[C#m]Ri cky was a young boy, he had a heart of stone
Lived 9 [A]to 5 and [B]wo rked his fingers to the bone
[C#m]Ju st barely out of school came from the edge of town
Fought like a switchblade
[A]So no [B]on e could [A]take him down, He had no money, ooh
[F#m]N o good at home
[A]H e walked the [B]streets a soldier, and he fought the world
alone
And now its...
REFRAIN:
[C#m]Ei [A]ghteen a nd life you got it
[F#m]E [B]Ighteen a nd life you know
[C#m]Yo ur [A]crime is time and it's
[B]E ighteen and life to go
[C#m]Ei [A]ghteen a nd life you got it
[F#m]E [B]ighteen a nd life you know
[C#m]Yo ur [A]crime is time and it's
[B]E ighteen [C#m]an d life to go
[Repeat intro]
[C#m]Te quila in [A]his h eartbeat, [B]his veins burned gasoline
It [C#m]kept his motor [A]run [B]ning, But it never kept him clean
[C#m]Th ey say he loved adventure.
[A]R icky's [B]t he wild one, [A]He m
arried trouble had a [B]courtship wi th a gun
[A]B ang, bang [F#m]sho ot em' up, The party never ends
[A]Y ou can't think [B]of dying when that bottle is your
best friend
And now it's...
[Repeat refrain]BRIDGE:
[A]A ccidents [F#m]will happen, they all heard Ricky say
[A]H e fired his [B]six-sh ot to the
wind, that child blew a child away