[Verse 1]
C G
I’m a 45 spinning on an old Victrola
Am F
I’m a two-strike swinger, I’m a Pepsi Cola
C G
I’m a blue jean quarterback saying I love you
Am F
to the prom queen in a Chevy
C G
I’m John Wayne, Superman, California
Am F
I’m a Kris Kristofferson, Sunday morning
C G Am F
I’m a mama and daddy singing along to Don McLean at the levy
[Chorus]
C G
And, I’m a child of a backseat freedom
Am F
baptized by rock and roll
C G
Marilyn Monroe and the Garden of Eden
Am F
Never grow up, never grow old
C G
Just another rebel in the great wide open
Am F
on a boulevard of broken dreams
C G
And I learned everything I needed to know from
Am F
John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16
[Verse 2]
C G
I’m Mark Twain on the Mississippi
Am F
I’m Hemingway with a shot of whiskey
C G
I’m a TV dinner on a tray trying to figure
Am F
out the Wheel Of Fortune
C G
I’m a Texaco star, I’m a Gibson guitar
Am F
I"m Still a teenage kid trying to go too far
C G Am F
I’m a jukebox waiting in a neon bar for a quarter
[Chorus]
C G
And, I’m a child of a backseat freedom
Am F
baptized by rock and roll
C G
Marilyn Monroe and the Garden of Eden
Am F
Never grow up, never grow old
C G
Just another rebel in the great wide open
Am F
on a boulevard of broken dreams
C G
And I learned everything I needed to know from
Am F
John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16
[Bridge]
F
I spent a lot of years running from believing
Am
Looking for another way to save my soul
F
The longer I live the more I see it
Am G F
There’s only one way home
[Chorus](2x)
C G
And, I’m a child of a backseat freedom
Am F
baptized by rock and roll
C G
Marilyn Monroe and the Garden of Eden
Am F
Never grow up, never grow old
D A
Just another rebel in the great wide open
Bm G
on a boulevard of broken dreams
D A
And I learned everything I needed to know from
Bm G
John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16
C x32010
G 320033
Am x02210
F 133211(Bar)
