Skid Row – 18 And Life
180 bpm 4/4 Strumming [Skid Row 1989]
Intro
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Verse 1
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Ricky was a young boy… He had a heart of stone…
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Lived 9 to 5 and he worked his fingers to the bone…
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Just barely out of school… Came from the edge of town…
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Fought like a switchblade so no one could take him down… No…
Pre Chorus 1
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He had no money… No-ooo… no good at home…
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He walked the streets a soldier
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and he fought the world alone and now it's…
Chorus
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18 and life you got it… 18 and life you know…
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Your crime is time and it's… 18 and life to go…
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18 and life you got it… 18 and life you know…
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Your crime is time and it's… 18 and life to
Interlude 1
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go-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo…
Verse 2
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Tequila in his heartbeat… His veins burned gasoline…
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It kept his motor running… but it never kept him clean…
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They say he loved adventure… "Ricky's the wild one…"
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He married trouble and had a courtship with a gun-nnn…
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Bang bang shoot 'em up… The party never ends…
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You can't think of dying
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when the bottle's your best friend and now it's…
Chorus
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18 and life you got it… 18 and life you know…
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Your crime is time and it's… 18 and life to go…
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18 and life you got it… 18 and life you know…
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Your crime is time and it's… 18 and life to
Interlude 2
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go-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo…
Bridge
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"Accidents will happen" They all heard Ricky say…
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He fired his six-shot to the wind and that child blew a child
Solo
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away-yyy-yyy…
Chorus
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18 and life you got it… 18 and life you know…
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Your crime is time and it's… 18 and life to go…
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18 and life you got it… 18 and life you know…
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Your crime is time and it's… 18 and life to
Outro
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go-ooo-ooo-ooo…
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