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 |