Skid Row - 18 and life
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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 B
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Verse 1 (play with intro)
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C#mRicky was a Byoung boy, C#mhe had a heBart of stone.
C#mLived nine to fiBve and he worked his fAsus2ingers to the bone.Bsus4
C#mJust barely out of school, Bcame from the edge of town.
C#mFought like a swiBtch-blade so no-A5one could take him downB5, G#no!
A5He had no money, G#no, F#5no good at home. E F#5
G#5Walked the streets a soldier F#and G#he A5fought the world alB5one and now it's...
Chorus
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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#mTequila in his heBartbeat, C#mhis veins Bburned gasoline.
C#mIt kept his mBotor running, Asus2but it never Bsus4kept him clean.
C#mThey said he lBoved adventure. C#mRicky's the wBild one.
C#mHe married tBrouble, had a cAsus2ourtship wBsus4ith a gun.
A5Bang, bang shoot'em up. F#5The party never ends.
G#5You can't think of dying F#when G#the A5bottle's your best B5friend.
(Repeat chorus)
Bridge
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(palm mute a C#5 chord during two measures and ...)
&E5quot;Accidents will happen,&quB5ot; they all heard Ricky say.
He fA5ired his six shot to the wind, that B5child blew a child away.
(Repeat chorus)
Outro
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