
[F] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ Only the good die young.
Only [F] the good die young. _
[G] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _
[E] _ [Ab] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _