18 And Life tab by Skid Row

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
E |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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           Bsus4
E |--------------------------------|--------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 ...

C#m             B                     Asus2              Bsus4
Lived nine to five and he worked ...

C#m                        B
Just barely out of school, came ...

C#m              B               A5                     B5  G#
Fought like a switch-blade so no-...!

A5               G#  F#5              E  F#5
He had no money, no, ....
G#5                          F#  G# A5                 B5
Walked the streets a soldier and he fought ...


Chorus
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   C#5             A#5              E5              B5
E |--------------------------------|--------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 ....

  (finish with intro...)


Verse 2 (play with intro)
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C#m              B        C#m       B
Tequila in his heartbeat, his ve...

C#m          B             Asus2        Bsus4
It kept his motor running, but ...

C#m           B               C#m          B
They said he loved adventure. ....

C#m         B              Asus2     Bsus4
He married trouble, had ...

A5                      F#5
Bang, bang shoot'em up. The ...

G#5                      F#   G#  A5                 B5
You can't think of dying when the ...


(Repeat chorus)


Bridge
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(palm mute a C#5 chord during two measures and ...)

 E5                            B5
"Accidents will happen," ...

    A5                                  B5
He fired his six shot to the wind, .....

(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 |--------------------------------|