This was on Taylors demo when she was 12 or 13. A really pretty song and there
weren't any other tabs of it so... here.
Capo on 2nd fret
American boy
Living life as it goes.
Sittin on the fencepost
Livin in the light.
American boy
Livin in the real world.
Tryin just to get the girl
Tryin to survive.
The simple things in life are always new
Growing up on Sand Hill Avenue.
And mama makes her cookies and daddy’s just
The greatest living hero that ever was.
Nothing in this world can ever once destroy
The hope of an American boy.
Livin off of bar tips
Tryin for relationships.
Lookin for love.
Suddenly he finds
An American beauty
Suddenly it hits:
She’s sent from above.
The simple things in life are always new
Growing up on Sand Hill Avenue.
And mama makes her cookies and daddy’s just
The greatest living hero that ever was.
Nothing in this world can ever once destroy
The dream of an American boy.
American boy
Raising little baby,
Keeps hearing “Daddy, maybe
I’ll be like you.”
Suddenly alive,
Seems just like a new toy.
There’s strong love
American boy.
The simple things in life are always new
Growing up on Grand View Avenue.
And mama makes her cookies and daddy’s just
The greatest living hero that ever was.
Nothing in this world will ever once destroy
No, nothing in this world will ever once destroy
The hope of an American boy.