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