S K I D R O W
«18 And Life»
Transcribed by Alex Medina
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Intro
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C#m B C#m B
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C#m B Asus2 Bsus4
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Verse 1 (play with intro)
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C#m B C#m B
Ricky was a young boy, he had a heart of stone.
C#m B Asus2 Bsus4
Lived nine to five and he worked his fingers to the bone.
C#m B
Just barely out of school, came from the edge of town.
C#m B A5 B5 G#
Fought like a switch-blade so no-one could take him down, no!
A5 G# F#5 E F#5
He had no money, no, no good at home.
G#5 F# G# A5 B5
Walked the streets a soldier and he fought the world alone and now it’s…
Chorus
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C#5 A#5 E5 B5
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Eighteen and life, you got it. Eighteen and life, you know
Your crime is time, and it’s eighteen and life to go !
Eighteen and life, you got it. Eighteen and life, you know
Your crime is time, and it’s eighteen and life to go !
(finish with intro…)
Verse 2 (play with intro)
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C#m B C#m B
Tequila in his heartbeat, his veins burned gasoline.
C#m B Asus2 Bsus4
It kept his motor running, but it never kept him clean.
C#m B C#m B
They said he loved adventure. Ricky’s the wild one.
C#m B Asus2 Bsus4
He married trouble, had a courtship with a gun.
A5 F#5
Bang, bang shoot’em up. The party never ends.
G#5 F# G# A5 B5
You can’t think of dying when the bottle’s your best friend.
(Repeat chorus)
Bridge
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(palm mute a C#5 chord during two measures and …)
E5 B5
«Accidents will happen,» they all heard Ricky say.
A5 B5
He fired his six shot to the wind, that child blew a child away.
(Repeat chorus)
Outro
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