S K I D R O W
"18 And Life"
Transcribed by Alex Medina
([email protected])
[Intro]
C#m B C#m B
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|----5-----------4---------------|----5-----------4---------------|
G|--------6-----------4-----------|--------6-----------4-----------|
D|------------------------4-------|------------------------4-------|
A|4-----------4---------------4h6-|4-----------4---------------2---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C#m B Asus2 Bsus4
E|--------------------------------|--------0---------------0-------|
B|----5-----------4---------------|--------0---------------0-------|
G|--------6-----------4-----------|--------2---------------4-------|
D|------------------------4-------|----2---------------4-----------|
A|4-----------4---------------4---|0---------------2---------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[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]
C#5 A#5 E5 B5
E|--------------------------------|--------0-----------------------|
B|--------------------------------|----0-------0-----------4-------|
G|--------6---------------2-------|--------------------------------|
D|----6-------6-------2-------2---|--------------------4-----------|
A|4---------------0---------------|----------------2-----------3---|
E|--------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
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]
E|----0---------------0-----------|----0-----------------------0---|
B|--------4---------------4-------|--------4---------------4-------|
G|------------4---------------4---|------------4-------4-----------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|4---------------0---------------|----------------2---------------|
E|--------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
E|----0---------------0-----------|0-------0-------------------0---|
B|--------4---------------4-------|0-----------4-----------4-------|
G|------------4---------------4---|1---------------4---------------|
D|--------------------------------|2---------------4---------------|
A|4----------------0--------------|2---------------2---------------|
E|--------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
E|4-------------------------------|
B|5-------------------------------|
G|6-------------------------------|
D|6-------------------------------|
A|4-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
************************************
| h Hammer-on
************************************
