Tom: C#5

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    Ricky was a young boy, he had a heart of stone.
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    Lived 9 to 5 and worked his fingers to the bone.
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    Just barely out of school, came from the edge of town.
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    Fought like a switchblade so no one could take him down.
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    He had no money, ooh, no good at home.
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    He walked the streets a soldier and he fought the world alone.

    And now it's.....
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    Eighteen and life you got it.  Eighteen and life you know.
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    Your crime is time and it's, eighteen and life to go.
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    Eighteen and life you got it.  Eighteen and life you know.
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    Your crime is time and it's, eighteen and life to go.
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    Tequila in his heartbeat, his veins burned gasoline.
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    It kept his motor running, but it never kept him clean.
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    They say he loved adventure, Ricky's the wild one.
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    He married trouble had a courtship with a gun.
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    Bang, bang shoot 'em up, the party never ends.
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    You can't think of dying when that bottle's your best friend.

    And now it's....

    (Chorus)
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    "Accidents will happen", they all heard Ricky say.
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    He fired his six-shot to the wind, that child blew a child away.

    (Chorus)