Verse 1CG
I’m a 45 spinning on an old Victrola
AmF
I’m a two-strike swinger, I’m a Pepsi Cola
CG
I’m a blue jean quarterback saying I love you
AmF
to the prom queen in a Chevy
CG
I’m John Wayne, Superman, California
AmF
I’m a Kris Kristofferson, Sunday morning
CGAmF
I’m a mama and daddy singing along to Don McLean at the levy
ChorusCG
And, I’m a child of a backseat freedom
AmF
baptized by rock and roll
CG
Marilyn Monroe and the Garden of Eden
AmF
Never grow up, never grow old
CG
Just another rebel in the great wide open
AmF
on a boulevard of broken dreams
CG
And I learned everything I needed to know from
AmF
John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16
Verse 2CG
I’m Mark Twain on the Mississippi
AmF
I’m Hemingway with a shot of whiskey
CG
I’m a TV dinner on a tray trying to figure
AmF
out the Wheel Of Fortune
CG
I’m a Texaco star, I’m a Gibson guitar
AmF
I"m Still a teenage kid trying to go too far
CGAmF
I’m a jukebox waiting in a neon bar for a quarter
ChorusCG
And, I’m a child of a backseat freedom
AmF
baptized by rock and roll
CG
Marilyn Monroe and the Garden of Eden
AmF
Never grow up, never grow old
CG
Just another rebel in the great wide open
AmF
on a boulevard of broken dreams
CG
And I learned everything I needed to know from
AmF
John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16
BridgeF
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
AmGF
There’s only one way home
Chorus(2x)
CG
And, I’m a child of a backseat freedom
AmF
baptized by rock and roll
CG
Marilyn Monroe and the Garden of Eden
AmF
Never grow up, never grow old
DA
Just another rebel in the great wide open
BmG
on a boulevard of broken dreams
DA
And I learned everything I needed to know from
BmG
John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16
C x32010
G 320033
Am x02210
F 133211(Bar)
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.