Democracy Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D]

[Verse 1]
It's [D]coming through [G]a hole in the [D]air,
From those nights [A]in
Tienan[D]men Square.
It's [G]coming from the feel
That this [C]ain't exactly [G]real,
Or it's [D]real, but it ain't exactly there.
From the [F#]wars against disorder,
From [Bm]the sirens night and [F#sus4]day,
From the [F#]fires of the homeless,
From the [Bm]ashes of the gay,
[A]Democracy is [G]coming to the U.S.A.

[Verse 2]
[D]It's coming through a crack in the wall,
On a visionary flood of [Gm]alcohol,
From the staggering account
Of the Sermon on the Mount
Which I don't pretend to un
[D]derstand at all.
[Gm]It's coming from the silence
On the dock of the bay,
[Edim]From the brave, [D]the bold,
the battered
Heart of Chevrolet:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.

[Verse 3]
It's [D]coming from [G]the sorrow in the street,
[D]The holy places whe[A]re the races mee[D]t,
From the [G]homicidal bitching
That goes [C]down in every [G]kitchen
To de[D]termine who will serve
and who will eat.
From the [F#]wells of disappointment
Where the [Bm]women kneel to pray
For the [F#]grace of God in the desert here
And the [Bm]desert far away,
[A]Democracy is [G]coming to

[Interlude 1]
the U.S.A.
[D][Gm][D][Gm]
[D]

[Verse 4]
Sail [A]on, sail [G]on
Oh [D]mighty Ship of State!
To [A]the Shores of Need
Past the [G]Reefs of Greed
Through [D]the Squalls of [Em]Hate[A]
[Em]Sail [A]on, [Em]sail [A]on, sail [G]on, sail [D]on.

[Verse 5]
[D]
It's coming [G]to America first,
[D]The cradle of the best and of the worst.
[A]It's here [D]they got the range
And the ma[G]chinery for change
And it's [C]here [G]they got[D]
the spiritual [F#]thirst.
It's here the family's broken
[Bm]And it's here the lonely say
That the [F#]heart has got to open
In a [Bm]fundamental [G]way,
[A]Democracy is [G]coming to the U.S.A.
[D][Gm]

[Interlude 2]
[D][Gm]
[D][A][G]
[D][A]

[Verse 6]
It's [G]coming [D]from the wo
[Em]men [A]and the men.
[Em]Oh b[A]aby, w[Em]e'll be
making [A]love again.
[G]We'll be [D]going d

[Outro 1]
[D]