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


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G  320033
Am x02210
F  133211(Bar)