Skid Row

^{C#m B C#m B
C#m B Asus2 Bsus4}
Verse 1 (play with intro)
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^C#m Ricky was a ^B young boy, ^C#m he had a he ^B art of stone.
^C#m Lived nine to fi ^B ve and he worked his f ^Asus2 ingers to the bone. ^Bsus4
C#m Just barely out of school, ^B came from the edge of town.
^C#m Fought like a swi ^B tch-blade so no- ^A5 one could take him down ^B5 , ^G# no!
^A5 He had no money, ^G# no, ^F#5 no good at home. ^{E F#5
G#5} Walked the streets a soldier ^F# and ^G# he ^A5 fought the world al ^B5 one and now it's...
Chorus
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^{C#5 A#5 E5 B5}
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#m Tequila in his he ^B artbeat, ^C#m his veins ^B burned gasoline.
^C#m It kept his m ^B otor running, ^Asus2 but it never ^Bsus4 kept him clean.
^C#m They said he l ^B oved adventure. ^C#m Ricky's the w ^B ild one.
^C#m He married t ^B rouble, had a c ^Asus2 ourtship w ^Bsus4 ith a gun.
^A5 Bang, bang shoot'em up. ^F#5 The party never ends.
^G#5 You can't think of dying ^F# when ^G# the ^A5 bottle's your best ^B5 friend.
(Repeat chorus)
Bridge
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(palm mute a C#5 chord during two measures and ...)
" ^E5 Accidents will happen," they a ^B5 ll heard Ricky say.
He f ^A5 ired his six shot to the wind, that ^B5 child blew a child away.
(Repeat chorus)
Outro
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