[Intro]
C#m C#m C#m A B 2x
[Verse]
C#m
Ricky was a young boy, he had a heart of stone
A B
Lived 9 to 5 and worked his fingers to the bone
C#m
Just barely out of school came from the edge of town
Fought like a switchblade
A B A
So no one could take him down, He had no money, ooh
F#m
No good at home
A B
He walked the streets a soldier, and he fought the world alone
And now its...
[Chorus]
C#m A
Eighteen and life you got it
E B
EIghteen and life you know
C#m A
Your crime is time and it's
E B
Eighteen and life to go
C#m A
Eighteen and life you got it
E B
Eighteen and life you know
C#m A
Your crime is time and it's
E B C#m
Eighteen and life to go
[Interlude]
C#m C#m C#m A B 2x
[Verse]
C#m
Tequila in his heartbeat, his veins burned gasoline
C#m A B
It kept his motor running, But it never kept him clean
C#m
They say he loved adventure.
A
Ricky's the wild one, He married trouble had a courtship
B
with a gun
A F#m
Bang, bang shoot em' up, The party never ends
A B
You can't think of dying when that bottle is your best friend
And now it's...
[Chorus]
C#m A
Eighteen and life you got it
E B
EIghteen and life you know
C#m A
Your crime is time and it's
E B
Eighteen and life to go
C#m A
Eighteen and life you got it
E B
Eighteen and life you know
C#m A
Your crime is time and it's
E B C#m
Eighteen and life to go
[Bridge]
E B
Accidents will happen, they all heard Ricky say
A B
He fired his six-shot to the wind, that child blew a child away
[Solo] 2x
C#m A E B
C#m A B B
[Chorus]
C#m A
Eighteen and life you got it
E B
EIghteen and life you know
C#m A
Your crime is time and it's
E B
Eighteen and life to go
C#m A
Eighteen and life you got it
E B
Eighteen and life you know
C#m A
Your crime is time and it's
E B C#m
Eighteen and life to go
[Outro]
C#m A E B
C#m A B B
C#m A E B
C#m A B B
[Intro]
C#m C#m C#m A B 2x
[Verse]
C#m
Ricky was a young boy,
he had a heart of stone
A Lived 9 to 5 and worked
B
his fingers to the bone
C#m
Just barely out of school
came from the edge of town
Fought like a switchblade
A So no one could take him
B A
down, He had no money, ooh
F#m
No good at home
A He walked the streets a soldier,
B
and he fought the world alone
And now its...
[Chorus]
C#m A
Eighteen and life you got it
E B
EIghteen and life you know
C#m A
Your crime is time and it's
E B
Eighteen and life to go
C#m A
Eighteen and life you got it
E B
Eighteen and life you know
C#m A
Your crime is time and it's
E B C#m
Eighteen and life to go
[Interlude]
C#m C#m C#m A B 2x
[Verse]
C#m
Tequila in his heartbeat,
his veins burned gasoline
C#m A It kept his motor running,
B
But it never kept him clean
C#m
They say he loved adventure.
Ricky's the wild one, He married
A
trouble had a courtship
B
with a gun
A Bang, bang shoot em'
F#m
up, The party never ends
A B
You can't think of dying when
that bottle is your best friend
And now it's...
[Chorus]
C#m A
Eighteen and life you got it
E B
EIghteen and life you know
C#m A
Your crime is time and it's
E B
Eighteen and life to go
C#m A
Eighteen and life you got it
E B
Eighteen and life you know
C#m A
Your crime is time and it's
E B C#m
Eighteen and life to go
[Bridge]
E Accidents will happen,
B
they all heard Ricky say
A He fired his six-shot to the wind,
B
that child blew a child away
[Solo] 2x
C#m A E B
C#m A B B
[Chorus]
C#m A
Eighteen and life you got it
E B
EIghteen and life you know
C#m A
Your crime is time and it's
E B
Eighteen and life to go
C#m A
Eighteen and life you got it
E B
Eighteen and life you know
C#m A
Your crime is time and it's
E B C#m
Eighteen and life to go
[Outro]
C#m A E B
C#m A B B
C#m A E B
C#m A B B