Chords with lyrics
Courtesy of Groovy guitar Dude
Link to lesson here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsMFlfTaBAQ
Verse 1:
A augmentedA A#/A
I'm a 45 spinning on an old Victrola
F# minorF#m D MajorD
I'm a two strike swinger, I'm a Pepsi Cola
A augmentedA A/A# F# minorF#m
I'm a blue jean quarterback saying "I love you" to the prom queen
D MajorD
In a Chevy
A augmentedA A#/A
I'm John Wayne, Superman, California
F# minorF#m D MajorD
I'm a Kris Kristofferson Sunday morning
A augmentedA A#/A
I'm a mom and daddy singing along to Don McLean
D MajorD
At the levee
Chorus:
A augmentedA A#/A
And I'm a child of a backseat freedom, baptized by rock and roll
F# minorF#m D MajorD
Marilyn Monroe and the Garden of Eden, never grow up, never grow old
A augmentedA A#/A
Just another rebel in the great wide open on the boulevard of broken dreams
F# minorF#m D MajorD
And I learned everything I needed to know from John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16
Verse 2:
A augmentedA A#/A
I'm Mark Twain on the Mississippi
F# minorF#m D MajorD
I'm Hemingway with a shot of whiskey
A augmentedA A#/A F# minorF#m D MajorD
I'm a TV dinner on a tray trying to figure out the Wheel of Fortune
A augmentedA A#/A
I'm a Texaco star, I'm a Gibson guitar
F# minorF#m D MajorD
I'm still a teenage kid trying to go too far
A augmentedA A#/A. F# minorF#m D MajorD
I'm a jukebox waiting in a neon bar for a quarter
Chorus:
A augmentedA A#/A
And I'm a child of a backseat freedom, baptized by rock and roll
F# minorF#m D MajorD
Marilyn Monroe and the Garden of Eden, never grow up, never grow old
A augmentedA A#/A
Just another rebel in the great wide open on the boulevard of broken dreams
F# minorF#m D MajorD
And I learned everything I needed to know from John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16
Chorus:
A augmentedA A#/A
And I'm a child of a backseat freedom, baptized by rock and roll
F# minorF#m D MajorD
Marilyn Monroe and the Garden of Eden, never grow up, never grow old
A augmentedA A#/A
Just another rebel in the great wide open on the boulevard of broken dreams
F# minorF#m D MajorD