S K I D R O W
"18 And Life"
Transcribed by Alex Medina
(amm1@doc.ic.ac.uk)
Intro
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C#m B C#m BE |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|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 Bsus4E |--------------------------------|--------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)
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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
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C#5 A#5 E5 B5E |--------------------------------|--------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)
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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
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(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
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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 |--------------------------------|
