AMERICA'S GREATEST BURNOUT
As recorded by Anna Graves
(2026 release)
Capo 4th fret
To play without a capo transpose +4 steps.
Intro
[A] [G] [D/F#] [A] [G] [D/F#]
Verse 1
[A] [G] [D/F#]
I used to be an angel ′til I sold my goddamn soul
[A]
I was promised a life of fame and fortune
[G] [D/F#]
And they showed me a path to gold
[A]
Now it's been six years of wasted tears
[D/F#]
And all I′ve got are broken mirrors and smoke
[A] [G] [D]
Mm, there ain't a sight of a star in the sky that's leadin′ me to the way back home
[A] [G] [D/F#]
I′m prayin' for a wild wind
[A]
Now I′ve been driving on empty
[G] [D/F#]
I probably shoulda stopped 20 miles ago
[A]
But mama didn't raise no quitter, baby
[G] [D/F#]
I′ma see ya 'fore I get down this road
Pre-Chorus
[A] [G]
Praying for a wild wind
[D/F#]
Pushing me along
[A]
I′m praying for a wild wind
[C] [A] [Em7] [Bm7]
Pushing me along
Chorus
[D] [A] [Em7] [Bm]
Don't know where I'm goin′, baby
[D] [A] [Em7] [Bm]
Think everything is just starting to look the same
[D] [G]
Don′t know where I'm goin′, baby
[A] [G] [D/F#]
But I always find a way
Verse 2
[A] [G] [D/F#]
Every star at the end of the day has gotta explode somehow
[A]
It's so fun to be anything, baby
[G] [D/F#]
You′ll be America's greatest burnout
[A] [G] [D/F#]
I′ve been riding in the dark so long that, baby, I can see it all now, mm
[A] [G] [D]
This little bird that I used to know is telling me that it'll all work out
Pre-Chorus
[A]
It's got a wild wind
[G] [D]
Pushing me along
[A]
It′s got a wild wind
[C]
Pushing me along
[Em] [A] [Em] [Bm]
So by the morning I′ll be gone
Chorus
[D] [A] [Em7] [Bm]
Don't know where I′m goin', baby
[D] [A] [Em7] [Bm]
Think everything is just starting to look the same, yeah
[D] [G]
Don′t know where I'm goin′, baby
[C] [Em]
Oh, but I always find a way, yeah
[A] [Em7] [Bm]
I always find a way
Outro
[D] [A] [Em7] [Bm]
Don't know where I'm goin′, baby
[D] [A] [Em7] [Bm]
Think everything is just starting to look the same
[D] [Em] [Bm7] [G]
Don′t know where I'm goin′, baby
N.C.
But I always find a way
