{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":64893,"song":"They Call It Democracy","artist":"Bruce Cockburn","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11543204-they-call-it-democracy-chords-by-bruce-cockburn/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/64893?type=chord","rating":4.63273,"votes":18,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nPadded with power here they come[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nInternational loan sharks backed by the guns[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf market hungry military profiteers[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhose word is a swamp and whose brow is smeared[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith the blood of the poor[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWho rob life of its quality[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho render rage a necessity[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nBy turning countries into labour camps[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nModern slavers in drag as champions of freedom[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSinister cynical instrument[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho makes the gun into a sacrament[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe only response to the deification[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOf tyranny by so-called \"developed\" nations'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIdolatry of ideology[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nNorth south east west[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKill the best and buy the rest[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt's just spend a buck to make a buck[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou don't really give a flying fuck[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAbout the people in misery[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nIMF dirty MF[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nTakes away everything it can get[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAlways making certain that there's one thing left[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                             [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKeep them on the hook with insupportable debt[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI see the paid-off local bottom feeders[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPassing themselves off as leaders[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nKiss the ladies shake hands with the fellows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it's open for business like a cheap bordello[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they call it democracy, and they call it democracy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they call it democracy, and they call it democracy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou see the loaded eyes of the children too[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTrying to make the best of it the way kids do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nOne day you're going to rise from your habitual feast[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo find yourself staring down the throat of the beast[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey call the revolution[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nIMF dirty MF[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nTakes away everything it can get[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAlways making certain that there's one thing left[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                             [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKeep them on the hook with insupportable debt.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they call it democracy, and they call it democracy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they call it democracy, and they call it democracy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD    Em    G\nD    Em    G\nD    Em    G\nD    Em    G","chords":["D","Em","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}