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) ======= C#m B C#m B Ricky was a young boy, he had a heart of stone. C#m B A9 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 ======
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) ======= C#m B C#m B Tequila in his heartbeat, his veins burned gasoline. C#m B A9 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 A9 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 ====== (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 ===== 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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