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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.
Intro
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)
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
C#5 A5 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)
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
(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
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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