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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Billy Joel - Only the Good Die Young (Live From Boston Garden, 1993) chords
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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]
Key:  
F
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G
2131
C
3211
Am
2311
D
1321
F
134211111
G
2131
C
3211
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To learn Billy Joel - (Live From Boston Garden, 1993) Only The Good Die Young chords, your first step should be understanding these chords - F, C, F, G, Am, F, G and Am in sequence. A good strategy is to initiate at 38 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 76 BPM. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of C Major in mind.

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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] _ _ _ _ _ _

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