| A | Bm | D | D |


[Verse]
     A                      Bm            D
In a world, in a town, on a road in a car
              D
Goin' nowhere fast
       A                           Bm            D
Just a girl with a boy who'd never been that far
                      D
And he could never go back
A                                      Bm
 I was tired of talking about going to college somewhere
         D                                  D
You were tired of your parents fighting downstairs
           A                   Bm
We thought we could outrun our youth
        D                   D
You and me could outrun the truth


[Chorus]
    A                               Bm
You weren't just a prayer, you were my salvation
    F#m                             D
You weren't just my first, you were my education
    A                          Bm
You weren't just a song on the radio
            F#m
You were my solid gold centerfold
D
Daddy hates my rock and roll
A                  Bm                         F#m    D
Back seat dancin', we ain't never growin' old anthem
                  A      Bm F#m D
Yeah, you were my anthem


[Verse]
     A                       Bm                 D
In a house, in a room with a poster on the wall
                      D
Looking for a way out
     A                             Bm                 D
In a yard, in the dark, climbin' a fence just to fall
                              D
Thought that's what love was about
A                            Bm
 Even when you had to put my jacket around your shoulders
      D                             D
We pretended that the summer wasn't over
           A                   Bm
We thought we could outrun our youth
        D                   D
You and me could outrun the truth


[Chorus]
    A                               Bm
You weren't just a prayer, you were my salvation
    F#m                             D
You weren't just my first, you were my education
    A                          Bm
You weren't just a song on the radio
            F#m
You were my solid gold centerfold
D
Daddy hates my rock and roll
A                  Bm                         F#m    D
Back seat dancin', we ain't never growin' old anthem
                  A      Bm F#m D
Yeah, you were my anthem


[Bridge]
             E
You were the backbeat of freedom
    F#m
The front row kind of feeling
    D                     D
And just what I needed to hear
                   E                 F#m
The kind you wanna sing along (sing along)
                D             D
Baby, with your blue jeans on


[Bridge]
           A                   Bm
We thought we could outrun our youth
        D                   D
You and me could outrun the truth


[Chorus]
    A                               Bm
You weren't just a prayer, you were my salvation
    F#m                             D
You weren't just my first, you were my education
    A                          Bm
You weren't just a song on the radio
            F#m
You were my solid gold centerfold
D
Daddy hates my rock and roll
A                  Bm                         F#m    D
Back seat dancin', we ain't never growin' old anthem
                  A      Bm
Yeah, you were my anthem


[Outro]
                     F#m        D  A  Bm
The kind you want to sing along
                     F#m        D  A N.C.
The kind you want to sing along