intro : C#m B C#m B C#m B A B ( – G# )
C#m B C#m B C#m B A B ( – G# )

C#m B
ricky was a young boy ,
C#m B
he had a heart of stone .
C#m B
lived nine to five and he worked his
A B ( – G# )
fingers to the bone .

C#m B
just barely out of school ,
C#m B
came from the edge of town .
C#m B
fought like a switch – blade so no
A B ( – G# )
one could take him down no!

A
he had no money ,
F#
no , no good at home
G#
walked the streets a soldier and
A B
he fought the world alone and now it’s . . .

reff :
C#m A
eighteen and life , you got it
E B
eighteen and life , you know
C#m A
your crime is time and it’s
E B
eighteen and life to go !
C#m A
eighteen and life , you got it
E B
eighteen and life , you know
C#m A
your crime is time . .
E B
and it’s eighteen and life to go !

musik : C#m B C#m B C#m B A B ( – G# )

C#m B
tequila in his heartbeat
C#m B
his veins burned gasoline
C#m B
it kept his motor running
A B ( – G# )
but it never kept him clean

C#m B
they said he loved adventure
C#m B
ricky’s the wild one
C#m B
he married trouble ,
A B ( – G# )
had a courtship with a gun

A
bang , bang shoot’em up
F#
the party never ends
G#
you can’t think of dying
A B
when the bottle’s your best friend
and now it’s . . . .

back to : reff

musik : C#m

E
'accidents will happen , '
B
they all heard ricky say .
A
he fired his six shot to the wind
B
that child blew a child away

musik : C#m A E B [ 4x ]

back to : reff

outro : C#m A E B [ 4x ] C#m