Me First and the Gimme Gimmes – Only The Good Die Young (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
F                 Gm           Am
Come out Virginia don't let me wait

    F                    Gm       C5
You Catholic girls start much too late

    F                  Gm            Am
But sooner or later it comes down to fate

  F                    Gm
I might as well be the one
[Verse 2]
          F                       Gm          Am
Well they showed you a statue and told you to pray

     F                      Gm          C5
They built you a temple and locked you away

    F                       Gm              Am
But they never told you the price you would pay

    F                          Gm
For things that you might have done
[Chorus]
                  C
Only the good die young

F          G5             C
  Only the good die young

         C        F
Only the good die young

          G5             C
Only the good die young
[Verse 3]
               F                  Gm        Am
You might have heard I run with a dangerous crowd

   F                   Gm        C5
We ain't too pretty we ain't too proud

   F                   Gm      Am
We might be laughing a bit too loud

    F                  Gm
But that never hurt no one
[Verse 4]
     F           Gm        Am
Come on Virginia show me a sign

F                     Gm            C
Send up a signal I'll throw you the line

    F                            Gm       Am
The stained-glass curtain you're hiding behind

F                 Gm
Never lets in the sun
[Chorus]
                  C
Only the good die young

F          G5             C
  Only the good die young

         C        F
Only the good die young

          G5             C
Only the good die young
[Bridge 1]
          G5                     F5                  C
You got a nice white dress and a party on your confirmation

          Dm                   F
You got a brand new soul and a cross of gold

       G5                         F5                C
But Virginia they didn't give you quite enough information

          Dm                                        F        G5
You never thought of me, when you considered trying sodomy
{Verse 5]
     F                        Gm           Am
They say there's a heaven for those who'll wait

F                        Gm       C5
Some say it's better but I say it ain't

           F                         Gm           Am
I'd rather laugh with the punks than cry with the saints

    F                      G5
The smokers have much more fun
[Chorus]
                  C
Only the good die young

F          G5             C
  Only the good die young

         C        F
Only the good die young

          G5             C
Only the good die young       Yeah!
[Solo] G5 F5 C Dm F5 [Bridge 3]
             G5                               F5                       C5
You say your mother told you all that I could give you was some mild abrasions

          Dm                                   F             G5
She never cared for me, but did she ever say a prayer for me
[Verse 6] (Bass, only intermittent guitar)
          F                    Gm       Am
Well come out, come out, Virginia don't let me wait

F                    Gm       C
Catholic girls start much too late

F                  Gm            Am
Sooner or later it comes down to fate

  F                    G5
I might as well be the one
[Chorus]
                  C
Only the good die young

F          G5             C
  Only the good die young

         C        F
Only the good die young

          G5             C
Only the good die young
[Outro Chorus]
         C
Only the good yeah

F          G5             C
  Only the good die young

         C        F
Only the good die young

          G5             C
Only the good die young
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