18 and life
skid row

standard tuning- EBGDAE

h- hammer on
p- pull off
^- use bar
~- let ring
/- slide down
- slide up
ah- artificial harmonic
br- bend release
x- palm mute


Intro
   C#m             B                C#m             B
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-----5-----------4------------------5-----------4---------------
--------6-----------4-------------------6-----------4-----------
------------------------4-------------------------------4-------
--4---------4---------------4h6--4-----------4---------------2/-
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   C#m             B                Asus2           Bsus4
----------------------------------------0---------------0-
----5-----------4-----------------------0---------------0-
--------6-----------4-------------------2---------------4-
------------------------4-----------2---------------4-----
--4---------4---------------4---0---------------2---------
----------------------------------------------------------


Verse- 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- x2, finish with the intro
   C#5             A#5              E5              B5
-----------------------------------------0---------------------
-------------------------------------0-------0-----------4-----
---------6---------------2-------------------------------------
-----6-------6-------2-------2-----------------------4---------
-4---------------0-------------------------------2-----------3-
---------------------------------0-----------------------------
 
eighteen and life you got it, eighteen and life you know

your crime is time and its eighteen and life to go  

eighteen and life you got it, eighteen and life you know

your crime is time and its eighteen and life to go 


Verse- 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.


Chorus- x2, finish with the intro
   C#5             A#5              E5              B5
-----------------------------------------0---------------------
-------------------------------------0-------0-----------4-----
---------6---------------2-------------------------------------
-----6-------6-------2-------2-----------------------4---------
-4---------------0-------------------------------2-----------3-
---------------------------------0-----------------------------

bridge- palm mute a C#5 chord during two measures

 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.

Solo
      ah                     ah      
---------------------------------------------------------------7---7/9-
----------------------------------------------------------7/9----9-----
--8h9---------8h9--------8h9-11~~----8h9p8------8h9--------------------
------11----------11-----------------------9--------11-----------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

                                               ah
--97--------------------------------------------------------------------
------9-7------9-------------------------------17br-----------9-10-12-10-
------------11b--11r----9h11p9-----8br----------------8-9-11-------------
-----------------------------------9-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

 drag pick                                                        
--------9--------------------------------------------9---14--12p11-12-
------x-------12-10-9------------------------9-10-12-------------------
----x-----------------11-9-8-9-8-----8-9-11----------------------------
--x-------------------------------11-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  
--19^-----------19-17-16-17p16----16----------------------------------
--------------------------------19----19-17-19p17-16-17p16----16-------
-----------------------------------------------------------18----18-16-
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                        hold til it fades
--19-h-21-19-h-21-19-h-21~~~-
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Chorus- x2
   C#5             A#5              E5              B5
-----------------------------------------0---------------------
-------------------------------------0-------0-----------4-----
---------6---------------2-------------------------------------
-----6-------6-------2-------2-----------------------4---------
-4---------------0-------------------------------2-----------3-
---------------------------------0-----------------------------


outro
-----0--------------0------------0--------------------0-
--------4-------------4-------------4--------------4----
-----------4-------------4-------------4--------4-------
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--4-------------0---------------------------2-----------
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-----0---------------0------------0-------0-------------------0---4-
--------4---------------4---------0-----------4-----------4-------5-
------------4---------------4-----1---------------4---------------6-
----------------------------------2---------------4---------------6-
--4----------------0--------------2---------------2---------------4-
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