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