[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
