Only the Good Die Young Chords by Billy Joel
Tempo:
75.45 bpm
Chords used:
F
G
C
Am
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F] [C] [F] [C]
[F] [G] [C] [F] [Dm] [G]
[F] Come out between the [G] stone [Am] and the weights, [F] if you're a Catholic girl, [Em] start much [C] too late.
[F] Ah, but sooner or later [G] it comes [Am] down to fate, [F] I might as well be [G] the one.
[F] Well, they showed you the statues, [G] told [Am] you to pray, [F] but they built you a temple [G] and locked [C] you away.
[F] Ah, but they never told [Em] you the price [Am] that you'd pay, [F] for the things that you might [G] have done.
Only the good [C] die [F] young, that's [G] what I said.
[C] Only the good [F] die young, [G] only the good die [C] young.
You [F] might have heard I run [Em] with a [Am] dangerous crowd, [F] we ain't too [G] pretty, we ain't [C] too proud.
[F] We might be [Em] laughing a bit [Am] too loud, [F] ah, but I never hurt [G] no one.
So [F] come on Virginia, [Em] show [Am] me a sign, [F] send up a signal, [G] I'll throw [C] you a line.
[F] Stained glass curtain [C] you're hiding [Am] behind, [F] never let's [G] in the sun.
Darling, only the good [C] die [F] young.
Whoa, [G] whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, [C] whoa.
Tell you only the good die [F] young, [G] only the good die [C] young.
You [G] got a nice white [F] dress and a party on your [C] confirmation.
You [D] got a brand new soul, [F] and a cross of gold.
[G] But Virginia, they didn't [F] give you quite enough [C] information.
You [D] didn't count on me, were you [Dm] counting on your rosary?
[Dm] Oh, [C] oh, oh, oh, [F] and they say there's a heaven [Em] for those [Am] who wait.
[F] And some say it's better, [Em] but I [C] say it ain't.
[F] I'd rather laugh with the sinners [Em] than cry with [Am] the saints.
[F] The sinners are much [G] more fun.
You know that only the good [C] die [F] young.
Oh, [G] baby.
[C] Tell you only the good die [F] young, only [G] the good die [C] young.
[G] [F] [C]
[D] [F]
[G] Tell your mother totally all that [F] I could give you was a [C] reputation.
Oh, she [D] never cared for me.
Did she ever [Dm] say a prayer for [B] me?
Oh, [G] oh, oh, [F] come out, come out, come [G] out.
Virginia, [Am] don't let me [F] wait.
The Catholic [G] girls start [C] much too [F] late.
The sooner or later it [Em] comes down [Am] to fates.
[F] I might as well be the [G] one.
You know that only [C] the good die young.
[F] Yeah, [G] baby.
[C] You know that only the good die [F] young, only the [G] good die [C] young.
Only the good [F] [G] die.
[C]
Woo-hoo!
[F] [G] Woo-hoo, woo-hoo!
[C]
Woo-hoo!
[F] [G] Woo-hoo!
[C]
Woo-hoo!
[F] [G] [C] Woo-hoo!
Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo!
[F] [G] [C] [N]
[F] [G] [C] [F] [Dm] [G]
[F] Come out between the [G] stone [Am] and the weights, [F] if you're a Catholic girl, [Em] start much [C] too late.
[F] Ah, but sooner or later [G] it comes [Am] down to fate, [F] I might as well be [G] the one.
[F] Well, they showed you the statues, [G] told [Am] you to pray, [F] but they built you a temple [G] and locked [C] you away.
[F] Ah, but they never told [Em] you the price [Am] that you'd pay, [F] for the things that you might [G] have done.
Only the good [C] die [F] young, that's [G] what I said.
[C] Only the good [F] die young, [G] only the good die [C] young.
You [F] might have heard I run [Em] with a [Am] dangerous crowd, [F] we ain't too [G] pretty, we ain't [C] too proud.
[F] We might be [Em] laughing a bit [Am] too loud, [F] ah, but I never hurt [G] no one.
