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