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