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