Intro: C#m  B  C#m  B
       C#m  B  Asus2  Bsus4

E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|----5-----------4---------------|----5-----------4---------------|
G|--------6-----------4-----------|--------6-----------4-----------|
D|------------------------4-------|------------------------4-------|
A|4-----------4---------------4h6-|4-----------4---------------2---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------|--------0---------------0-------|
B|----5-----------4---------------|--------0---------------0-------|
G|--------6-----------4-----------|--------2---------------4-------|
D|------------------------4-------|----2---------------4-----------|
A|4-----------4---------------4---|0---------------2---------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

C#m                    B
Ricky was a young boy, He had a heart of stone.
C#m                         E               B
Lived 9 to 5 and worked his fingers to the bone.
C#m                        B
Just barely out of school, came from the edge of town.
C#m                                 E               B
Fought like a switchblade so no one could take him down.
E                B
He had no money, oooh no good at home.
C#m                                    A                B
He walked the streets a soldier and he fought the world alone
And now it's

C#m    A
18 and life You got it
E      B
18 and life you know
C#m           A
Your crime is time and it's
E      B         ( C#m B ) (2x)    ( A B )
18 and life to go

C#m                       B
Tequila in his heartbeat, His veins burned gasoline.
C#m                               E         B
It kept his motor running but it never kept him clean.
C#m                           B
They say he loved adventure, "Ricky's the wild one."
C#m                          E         B
He married trouble and had a courtship with a gun.
E                           B
Bang Bang Shoot 'em up, The party never ends.
C#m                               A             B
You can't think of dying when the bottle's your best friend

And now it's

C#m    A
18 and life You got it
E      B
18 and life you know
C#m           A
Your crime is time and it's
E      B         E
18 and life to go
E                       B
"Accidents will happen" they all heard Ricky say
A                                          B
He fired his six-shot to the wind and that child blew a childaway

Solo 4x: C#m A E B

C#m    A
18 and life You got it
E      B
18 and life you know
C#m           A
Your crime is time and it's
E      B        ( C#m A E B ) (5x) 
18 and life to go 

( C#m )