Intro
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(C#m) (B) (C#m) (B)
E |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B |----5-----------4---------------|----5-----------4---------------|
G |--------6-----------4-----------|--------6-----------4-----------|
D |------------------------4-------|------------------------4-------|
A |4-----------4---------------4h6-|4-----------4---------------2---|
E |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
(C#m) (B) (Asus2) (Bsus4)
E |--------------------------------|--------0---------------0-------|
B |----5-----------4---------------|--------0---------------0-------|
G |--------6-----------4-----------|--------2---------------4-------|
D |------------------------4-------|----2---------------4-----------|
A |4-----------4---------------4---|0---------------2---------------|
E |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Verse 1 [play with intro]
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(C#m) (B) (C#m) (B)
Ricky was a young boy, he had a heart of stone.
(C#m) (B) (Asus2) (Bsus4)
Lived nine to five and he worked his fingers to the bone.
(C#m) (B)
Just barely out of school, came from the edge of town.
(C#m) (B) (A5) (B5) (G#)
Fought like a switch-blade so no-one could take him down, no!
(A5) (G#) (F#5) (E) (F#5)
He had no money, no, no good at home.
(G#5) (F#) (G#) (A5) (B5)
Walked the streets a soldier and he fought the world alone and now it\'s...
Chorus
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(C#5) (A#5) (E5) (B5)
E |---------------------------|--------0-----------------------|
B |---------------------------|----0-------0-----------4-------|
G |--------6---------------2--|--------------------------------|
D |----6-----6-----2------2---|--------------------4-----------|
A |4---------------0----------|----------------2-----------3---|
E |---------------------------|0-------------------------------|
Eighteen and life, you got it. Eighteen and life, you know
Your crime is time, and it\'s eighteen and life to go !
Eighteen and life, you got it. Eighteen and life, you know
Your crime is time, and it\'s eighteen and life to go !
[finish with intro...]
Verse 2 [play with intro]
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(C#m) (B) (C#m) (B)
Tequila in his heartbeat, his veins burned gasoline.
(C#m) (B) (Asus2) (Bsus4)
It kept his motor running, but it never kept him clean.
(C#m) (B) (C#m) (B)
They said he loved adventure. Ricky\'s the wild one.
(C#m) (B) (Asus2) (Bsus4)
He married trouble, had a courtship with a gun.
(A5) (F#5)
Bang, bang shoot\'em up. The party never ends.
(G#5) (F#) (G#) (A5) (B5)
You can\'t think of dying when the bottle\'s your best friend.
[Repeat chorus]
Bridge
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[palm mute a (C#5) chord during two measures and ...]
(E5) (B5)
\"Accidents will happen,\" they all heard Ricky say.
(A5) (B5)
He fired his six shot to the wind, that child blew a child away.
[Repeat chorus]
Outro
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E |----0---------------0-----------|----0--------------------0--|
B |--------4---------------4-------|--------4---------------4---|
G |------------4---------------4---|------------4-------4-------|
D |--------------------------------|----------------------------|
A |4---------------0---------------|----------------2-----------|
E |--------------------------------|0---------------------------|
E |----0---------------0-----------|0-------0-------------------0---|
B |--------4---------------4-------|0-----------4-----------4-------|
G |------------4---------------4---|1---------------4---------------|
D |--------------------------------|2---------------4---------------|
A |4----------------0--------------|2---------------2---------------|
E |--------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
E |4-------------------------------|
B |5-------------------------------|
G |6-------------------------------|
D |6-------------------------------|
A |4-------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------|