Democracy Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D]

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

[Interlude 1]
To the U.S.A.
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[Verse 2]
It's [D]coming [G]through a crack in [D]the wall
On a visionary flood [A]of alcohol
[D]From the stagger[G]ing account
Of the Ser[C]mon on the Moun[G]t
Which [D]I don't pretend to
under[G]stand at [D]all
It's [F#]coming from the silence on
the dock of the bay
From the brave, the bold,
the battered heart [Bm]of Chevrole[A]t
Democracy is [G]coming
to [D]the U.S.A.[Gm]
To the [D]U.S.A.

[Interlude 2]
[Gm][D]

[Verse 3]
It's [D]coming from the sor
[G]row in [D]the street
The holy places [A]where the races [D]meet
From the [G]homicidal bitchin'
That goes [C]down in every [G]kitchen
To determ[D]ine who will serve
and [G]who will [D]eat
From [F#]the wells of disappointment
Where the women kneel to pray
For the grace of God in the desert here
And the desert far [Bm]away
[A]Democracy is [G]coming
to the [D]U.S.A.
[Gm]To the U.S.A.

[Interlude 3]
[D][Gm][D]

[Verse 4]
Sail [A]on, sail [G]on
O [D]mighty Ship of State!
To [A]the Shores of Need
Past the [G]Reefs of Greed
Through [D]the Squalls of Hate
Sail [E]on
Sail [A]on
Sail [G]on (sail on)
[D]

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

[Interlude 4]
[D][Gm][D]

[Verse 6]
Sail [A]on, sail [G]on
O [D]mighty Ship of State!
To [A]the Shores of Need
Past the [G]Reefs of Greed
Through the Squalls of [D]Hate
Sail [E]on
Sail [A]on
[G]Sail on
[D]Sail on

[Verse 7]
[D]
I'm sentimental,
if you [G]know what I [D]mean
I love the country but I can't
[A]stand [D]the scene
And I'm [G]neither left or right
I'm just stay[C]ing home tonight
[G]Getting los[D]t in that
[G]hopeless little [D]screen
But I'm stub[F#]born as
those garbage bags
That time cannot decay
I'm junk but I'm still holding up
This little wild bouquet
[A]Democracy is [G]coming
to the [D]U.S.A.
[Gm]To the U.S.A.

[Outro 1]
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