John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16
Keith Urban
Capo 3
[Intro:]
A E F#m D (x2)
[Verse 1:]
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I’m a 45 spinning on an old Victrola
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I’m a two-strike swinger, I’m a Pepsi Cola
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I’m a blue jean quarterback saying I love you
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to the prom queen in a Chevy
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I’m John Wayne, Superman, California
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I’m a Kris Kristofferson, Sunday morning
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I’m a mama and daddy singing along to Don McLean at the levee
[Chorus:]
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And, I’m a child of a backseat freedom
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baptized by rock and roll
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Marilyn Monroe and the Garden of Eden
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Never grow up, never grow old, just a
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-nother rebel in the great wide open
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on a boulevard of broken dreams
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And I learned everything I needed to know from
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John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16
A E F#m D
A E
Everything I needed
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That's right
[Verse 2:]
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I’m Mark Twain on the Mississippi
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I’m Hemingway with a shot of whiskey
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I’m a TV dinner on a tray trying to figure
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out the Wheel Of Fortune
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I’m a Texaco star, I’m a Gibson guitar
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I"m Still a teenage kid trying to go too far
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I’m a jukebox waiting in a neon bar
D
for a quarter
[Chorus:]
A E
And, I’m a child of a backseat freedom
F#m D
baptized by rock and roll
A E
Marilyn Monroe and the Garden of Eden
F#m D
Never grow up, never grow old, just a
A E
-nother rebel in the great wide open
F#m D
on a boulevard of broken dreams
A E
And I learned everything I needed to know from
F#m D
John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16
A E F#m D (x2)
[Bridge:]
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I spent a lot of years running from believing
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Looking for another way to save my soul
D
The longer I live the more I see it
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There’s only one way home
[Chorus:]
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And, I’m a child of a backseat freedom
F#m D
baptized by rock and roll
A E
Marilyn Monroe and the Garden of Eden
F#m D
Never grow up, never grow old, no
B F#
Another rebel in the great wide open
G#m E
on a boulevard of broken dreams
B F#
And I learned everything I needed to know from
G#m E
John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16
B F# G#m E
Oh,
[Chorus:]
A E
And, I’m a child of a backseat freedom
F#m D
baptized by rock and roll
A E
Marilyn Monroe and the Garden of Eden
F#m D
Never grow up, never grow old
A E
-nother rebel in the great wide open
F#m D
on a boulevard of broken dreams
A E
And I learned everything I needed to know from
F#m D
John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16
A E F#m D (x4)