Originally in a totally ridiculous C#m, I play in Em capo 1.
Em | D | Em | D | Em | D | C | D |
Em | D | Em | D |
Ricky was a | young boy, | he had a he | art of stone |
Em | D | Csus2 | Dsus4 |
Lived nine to fi | ve and he worked his f | ingers to the bone |
Em | D | Em | D |
Just barely | out of school, | came from the | edge of town |
Em | D | Csus2 | Dsus4 |
Fought like a swi | tchblade so no | one could take him down |
C | Am |
He had no money, no, | no good at home |
B |
Walked the streets a soldier and he |
C | D |
Fought the world al | one and now it’s |
Em | C |
Eighteen and | life, you got it |
G | D |
Eighteen and | life, you know |
Em | C |
Your crime is | time |
G | D | |
And it’s | eighteen and | life to go |
Em | C |
Eighteen and | life, you got it |
G | D |
Eighteen and | life, you know |
Em | C |
Your crime is | time |
G | D | |
And it’s | eighteen and | life to go |
Em | D | Em | D | Em | D | C | D |
Em | D | Em | D |
Tequila | in his heartbeat, | his veins burned | gasoline |
Em | D | Csus2 | Dsus4 |
It kept his m | otor running, | but it never | kept him clean |
Em | D | Em | D |
They said he l | oved adventure, | Ricky’s the w | ild one |
Em | D | Csus2 | Dsus4 |
He married t | rouble, had a c | ourtship with a g | un |
C | Am |
Bang, bang, shoot ‘em up, the | party never ends |
B | C | D |
You can’t think of dying when the | bottle’s your best | friend |
And now it’s
Em | C |
Eighteen and | life, you got it |
G | D |
Eighteen and | life, you know |
Em | C |
Your crime is | time |
G | D | |
And it’s | eighteen and | life to go |
Em | C |
Eighteen and | life, you got it |
G | D |
Eighteen and | life, you know |
Em | C |
Your crime is | time |
G | D | |
And it’s | eighteen and | life to go |
Em |
G | D |
Accidents will happen, they a | ll heard Ricky say |
C | D | |
He f | ired his six shot to the wind, that | child blew a child away |
Solo over chorus chords if appropriate, else just
play a half-chorus of chords, i.e.:
Em | C | G | D |
x 2 |
Em | C |
Eighteen and | life, you got it |
G | D |
Eighteen and | life, you know |
Em | C |
Your crime is | time |
G | D | |
And it’s | eighteen and | life to go |
Em | C |
Eighteen and | life, you got it |
G | D |
Eighteen and | life, you know |
Em | C |
Your crime is | time |
G | D | |
And it’s | eighteen and | life to go |
Em | D | Em | D | Em | D | C | D | Em |