Only The Good Die Young
The Stranger, 1977
Billy Joel

CAPO 5

Chords Used: C   x32010    G  320033
                xx0232      x02220
               022000    x2003x


[Verse]

             
Come out Virgi

             
nia, don't let

    
 me wait
             
You Catholic g

             
irls start muc

      
h too late
             
But sooner or 

             
later it comes

         
 down to fate
             
I might as wel

         
l be the one

             
Well, they sho

              
wed you a stat

             
ue, told you t

  
o pray
             
They built you

              
 a temple and 

          
locked you awa

y
             
But they never

              
 told you the 

             
price that you

 
 pay
             
For things tha

              
t you might ha

   
ve done


[Chorus]

              
Only the good 

       
die young
              
That's what I 

      
said
              
Only the good 

   
die young
              
Only the good 

        
die young


[Verse]

              
You might have

             
 heard I run w

             
ith a dangerou

  
s crowd
             
We ain't too p

             
retty, we ain'

      
t too proud
             
We might be la

             
ughing a bit t

    
oo loud
             
But that never

         
 hurt no one

             
So come on Vir

             
ginia, show me

   
 a sign
             
Send up a sign

             
al, I'll throw

         
 you the line
             
The stained-gl

              
ass curtain yo

             
u're hiding be


hind
             
Never lets in 

    
the sun


[Chorus]

              
Darlin', only 

             
the good die y

     
oung
              
Whoa, whoa, wh

              
oa, whoa, whoa
              
I tell ya only

             
 the good die 


young
              
Only the good 

        
die young


[Bridge]

             
You got a nice

              
 white dress a

             
nd a party on 

             
your confirmat

ion
             
You got a bran

              
d new soul, an

      
d a cross of g

old
             
But Virginia t

              
hey didn't giv

             
e you quite en

            
ough informati

on
             
You didn't cou

              
nt on me when 

              
you were count

            
ing on your ro

sary
      
Oh woah woah


[Verse]

             
They say there

              
's a heaven fo

             
r those who wi

   
ll wait
             
Some say it's 

             
better but I s

      
ay it ain't
             
I'd rather lau

              
gh with the si

             
nners than cry

          
 with the sain

ts
             
The sinners ar

            
e much more fu

n


[Chorus]

              
You know that 

              
only the good 

         
die young
             
Oh woah, baby

  
              
I tell ya only

             
 the good die 


young
              
Only the good 

       
die young


[Instrumental]

            


[Bridge]

             
You say your m

              
other told you

              
 all that I co

             
uld give you w

          
as a reputatio

n
              
Aww, she never

 
 cared for me
              
But did she ev

         
er say a praye

r for me?
      
Oh woah woah


[Verse]

             
Come out, come

              
 out, come out

             
 Virginia, don

    
't let me wait

,
             
  You Catholic

            
 girls start m

uch too late
             
 Sooner or lat

             
er it comes do

      
wn to fate
             
I might as wel

         
l be the one
              
You know that 

              
only the good 

          
die young


[Outro]