Intro: C#m B C#m B
C#m B Asus2 Bsus4
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|----5-----------4---------------|----5-----------4---------------|
G|--------6-----------4-----------|--------6-----------4-----------|
D|------------------------4-------|------------------------4-------|
A|4-----------4---------------4h6-|4-----------4---------------2---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------0---------------0-------|
B|----5-----------4---------------|--------0---------------0-------|
G|--------6-----------4-----------|--------2---------------4-------|
D|------------------------4-------|----2---------------4-----------|
A|4-----------4---------------4---|0---------------2---------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C#m B
Ricky was a young boy, He had a heart of stone.
C#m E B
Lived 9 to 5 and worked his fingers to the bone.
C#m B
Just barely out of school, came from the edge of town.
C#m E B
Fought like a switchblade so no one could take him down.
E B
He had no money, oooh no good at home.
C#m A B
He walked the streets a soldier and he fought the world alone
And now it's
C#m A
18 and life You got it
E B
18 and life you know
C#m A
Your crime is time and it's
E B ( C#m B ) (2x) ( A B )
18 and life to go
C#m B
Tequila in his heartbeat, His veins burned gasoline.
C#m E B
It kept his motor running but it never kept him clean.
C#m B
They say he loved adventure, "Ricky's the wild one."
C#m E B
He married trouble and had a courtship with a gun.
E B
Bang Bang Shoot 'em up, The party never ends.
C#m A B
You can't think of dying when the bottle's your best friend
And now it's
C#m A
18 and life You got it
E B
18 and life you know
C#m A
Your crime is time and it's
E B E
18 and life to go
E B
"Accidents will happen" they all heard Ricky say
A B
He fired his six-shot to the wind and that child blew a childaway
Solo 4x: C#m A E B
C#m A
18 and life You got it
E B
18 and life you know
C#m A
Your crime is time and it's
E B ( C#m A E B ) (5x)
18 and life to go
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