[Intro] > C#m x3 > A B [Verse] > 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 > G#m A He walked the streets a soldier, and he fought the world > B alone, And now its... [Refrain] > 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 and it's > E B C#m Eighteen and life to go [Instrumental] > C#m x4 > A B [Verse] > C#m Tequila in his heartbeat, his veins burned gasoline > A B It kept his motor running, But it never kept him clean > C#m They say he loved adventure. > 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 > G#m A You can't think of dying when that bottle is your > B best friend, And now it's... [Refrain] > 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 and it's > E B C#m Eighteen and life to go [Bridge] > E B Accidents will happen, they all heard Ricky say > A B He fired his six-shot to the wind, that child blew a child away [Solo] > C#m A E B [Refrain] x2 > 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 and it's > E B C#m Eighteen and life to go