Democracy Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C]

[Verse 1]
It's [C]coming through a [F]hole in the [C]air
From those nights [G]in Tiananmen Square
[C]It's com[F]ing from the feel
That this [Bb]ain't exactly [F]real
Or it's [C]real, but it ain't ex[G]actly [C]there
From the [E]war against disorder
From [Esus4]the sirens night and day
[Am]From [E]the fires of the homeless
From the [Esus4]ashes of the[Am] gay
[G]Democracy is [F]coming to the USA
[C]

[Interlude 1]
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[C]

[Verse 2]
[C]It's coming through [F]a crack in t[C]he wall
On a visionary [G]flood of al[C]cohol
From the stag[F]gering account
Of the Ser[Bb]mon on the Mount
[F]Which I don't [C]pretend to
under[F]stand at [C]all
It's [E]coming from the silence
On the dock of the bay
From the brave, the bold, the battered
Heart [Am]of Chevrol[G]et
Democracy is [F]coming to the

[Interlude 2]
USA
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[C]

[Verse 3]
It's [C]coming from the sor
[F]row in [C]the street
The holy places [G]where
the races [C]meet
[F]From the homicidal bitchin'
That goes [Bb]down in every
kit[F]chen
[C]To determine who will
[F]serve and who will [C]eat
From [E]the wells of disappointment
Where the wo[Esus4]men kneel to pray
[Am]For the grac[E]e of God in the desert here
And the desert [Am]far away
[G]Democracy is [F]coming to the

[Interlude 3]
USA
[C][Fm][C][Fm][F]
[C]

[Verse 4]
Sail [G]on, sail [F]on
O [C]mighty ship of state
To [G]the shores of need
Past the [F]reefs of greed
Through the [C]squalls of hate
Sail [Dm]on, sail [G]on, sail o[F]n, sail [C]on

[Verse 5]
[C]
It's coming to [F]America [C]first
The cradle of the [G]best and of the wor[C]st
It's [F]here they got the range
And the ma[Bb]chinery for [F]change
And it's [C]here they got
[F]the spiritual [C]thirst
It's [E]here the family's broken
And it's [Esus4]here the lonely say
[Am]That [E]the heart has got to open
In a fun[Esus4]dament al[Am] way
Demo[G]cracy [F]is coming to the USA
[G][C]

[Interlude 4]
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[C]

[Verse 6]
It's [C]coming from the [F]wo
men [C]and the men
Oh baby, we'll be [G]mak
ing love [C]again
We'll be [F]go ing down so deep
The river's [Bb]going [F]to weep
And the moun[C]tain's going to shout,
"Amen"
It's [E]coming like the tidal flood
Beneath the [Am]lunar sway
Imper[E]ial, mysterious
In amorous [Am]array
Demo[G]cracy is [F]coming to the

[Interlude 5]
USA
[C][Fm][C][Fm]
[C]

[Verse 7]
Sail [G]on, sail [F]on
[C]O mighty ship of state
To [G]the shores of need
Past the [F]reefs of greed
Through [C]the squalls [Dm]of hate
[G]Sail on, [F]sail [C]on, sail on, sail on

[Verse 8]
I'm [C]sentimental, if [F]you know what [C]I mean
I love the country but I
can't [G]stand [C]the scene
And I'm [F]neither left or right
I'm just stay[Bb]ing home tonight
[F]Getting [C]lost in that [F]hopeless
little [C]screen
But I'm [E]stubborn as
those garbage bags
That time cannot de[Am]cay
I'm [E]junk but I'm still holding up
this [F]little wild [Am]bouquet
Demo[G]cracy is [F]coming
to the [C]USA[Fm]

[Outro 1]
To the USA
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