Tonart: Eb major
Verse 1
F#
The human brain can't stand still,
even when it gets to the top
of the hill.
B
Bm
Just can't stop and admire the view,
always got to have something new.
G#
F#
The human brain's an intelligent fool,
build you a hospital,
build you a school.
B
Oh, you wake up the very next
Bm
day
The progress train took
can't demolish your town
Selling us heaven when we're
hellbound
When we're hellbound
B
Bm
B
Fed by apathy, driven by greed
Bm
Always running at top speed,
You won't notice it till it's past
B
Doesn't give a damn about yesterday
Bm
G
When you forget what it took away
C#
You'll know the progress train
F#
Rolled right over you
Juggernaut hurtling down the road,
you're not in control,
you're part of the load
Bm
A
Running the lights won't slow down,
Bm
you're getting in its way and it'll
The progress train is on a one -way track,
take you there, won't bring you back
E
A
And when you start singing,
D
B
I'm alright, Jack, I'm alright,
Bm
G
Jack, I'm alright, Jack
C#
You know the progress train
The girl in the red shoes had to dance
The progress train has to advance
Bm
A
Tables to turn, money to earn,
F#
We never learn, got no destination,
it'll go anywhere
Doesn't even know when it's got there
B
Got no beginning, got no end
Bm
Doesn't even care what's
around the bend
F#
Got to grow, got to change
Build up, tear down, rearrange
Bm
Got to move on, dirty or clean
It's an atom bomb
It sings, seducing you with things
Bm
B
that ease your heart an
d please your mind
Bm
The passengers sleep
A fire in his pants, he don't dance,
no romance
They want you now, they want you now,
they want you now
F#
And they'll have you now
C#
That's the progress train
F#
And it's right over you.
The human race has a fatal knack
of going full speed down a cul -de -sac.
B
After running so fast or working hard,
Bm
there's a hell of a mess in the backyard.
B
F#
Progress trains sing sweet and low
And every time you hear it
B
you know something's wrong
A
B
Still, you tap your feet,
Bm
the words don't matter
G
Cause the tune is so sweet
F#
C#
That's the progress train
F#
And it's singing to you
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