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