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Intro 1
(A minor) (G major) (A minor) (F major) (G major)
(A minor) (G major) (A minor) (F major)
(G major)
Verse 1
(A minor) Ricky was a young boy
He had a heart of stone (G major)
(A minor) Lived nine to five and worked
his (F major) fingers to the bone (G major)
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Verse 2
(A minor) Just barely out of school
Came from the (G major) edge of town
(A minor) Fought like a switchblade (G major) so no
(F major) one could take him down (G major) (E major)
Verse 3
(F major) He had no money, oh
(D minor) No good at home
He walked (E major) the streets a soldier
And he (F major) fought the world
alone (G major) and now it's
Verse 4
(A minor) Eighteen and (F major) life you got it
(C major) Eighteen and (G major) life you know
(A minor) Your crime is (F major) time and it's
(C major) Eighteen and (G major) life to go
(A minor) Eighteen and (F major) life you got it
(C major) Eighteen and (G major) life you know
(A minor) Your crime is (F major) time and it's
(C major) Eighteen and (G major) life to go
Interlude 1
(A minor) (G major) (A minor) (F major) (G major)
Verse 5
(A minor) Tequila in his heartbeat
His veins burned gasol (G major) ine
(A minor) It kept his motor run (G major) nin'
(F major) But he never (G major) kept it clean
Verse 6
(A minor) They say he loved adventure
Ricky's the wild (G major) one
(A minor) He married trouble
Had a (F major) courtship with a gun (G major) (E major)
Verse 7
(F major) Bang, bang, shoot 'em up
The (D minor) party never ends
You (E major) can't think of dying when
the (F major) bottle's your best (G major) friend
Verse 8
And now it's
(A minor) Eighteen and (F major) life you got it
(C major) Eighteen and (G major) life you know
(A minor) Your crime is (F major) time and it's
(C major) Eighteen and (G major) life to go
(A minor) Eighteen and (F major) life you got it
(C major) Eighteen and (G major) life you know
(A minor) Your crime is (F major) time and it's
(C major) Eighteen and life (G major) to go
(A minor)
Verse 9
(E major) (A minor)
Ac (C major) cidents will happen
They (G major) all heard Ricky say
He (F major) fired his six- shot to the wind
That (G major) child blew a child (A minor) (F major) (C major) (G major) away (A minor)
(F major) (C major) (G major) (A minor) (F major) (C major) (G major)
(A minor) (F major)
Verse 10
(C major) (G major)
Eighteen (A minor) and life (F major) you got it
(C major) Eighteen and (G major) life you know
(A minor) Your crime is (F major) time and it's
(C major) Eighteen and (G major) life to go (A minor)
Eighteen and (F major) life you got it
(C major) Eighteen and (G major) life you know
(A minor) Your crime is (F major) time and it's
(C major) Eighteen and (G major) life to go, (A minor)
(F major) (C major) yeah (G major) (A minor) (F major) (C major) (G major)
(A minor) (F major) (C major) (G major)
(A minor) Oh (F major) (C major) oh (G major) (A minor)
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