Verso 1:
C G
I知 a 45 spinning on an old victrola
Am F
I知 a two-strike swinger, i知 a pepsi cola
C G
I知 a blue jean quarterback saying i love you
Am F
To the prom queen in a chevy
C G
I知 john wayne, superman, california
Am F
I知 a kris kristofferson, sunday morning
C G Am F
I知 a mama and daddy singing along to don mclean at the levy
C G
And, i知 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 
Verso 2:
C G
I知 mark twain on the mississippi
Am F
I知 hemingway with a shot of whiskey
C G
I知 a tv dinner on a tray trying to figure
Am F
Out the wheel of fortune
C G
I知 a texaco star, i知 a gibson guitar
Am F
I"m still a teenage kid trying to go too far
C G Am F
I知 a jukebox waiting in a neon bar for a quarter
C G
And, i知 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痴 only one way home
C G
And, i知 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 (2x)
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