Progress Chords
Progress by Mission Of Burma is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F#. It uses the chords F#, E, A, Bsus, C#m, B, F#m, D, C#, Bm, B5 and Amaj7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro Riff: F#,E,F#,A, F#, Bsus
Bsus A
Down with history, down with sense
Bsus A
Nothing makes much difference
Bsus
I'll surrender to this tragic mess
A
Spinning ball of randomness
C#m B
Where Logos is the finest blasphemy
Bsus A
Men's lives pass like strips of film
Bsus A
Recorded gesture, acts of will
Bsus
I'd like to think that down through time
A
They'd compose a logical line
C#m B
But chances are that's just a pile of shit
F#m E D
And I can't help but bow my head and cry
F#m E D
It took so long to finally realize
F#m A D
That all our hopes are based on such gross lies
*Intro Riff* F#,E,F#,A, F#, Bsus
Bsus A
Classroom lessons World War Two
Bsus A
Atrocities against the Jews
Bsus
Never again our solemn vow
A
That's why we all share Cambodia
C#m B
Isn't it great how far we've come since then?
F#m E D
And I can't help but bow my head and cry
F#m E D
It took so long to finally realize
F#m A D
That all our hopes are based on such gross lies
*Intro Riff* F#,E,F#,A, F#,Bsus
D C# Bm
Dialectic's shit
D C# Bm
Evolution's crap
D C# Bm
Time and time again the masquerade is
B5
Shown for what it really is:
A B
Progress, progress it's a pleasant myth
A Amaj7
Progress, progress it's a pleasant myth
B
Progress, progress
A
Pleasant myth
C#m B
That makes my life worthwhile
A
Progress, progress
C#m
Pleasant myth
B A
That makes my life worthwhile
C#m
Progress, progress
B
Pleasant myth
A C#m
That makes my life worthwhile
B
Progress, progress
A
Pleasant myth
C#m B
That makes my life worthwhile