Great American Trainwreck Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays541

Great American Trainwreck by Eleven Hundred Springs is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, C, G, Bb and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro D  C  G  Bb  D 

verse 1 
D                        G          D 
Pour me a whiskey, buddy, pass me a toke 
                        C              D     G  D  G 
Cut me a line, brother,  that ain't no joke 
        D                              G                      D 
Say you like your country music with a little bit of rock and roll 
                                           C          D    G  D  G 
Say you like your country singers spinnin'  out of control 

    D                          G              D 
I'm just another boxcar in the great American trainwreck 
                                                 A 
You can't take your eyes off the way I crash and burn 
      G                            D 
Won't ever be movin' fast enough unless my speed is breakneck 
                 G             A        D 
Till I am just a memory that's never to return 

Instrumental 
D  G  D  A 
G  D  G  A  D 
D  C  G  Bb  D 

verse 2 
       D                              G                  D 
I been high on the mountain, brother, I've been way down low 
                                        C              D    G  D  G 
I been high on some other things, but I never missed a show 
     D                             G                D 
I've run with the dealers, and the pushers, and the crooks 
                                           C             D      G  D  G 
I've seen some things that most folks only read about in books 

    D                          G              D 
I'm just another boxcar in the great American trainwreck 
                                                 A 
You can't take your eyes off the way I crash and burn 
      G                            D 
Won't ever be movin' fast enough unless my speed is breakneck 
                 G             A        D 
Till I am just a memory that's never to return 
                 G             A        D 
Till I am just a memory that's never to return 

Outro 
D  C  G  Bb  D 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante