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Only The Good Die Young

Billy Joel

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From: asa@civ.bio.unipd.it (Maurizio T Moretto)


                ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG             BILLY JOEL

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

      F                      | C/G         Am |
They showed you a statue and  told you to pray
     F                       | G         C  |
They built you a temple and  locked you away
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But they never told you the  price that you pay
     F                        | G
For things that you might have done.....
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           For   only the good die   young     that's what I said
     | C          | C           | F          | G            |
          Only the good die young   only the  good die young

  C              |  F                 | C/G          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                 | G           Am |
We might be laughing a bit too loud
   F                       |  G
But that never hurt no one

 G       F                  | C/G     Am  | 
      So come on Virginia  show me a sign
  F                      | G           C  |
  Send up a signal I'll  throw you the line
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The stained-glass curtain you're   hiding behind
 F                      | G
  Never lets in the sun
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         Darlin  only the good die  young        woh - oh
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          Only the good die young   only the  good die young

  C          |  G                 | F                |   C  |
      You got a nice white dress and a party on your confirmation
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   You got a brand new soul        And a cross of gold
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       But Virginia they didn't give you quite enough information
  C            | D         |  D                          | F    |
     You didn't count on me When you were counting on your rosary

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   Oh   oh   oh    And_they
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Say there's a heaven for those who will wait
F                       | G             C   |
Some say it's better but  I say it ain't
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I'd rather laugh with the sinners than  cry  with the saints
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The sinners are much more fun...
     | G     | G              | C    |  F            | G |
       You know  only the good die  young      that's what I say
     | C         | C          | F        | G           | C |
          Only the good die young   only the  good die young

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  F            | G                               |
    You say your  mother told you all that I could 
   F                   | C |
   Give you was a reputa-tion     
  C       | D         | D                     | F         |
   She never cared for me  But did she ever say a prayer for me?
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   Oh   oh   oh    And_they


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| Maurizio Tiziano Moretto                 system07@cribi1.bio.unipd.it |
| CIS Vallisneri - Universita' di Padova           asa@civ.bio.unipd.it |
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