Verse 1:
C     G               C
   a hand above the water
A  Dm          A              Dm  F  G7
   An angel reaching for the sky
       G              C     Am   D7
   Is it raining in heaven -
          D          G    F   G7
   Do you want us to cry? 
 
Verse 2:
C           G                   C
   And everywhere the broken-hearted
A  Dm          A        Dm
   On every lonely avenue
C  Bb           F
   No-one could reach them
C             G     A7
   No-one but you
 
Chorus 1:
D   Gbm7  G
One by    one
A    A7  D    Gbm7  G
Only the good die   young
A        A7  D          Gbm7         Bm
They're only flying too close to the sun
    E7        D
And life goes on -
  Asus4      A   G
Without you...
 
Verse 3:
C            G         C
   Another tricky situation
A  Dm          A              Dm  F  G7
   A get to drowin' in the blues
       G               C      Am  D7
   And I find myself thinkin' 
          D              G   F   G7
   Well - what would you do? 
 
Verse 4:
C                 G           C
   Yes! - it was such an operation
A  Dm          A         Dm
   Forever paying every due
C  Bb           F
   Hell, you made a sensation
C                       G     A7
   You found a way through - and
 
Chorus 2:
D   Gbm7  G
One by    one
A    A7  D    Gbm7  G
Only the good die   young
A        A7  D          Gbm7         Bm  A
They're only flyin' too close to the sun
E7         D
We'll remember -
  Asus4   A  G
Forever...
 
Verse 5:
C               G             C
   And now the party must be over
A  Dm               A           Dm  F  G7
   I guess we'll never understand
        G              C     Am  D7
   The sense of your leaving
              D              G   F   G7
   Was it the way it was planned? 
 
Verse 6:
C              G               C
   And so we grace another table
A   Dm              A               Dm
   And raise our glasses one more time
C  Bb            F
   There's a face at the window
C                                  G    A7
   And I ain't never, never sayin' goodbye...
 
Outro:
  D   Gbm7  G
  One by    one
  A    A7  D    Gbm7  G
  Only the good die   young
  A        A7  D          Gbm7         Bm  A
  They're only flyin' too close to the sun
    E7       D
  Cryin' for nothing
E7   Em7     D
  Cryin' for no-one
   G          D
  No-one but you
 
Outro: D   C   G   D9   D