| 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
