Written by Rachel Bolan Southworth, David Michael Sabo
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 |--------------------------------|
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