18 And Life Tab

S K I D   R O W
 
                             "18 And Life"
 
                       Transcribed by Alex Medina
                         (amm1@doc.ic.ac.uk)
 
[Intro]
 
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[Verse 1]
(play with intro)
 
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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  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)
 
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]
 
(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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