INTRO: C#m (4x) A B C#m Ricky was a young boy, he had a heart of stone A B Lived 9 to 5 and worked his fingers to the bone C#m Just barely out of school came from the edge of town Fought like a switchblade A B A So no one could take him down, He had no money, ooh F#m No good at home A B He walked the streets a soldier, and he fought the world alone And now its... REFRAIN: C#m A Eighteen and life you got it F#m B EIghteen and life you know C#m A Your crime is time and it's B Eighteen and life to go C#m A Eighteen and life you got it F#m B Eighteen and life you know C#m A Your crime is time and it's B C#m Eighteen and life to go [REPEAT INTRO] C#m A B Tequila in his heartbeat, his veins burned gasoline C#m A B It kept his motor running, But it never kept him clean C#m They say he loved adventure. A B A Ricky's the wild one, He married trouble had a courtship B with a gun A F#m Bang, bang shoot em' up, The party never ends A B You can't think of dying when that bottle is your best friend And now it's... [REPEAT REFRAIN] BRIDGE: A F#m Accidents will happen, they all heard Ricky say A B He fired his six shot to the wind, that child blew a child away