INTRO: C#m(4x)-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
A B
He walked the streets a soldier, and he fought the world
alone
And now its...
REFRAIN:
C#m A
Eighteen and life you got it
F#m B
EIghteen and life you know
C#m A
Your crime is time and it's
B
Eighteen and life to go
C#m A
Eighteen and life you got it
F#m B
Eighteen and life you know
C#m A
Your crime is time and it's
B C#m
Eighteen and life to go
[REPEAT INTRO]
C#m
A B
Tequila in his heartbeat, his veins burned gasoline
C#m
A B
It kept his motor running, But it never kept him clean
C#m
They say he loved adventure.
A B 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
A
B
You can't think of dying when that bottle is your
best friend
And now it's...
[REPEAT REFRAIN]
BRIDGE:
A
F#m
Accidents will happen, they all heard Ricky say
A
B
He fired his six-shot to the wind, that child blew a child
away
AD LINE: [DO REFRAIN CHORD PATTERN]
[REPEAT REFRAIN 2X]
