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Skid Row 18 And Life Guitar Tab

18 & Life Tabs:

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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 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
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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 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 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.


(Repeat chorus)


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

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.

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

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
 
 
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Gabba Gabba Hey
Average
#1 by Gabba Gabba Hey at Jun 5, 1987 at 9:36 PM EST
You got that right edge. Skid Row was a damn good band. Ricky went to jail though. Thats what they meant by "18 and life." Its too bad though, he had his whole life in front of him, and he didn't get to live to see the things that we have now. Poor kid.
 
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Erin
Rhythm Player
#2 by Erin at Aug 6, 1999 at 7:03 PM EST
Fuck off ohwhocares I grew up with this song and it is still one of my fav songs. Now 2 the song, this is no ordinary hair metal ballad (considering SKID ROW IS NOT HAIR METAL!!!!!!They don't talk aboout drinking and getting laid all the time) This song goes deep into the poverty some people go through and he has 2 basically fight everyday just 2 live or get a dime. He's an alcohalic and while drunk the "child blew that child away". Gotta love the vid 2.
 
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can
Wanna Be
#3 by can sahin at Jan 13, 2003 at 10:06 PM EST
The meaning of this song is so obvious. There really is no need for long pretentious interpretations. This song sounds really dated and queer in 2006.