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#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
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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#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
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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------------------------------- |
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Invisible (Tab)