From: lsh1@cec2.wustl.edu (Lara S. Hughes)
Subject: Only the Good Die Young, Billy Joel
Keywords: SIMP req Billy Joel
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 20:03:25 GMT

Here's Only the Good Die Young - it's very easy and fun to jam with. 
I do have all of BJ's stuff, so if anyone has requests, I'll try to
accomodate ( but some are really not "guitar" songs & sound much
better on piano)
                 ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG  (Billy Joel)

F                  C                 Am
Come out, Virginia don't let me wait
    F                    G             C
You Catholic girls start much too late
       F                  C                 Am
Ah but sooner or later it comes down to fate
  F                        G
I might as well be the one
          F                       C            Am
Well they showed you a statue and told to pray
     F                      G              C
They built you a temple and locked you away
       F                       C                 Am
Ah but they never told you the price that you pay
    F                               G
For things that you might have done...
                            C  F
For only the good die young
              G     C
That's what I said,
                        F
Only the good die young
         G              C
Only the good die young

               F                  C              Am
You might have heard I run with a dangerous crowd
   F                    G              C
We ain't too pretty, we ain't too proud
   F                   C            Am
We might be laughing a bit too loud
    F                      G
But that never hurt no one
        F            C             Am
So come on Virginia, show me a sign
F                     G               C
Send up a signal I'll throw you a line
F                                 C            Am
That stained-glass curtain you're hiding behind
F                     G
Never lets in the sun
                          C     F  G
Darlin' only the good die young
C                      F
Only the good die young
         G             C
Only the good die young

          G                      F                    C
You got a nice white dress and a party on your confirmation
             D                    F
You've got a brand new soul,and a cross of gold
       G                         F                  C
It's a pity they didn't give you quite enough information
           D                                           F      C Dm C G
You didn't count on me, when you were counting on your rosary

         F                        C                  Am
And they say there's a heaven for those who will wait 
F                        G             C
Some say it's better but I say it ain't
           F                          C                   Am
I'd rather laugh with the sinner than cry with the saints
    F                         G
The sinners are much more fun...
                                     C F
You know that only the good die young  
              G     C
That's what I said,
                        F
Only the good die young
         G              C
Only the good die young

(Instrumental) G   F  C     D   F
              G                           F                   C
You said your mother told you all I could give you was a reputation
          D                                    F            C Dm C G
She never cared for me, but did she ever say a prayer for me?

F                   C                Am
Come out, Virginia, don't let me wait
    F                    G            C
You Catholic girls start much too late
       F                  C                 Am
Ah but sooner or later it comes down to fate
  F                       G
I might as well be the one
                        C  F
Only the good die young
              G     C
That's what I said,
                        F
Only the good die young
         G              C
Only the good die young


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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~Lara Hughes  lsh1@cec2.wustl.edu ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
You mean... you'll put down your rock, and I'll | Someday we'll find it, the
put down my sword, and we'll try to kill each   | Rainbow Connection, the
other like civilized people? -The Princess Bride| lovers, the dreamers, and me.