So [F] come on Virginia, [Em] show [Am] me a sign, [F] send up a signal, [G] I'll throw [C] you a line.
[F] Stained glass curtain [C] you're hiding [Am] behind, [F] never let's [G] in the sun.
Darling, only the good [C] die [F] young.
Whoa, [G] whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, [C] whoa.
Tell you only the good die [F] young, [G] only the good die [C] young.
You [G] got a nice white [F] dress and a party on your [C] confirmation.
You [D] got a brand new soul, [F] and a cross of gold.
[G] But Virginia, they didn't [F] give you quite enough [C] information.
You [D] didn't count on me, were you [Dm] counting on your rosary?
[Dm] Oh, [C] oh, oh, oh, [F] and they say there's a heaven [Em] for those [Am] who wait.
[F] And some say it's better, [Em] but I [C] say it ain't.
[F] I'd rather laugh with the sinners [Em] than cry with [Am] the saints.
[F] The sinners are much [G] more fun.
You know that only the good [C] die [F] young.
Oh, [G] baby.
[C] Tell you only the good die [F] young, only [G] the good die [C] young.
[G] [F] [C]
[D] [F]
[G] Tell your mother totally all that [F] I could give you was a [C] reputation.
Oh, she [D] never cared for me.
Did she ever [Dm] say a prayer for [B] me?
Oh, [G] oh, oh, [F] come out, come out, come [G] out.
Virginia, [Am] don't let me [F] wait.
The Catholic [G] girls start [C] much too [F] late.
The sooner or later it [Em] comes down [Am] to fates.
[F] I might as well be the [G] one.
You know that only [C] the good die young.
[F] Yeah, [G] baby.
[C] You know that only the good die [F] young, only the [G] good die [C] young.
Only the good [F] [G] die.
[C]
Woo-hoo!
[F] [G] Woo-hoo, woo-hoo!
[C]
Woo-hoo!
[F] [G] Woo-hoo!
[C]
Woo-hoo!
[F] [G] [C] Woo-hoo!
Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo!
[F] [G] [C] [N]
Key:
F
G
C
Am
Em
F
G
C
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [F] _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _
_ [F] Come out between the [G] stone [Am] and the weights, [F] if you're a Catholic girl, [Em] start much [C] too late.
[F] Ah, but sooner or later [G] it comes [Am] down to fate, [F] I might as well be [G] the one.
[F] Well, they showed you the statues, [G] told [Am] you to pray, [F] but they built you a temple [G] and locked [C] you away.
[F] Ah, but they never told [Em] you the price [Am] that you'd pay, [F] for the things that you might [G] have done.
Only the good [C] die [F] young, that's [G] what I said.
[C] _ Only the good [F] die young, [G] only the good die [C] young.
You [F] might have heard I run [Em] with a [Am] dangerous crowd, [F] we ain't too [G] pretty, we ain't [C] too proud.
[F] We might be [Em] laughing a bit [Am] too loud, [F] ah, but I never hurt [G] no one.
So [F] come on Virginia, [Em] show [Am] me a sign, [F] send up a signal, [G] I'll throw [C] you a line.
[F] Stained glass curtain [C] you're hiding [Am] behind, [F] never let's [G] in the sun.
Darling, only the good [C] die [F] young.
Whoa, [G] whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, [C] whoa.
Tell you only the good die [F] young, [G] only the good die [C] young.
You [G] got a nice white [F] dress and a party on your [C] confirmation.
You [D] got a brand new soul, [F] and a cross of gold.
[G] But Virginia, they didn't [F] give you quite enough [C] information.
_ You [D] didn't count on me, were you [Dm] counting on your rosary?
[Dm] Oh, [C] oh, oh, oh, [F] and they say there's a heaven [Em] for those [Am] who wait.
[F] And some say it's better, [Em] but I [C] say it ain't.
[F] I'd rather laugh with the sinners [Em] than cry with [Am] the saints.
[F] The sinners are much [G] more fun.
You know that only the good [C] die [F] young.
