Verse 1
I’m a C 45 spinning on an G old Victrola
I’m a Am two-strike swinger, I’m a F Pepsi Cola
I’m a C blue jean quarterback G saying I love you
Am to the prom queen in a F Chevy
I’m C John Wayne, Superman, G California
I’m a Am Kris Kristofferson, F Sunday morning
I’m a C mama and daddy G singing along to Am Don McLean at the F levy
Chorus
C And, I’m a child of a G backseat freedom
Am baptized by F rock and roll
C Marilyn Monroe and the G Garden of Eden
Am Never grow up, F never grow old
Just aCnother rebel in the G great wide open
Am on a boulevard of F broken dreams
C And I learned everything I G needed to know from
John Am Cougar, John Deere, John F 3-16
Verse 2
C I’m Mark Twain on the G Mississippi
Am I’m Hemingway with a F shot of whiskey
I’m a C TV dinner on a G tray trying to figure
out the Am Wheel Of F Fortune
I’m a C Texaco star, I’m a G Gibson guitar
I"m Still a Am teenage kid trying to F go too far
I’m a C jukebox waiting in a G neon Am bar for a quarFter
Chorus
Bridge
I F spent a lot of years running from believing
Am Looking for another way to save my soul
The F longer I live the more I see it
Am There’s G only one way F home
Chorus x2
C And, I’m a child of a G backseat freedom
Am baptized by F rock and roll
C Marilyn Monroe and the G Garden of Eden
Am Never grow up, F never grow old
Just D another rebel in the A great wide open
Bm on a boulevard of G broken dreams
D And I learned everything I A needed to know from
John Bm Cougar, John Deere, John G 3-16