Key: A
G
American boy
D
Living life as it goes.
Am
C
Sittin on the fencepost
G
Livin in the light.
G
American boy
D
Livin in the real world.
Am
C
Tryin just to get the girl
G
Tryin to survive.
G
D
The simple things in life are always new
Am
C
Growing up on Sand Hill Avenue.
G
D
And mama makes her cookies and daddy’s just
Am
C
The greatest living hero that ever was.
G
D
Am
Nothing in this world can ever once destroy
C
G
The hope of an American boy.
D
Livin off of bar tips
Am
C
Tryin for relationships.
G
Lookin for love.
G
Suddenly he finds
D
An American beauty
G
She’s sent from above.
G
D
Am
C
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G
D
The simple things in life are always new
Am
C
Growing up on Sand Hill Avenue.
G
C
And mama makes her cookies and daddy’s just
Am
C
The greatest living hero that ever was.
G
D
Am
Nothing in this world can ever once destroy
C
G
The dream of an American boy.
G
G
American boy
D
Raising little baby,
Am
C
Keeps hearing “Daddy, maybe
G
I’ll be like you."
G
Suddenly alive,
D
Seems just like a new toy.
Am
C
There’s strong love
G
American boy.
G
D
The simple things in life are always new
Am
C
Growing up on Grand View Avenue.
G
D
And mama makes her cookies and daddy’s just
Am
C
The greatest living hero that ever was.
G
D
Am
C
Nothing in this world will ever once destroy
G
D
Am
No, nothing in this world will ever once destroy
C
G
The hope of an American boy.