"18 AND LIFE" SKID

ROW
As heard on SKID ROW (ATLANTIC)
Wordsand Music by Rachel Bolan Southworth and David Michae l Sabo *Transcribed by Andy Aledort
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[!!]1st Ver se (0:14)
Ricky wasa young boy he had a heart of stone Lived nine to l ive and he worked his lingers to the bone
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"18AND LIFE"
Oh no yes ah
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Ctr. I plays Rhy. Fig. I (see bar I)
29 Gtr. 2

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[ID2nd Ver se (1:25)
Tequila in his heartbeat his veins burned gasoline It kept his motor running but it neverkept himclean
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go back to~ Pre-Chor11s
They say he loved adventure Ricky's the wild one He married trouble hada courtship with a gun
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eighteen and life to go yeah yeah yeah
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 "18AND LIFE"
!QJBridg e (2:23)
Accidents will happen they all heard Ricky say he fired his sixshot to the wind that
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( repeat pr evious beat)

Bass

[IDG ui ta r Solo (2:34)

shot blew a child away yeah yeah
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Gtrs. 1 and 3 repea t Rhy. Fig. 2 three times (see bar 48)
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Fill I (2:21)
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"18 AND LIFE"
go back 10 [ill Chorus
Ee yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
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[TI(31 4) [II Out ro (3:17)

eighteen and life to go yeah
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