ARTIST: Billy Joel
TITLE: Only the Good Die Young
Lyrics and Chords


Come out, Virginia, don't let me wait
You Catholic girls start much too late
Ah but sooner or later it comes down to fate
I might as well be the one

/ F - C Am / F - G C / 1st / F - G - / 

Well, they showed you a statue, told you to pray
They built you a temple and locked you away
Ah but they never told you the price that you pay
For things that you might have done

Only the good die young, that's what I say
Only the good die young, only the good die young

/ C - F - G - / /

You might have heard I run with a dangerous crowd
We ain't too pretty, we ain't too proud
We might be laughing a bit too loud
Oh, but that never hurt no one

So come on, Virginia, show me a sign
Send up a signal, I'll throw you a line
That stained glass curtain you're hiding behind
Never lets in the sun

Darlin', only the good die young, wo-o-o-oh
I tell you only the good die young, only the good die young

You got a nice white dress and a party on your confirmation
You got a brand new soul and a cross of gold
But, Virginia, they didn't give you quite enough information
You didn't count on me when you were counting on your rosary, oh-oh-oh

/ G F C - / D - F - / 1st / D - F CDmC /

And they say there's a heaven for those who will wait
Some say it's better but I say it ain't
I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints
The sinners are much more fun

You know that only the good die young, woo-oo-oo baby
I tell you only the good die young, only the good die young

Said your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation
Oh, she never cared for me but did she ever say a prayer for me, no-oh-oh
Come out come out come out Virginia don't let me wait
You Catholic girls start much too late
But sooner or later it comes down to fate
I might as well be the one

You know that only the good die young, tell you, baby
You know that only the good die young
Only the good die young
Only the good, good, only the good die young
Oo-oo-oo-o-oh o-o-oo-oo-o-oh
Oo-oo-oo-o-o-oh o-o-o-oo-oo-oh

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