18 And Life Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][G][Am][F][G]
[Am][G][Am][F]
[G]

[Verse 1]
[Am]Ricky was a young boy
He had a heart [G]of stone
[Am]Lived nine to five and worked
his [F]fingers to [G]the bone

[Verse 2]
[Am]Just barely out of school
Came from the [G]edge of town
[Am]Fought like a switchblade so n[G]o
[F]one could take [G]him down[E]

[Verse 3]
[F]He had no money, oh
[Dm]No good at home
He [E]walked the streets a soldier
And he [F]fought the world
[G]alone and now it's

[Verse 4]
[Am]Eighteen and life [F]you got it
[C]Eighteen and lif[G]e you know
[Am]Your crime is [F]time and it's
[C]Eighteen and lif[G]e to go
[Am]Eighteen and life [F]you got it
[C]Eighteen and lif[G]e you know
[Am]Your crime is [F]time and it's
[C]Eighteen and [G]life to go

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 5]
[Am]Tequila in his heartbeat
His veins burned gasol[G]ine
[Am]It kept his motor runnin'[G]
[F]But he never kep[G]t it clean

[Verse 6]
[Am]They say he loved adventure
Ricky's the wild [G]one
[Am]He married trouble
Had a [F]courtship with [G]a gun[E]

[Verse 7]
[F]Bang, bang, shoot 'em up
The [Dm]party never ends
You [E]can't think of dying when
the [F]bottle's your best [G]friend

[Verse 8]
And now it's
[Am]Eighteen and life [F]you got it
[C]Eighteen and lif[G]e you know
[Am]Your crime is time[F] and it's
[C]Eighteen and lif[G]e to go
[Am]Eighteen and life [F]you got it
[C]Eighteen and lif[G]e you know
[Am]Your crime is time[F] and it's
[C]Eighteen [G]and life to go
[Am]

[Verse 9]
[E][Am]
Ac[C]cidents will happen
They [G]all heard Ricky say
He [F]fired his six- shot to the wind
That [G]child blew [Am]a child [F]awa[C]y[G][Am]
[F][C][G][Am][F][C][G]
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[Verse 10]
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[Am]Eighteen [F]and life you got it
[C]Eighteen and lif[G]e you know
[Am]Your crime is time[F] and it's
[C]Eighteen and lif[G]e to [Am]go
Eighteen and [F]life you got it
[C]Eighteen and lif[G]e you know
[Am]Your crime is [F]time and it's
[C]Eighteen and [G]life to [Am]go,
[F]yea[C]h[G][Am][F][C][G]
[Am][F][C][G]
[Am]Oh o[F]h[C][G][Am]