Only the Good Die Young
Billy Joel
Chord Guide32 1
C: x32010 / 132
D: xx0232 / 12 4
Em7: 022003 / 21 34
G: 320033
1 3
A7: x02020
Strum Guide
Verse Strum:
C D Em7
D U X U U X U D U X U U X U (Same for C-D-G progression)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Chorus Strum:
G C
M D U D U D U X U D U D (same for D-G progression)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
C D (½) Em7 (½)
Come out, Virginia, don't let me wait
C D (½) G (½)
You Catholic girls start much too late
C D (½) Em7 (½)
Ah but sooner or later it comes down to fate
C (hold) D (hold)
I might as well be the one
C D (½) Em7 (½)
Well, they showed you a statue, told you to pray
C D (½) G (½)
They built you a temple and locked you away
C D (½) Em7 (½)
Ah but they never told you the price that you pay
C (hold) D (hold 2)
For things that you might have done
Chorus
(G) C (D) G
Only the good die young, that's what I say
(G) C (D) G
Only the good die young, only the good die young
C D (½) Em7 (½)
You might have heard I run with a dangerous crowd
C D (½) G (½)
We ain't too pretty, we ain't too proud
C D (½) Em7 (½)
We might be laughing a bit too loud
C (hold) D (hold)
Oh, but that never hurt no one
C D (½) Em7 (½)
So come on, Virginia, show me a sign
C D (½) G (½)
Send up a signal, I'll throw you a line
C D (½) Em7 (½)
That stained glass curtain you're hiding behind
C (hold) D (hold 2)
Never lets in the sun
(G) C (D) G
Darlin', only the good die young, wo-o-o-oh
(G) C (D) G
I tell you only the good die young, only the good die young
Bridge:
D (hold) C (hold) G (2)
You got a nice white dress and a party on your confirmation
A7 (2) C (2)
You got a brand new soul and a cross of gold
D (hold) C (hold) G (2)
But, Virginia, they didn't give you quite enough information
A7 (2) C D (hold)
You didn't count on me when you were counting on your rosary, oh-oh-oh
C D (½) Em7 (½)
And they say there's a heaven for those who will wait
C D (½) G (½)
Some say it's better but I say it ain't
C D (½) Em7 (½)
I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints
C (hold) D (hold 2)
The sinners are much more fun
(G) C (D) G
You know that only the good die young, woo-oo-oo baby
(G) C (D) G
I tell you only the good die young, only the good die young
Instrumental Bridge (first half)
D (hold) C (hold) G (2)
Said your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation
A7 (2) C D (hold)
Oh, she never cared for me but did she ever say a prayer for me, no-oh-oh
C D (½) Em7 (½)
Come out come out come out Virginia don't let me wait
C D (½) G (½)
You Catholic girls start much too late
C D (½) Em7 (½)
Sooner or later it comes down to fate
C (hold) D (hold 2)
I might as well be the one
(G) C (D) G
You know that only the good die young, tell you, baby
(G) C (D) G
You know that only the good die young, only the good die young
/ - G - - / C - - - / - D - - / G - - - / x4
Hold last G