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