[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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