My Anthem
Written by Josh Osborne, Shane McAnally & Jason Gantt
Recorded by Kenny Chesney
Album: Here And Now (2020)

(Capo on 4)

(Intro.)
|(G) / / / |(Am) / / / |(C) / / / |(C) / / / |

(Verse)
In a world, (G) in a town, on a (Am)road in a car 
(C) Goin' nowhere fast
Just a (G)girl with a boy who'd never (Am)been that far
(C) And he could never go back
(G) I was tired of talking about going to (Am)college somewhere
You were (C)tired of your parents fighting downstairs
We thought (G)we could outrun our youth (Am)
You and me (C) could outrun the truth

(Chorus)
You weren't (G) just a prayer, you were (Am)my salvation
You weren’t (Em) just my first, you were (C)my education
You weren’t (G) just a song on the (Am)radio
You were my (Em)solid gold centerfold, (C)daddy hates my rock and roll
(G)Back seat dancin', (Am)we ain't never growin' old (Em)anthem (C)
Yeah, you were my (G)anthem / / / |(Am) / / / |(Em) / / / |(C) / / /

(Verse)
In a (G)house, in a room with a (Am)poster on the wall, (C) looking for a way out
In a yard, (G) in the dark, climbin' a (Am)fence just to fall, (C) thought that's what love was about
(G) Even when you had to put my jacket (Am) around your shoulders
We pre-(C)tended that the summer wasn't over
We thought (G)we could outrun our youth (Am)
You and me (C) could outrun the truth

(Chorus)
You weren’t (G) just a prayer, you were (Am)my salvation
You weren't (Em) just my first, you were (C)my education
You weren’t (G) just a song on the (Am)radio
You were my (Em)solid gold centerfold, (C)daddy hates my rock and roll
(G)Back seat dancin', (Am)we ain't never growin' old (Em)anthem
Yeah, you were my (G)anthem / / / |(Am) / / / |(Em) / / / |(C) /

(Bridge)
You were the (G)backbeat of freedom, the front (Em) row kind of feeling
And just (C) what I needed to hear
The kind you wanna (D)sing along (sing along) (Em)
Baby, with your (C)blue jeans on

(Bridge)
We thought we (G) could outrun our youth (Am)
You and me (C) could outrun the truth

(Chorus)
You weren’t (G) just a prayer, you were (Am)my salvation
You weren’t (Em) just my first, you were (C)my education
You weren’t (G) just a song on the (Am)radio
You were my (Em)solid gold centerfold, (C)daddy hates my rock and roll
(G)Back seat dancin', (Am)we ain't never growin' old (Em) anthem
(C) Yeah, you were my (G)anthem (Am)

(Outro)
The kind you want to (Em)sing along (C) (G) (Am)
The kind you want to (Em)sing along (C) (G)