Oh, [G] baby.
_ [C] Tell you only the good die [F] young, only [G] the good die [C] young. _
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[G] Tell your mother totally all that [F] I could give you was a [C] reputation.
_ Oh, she [D] never cared for me.
Did she ever [Dm] say a prayer for [B] me?
Oh, [G] oh, oh, [F] come out, come out, come [G] out.
Virginia, [Am] don't let me [F] wait.
The Catholic [G] girls start [C] much too [F] late.
The sooner or later it [Em] comes down [Am] to fates.
[F] I might as well be the [G] one.
You know that only [C] the good die young.
[F] Yeah, [G] baby.
[C] You know that only the good die [F] young, only the [G] good die [C] young.
Only the good [F] _ _ [G] die.
[C] _
_ Woo-hoo!
[F] _ [G] Woo-hoo, woo-hoo!
[C] _
Woo-hoo!
_ [F] _ [G] Woo-hoo!
_ [C] _
Woo-hoo!
[F] _ _ [G] _ [C] Woo-hoo!
Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo!
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
[F] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [F] _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _
_ [F] Come out between the [G] stone [Am] and the weights, [F] if you're a Catholic girl, [Em] start much [C] too late.
[F] Ah, but sooner or later [G] it comes [Am] down to fate, [F] I might as well be [G] the one.
[F] Well, they showed you the statues, [G] told [Am] you to pray, [F] but they built you a temple [G] and locked [C] you away.
[F] Ah, but they never told [Em] you the price [Am] that you'd pay, [F] for the things that you might [G] have done.
Only the good [C] die [F] young, that's [G] what I said.
[C] _ Only the good [F] die young, [G] only the good die [C] young.
You [F] might have heard I run [Em] with a [Am] dangerous crowd, [F] we ain't too [G] pretty, we ain't [C] too proud.
[F] We might be [Em] laughing a bit [Am] too loud, [F] ah, but I never hurt [G] no one.
So [F] come on Virginia, [Em] show [Am] me a sign, [F] send up a signal, [G] I'll throw [C] you a line.
[F] Stained glass curtain [C] you're hiding [Am] behind, [F] never let's [G] in the sun.
Darling, only the good [C] die [F] young.
Whoa, [G] whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, [C] whoa.
Tell you only the good die [F] young, [G] only the good die [C] young.
You [G] got a nice white [F] dress and a party on your [C] confirmation.
You [D] got a brand new soul, [F] and a cross of gold.
[G] But Virginia, they didn't [F] give you quite enough [C] information.
_ You [D] didn't count on me, were you [Dm] counting on your rosary?
[Dm] Oh, [C] oh, oh, oh, [F] and they say there's a heaven [Em] for those [Am] who wait.
[F] And some say it's better, [Em] but I [C] say it ain't.
[F] I'd rather laugh with the sinners [Em] than cry with [Am] the saints.
[F] The sinners are much [G] more fun.
You know that only the good [C] die [F] young.
Oh, [G] baby.
_ [C] Tell you only the good die [F] young, only [G] the good die [C] young. _
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[G] Tell your mother totally all that [F] I could give you was a [C] reputation.
_ Oh, she [D] never cared for me.
Did she ever [Dm] say a prayer for [B] me?
Oh, [G] oh, oh, [F] come out, come out, come [G] out.
Virginia, [Am] don't let me [F] wait.
The Catholic [G] girls start [C] much too [F] late.
The sooner or later it [Em] comes down [Am] to fates.
[F] I might as well be the [G] one.
You know that only [C] the good die young.
[F] Yeah, [G] baby.
[C] You know that only the good die [F] young, only the [G] good die [C] young.
Only the good [F] _ _ [G] die.
[C] _
_ Woo-hoo!
[F] _ [G] Woo-hoo, woo-hoo!
[C] _
Woo-hoo!
_ [F] _ [G] Woo-hoo!
_ [C] _
Woo-hoo!
[F] _ _ [G] _ [C] Woo-hoo!
Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo!
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _