Chords
[Intro]
C#m A5 B5 C#m
A5 B5
[Verse 1]
C#mRicky was a young boy,
He had a heart of stone.
Lived nine to five and worked his
A5Fingers to the bone. B5 G#5
C#5 Just barely out of school,
Came from the edge of town.
Fought like a switchblade,
So no A5one could take him B5down, no!
A5 He had no money, oh.
F#5 No good at home.
G#5He walked the streets a soldier
And A5he fought the world B5alone,
And nowC#5 it's...
[Chorus]
Eighteen A5and life you gotE5 it.
Eighteen B5and life you know.
C#5 Your crime is A5time and it's
E5 Eighteen and B5a life to go.
C#5 Eighteen and A5life you got it.
E5 Eighteen and B5life you know.
C#5 Your crime is A5time and it's
E5 Eighteen and B5life to go. C#m A5
[Verse 2]
C5 Tequila in his heartbeat,
His veins burned gasoline.
It kept his motor runnin',
A5 But he never B5kept it clean.
C5 They say he loved adventure,
Ricky's the wild one.
He married trouble,
Had a A5courtship with a gun. B5
A5 Bang, bang! Shoot 'em up,
The F#5party never ends
Ab5You can't think of dying
When the bottle's your best B5friend.
And now it's...
[Chorus]
C#5 Eighteen and A5life you got it.
E5 Eighteen and B5life you know.
C#5 Your crime is A5time and it's
E5 Eighteen and a B5life to go.
C#5 Eighteen and A5life you got it.
E5 Eighteen and B5life you know.
C#5 Your crime is A5time and it's
E5 Eighteen and B5life to go. C#5
E5"Accidents will happen."
They B5all heard Ricky say.
He A5fired his sixshot to the wind,
That B5child blew a child away. C#5 A5
[Guitar Solo]
E5 B5 C#5 A5 E5 B5 C#5 A5
E5 B5 C#5 A5 E5 B5
[Chorus]
C#5 Eighteen and A5life you got it.
E5 Eighteen and B5life you know.
C#5 Your crime is A5time and it's
E5 Eighteen and B5a life to go.
C#5 Eighteen and A5life you got it.
E5 Eighteen and B5life you know.
C#5 Your crime is A5time and it's
E5 Eighteen and B5life to go.
[Outro]
C#5 A5 E5 B5 C#5 A5 E5 B5
C#5 A5 E5 B5 C#5 A5 E5 B5
C#5