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#5         B5          C#5        B5          
Ricky was a young boy, he had a heart of stone.
C#5             B5                     A5              B5
Lived nine to five and he worked his fingers to the bone.
C#5                        B5                 
Just barely out of school, came from the edge of town.
C#5              B5               A5                     B5  G#5
Fought like a switch-blade so no-one could take him down,   no!
A5               G#5  F#5              E5  F#5 
He had no money, no, no good at home.
G#5                          F#5  G#5 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#5              B5        C#5       B5
Tequila in his heartbeat, his veins burned gasoline.
C#5          B5             A5        B5         
It kept his motor running, but it never kept him clean.
C#5           B5               C#5          B5
They said he loved adventure. Ricky's the wild one.
C#5         B5              A5     B5   
He married trouble, had a courtship with a gun.
A5                      F#5                   
Bang, bang shoot'em up. The party never ends.
G#5                      F#5   G#5  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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