Verse I
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 momma 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 the boulevard of broken dreams
C G
And I learned everything I needed to know
Am F
from John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16
C G Am F
Hey, hey
C G Am F
Everything I needed
Verse II
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 the boulevard of broken dreams
C G
And I learned everything I needed to know
Am F
from 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 F
there's only one way home
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 the boulevard of broken dreams
C G
And I learned everything I needed to know
Am F
from John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16
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