Transcribed by Alex Medin
(amm1@doc.ic.ac.uk)
Intro
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C#m B C#m B
E
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B
--5-----------4-----------------5-----------4-------------
G
------6-----------4-----------------6-----------4---------
D
----------------------4-----------------------------4-----
A |4-----------4---------------4h6-|4-----------4---------------2-
E
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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
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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 Asus2 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 Asus2 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 Asus2 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
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A |4---------------0-------------
----------------2-------------
E
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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
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E |4-----------------------------
B |5-----------------------------
G |6-----------------------------
D |6-----------------------------
A |4-----------------------------
E
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