[Strophe]
      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
[Refrain]
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
[Strophe]
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
[Refrain]
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
[Pont]
   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
[Refrain]
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 
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