{"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":633450,"song":"Democracy","artist":"Leonard Cohen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/633450-democracy-chords-by-leonard-cohen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/633450?type=chord","rating":4.58449,"votes":43,"content":"\r\nDemocracy by Leonard Cohen\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's coming through a hole in the air,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nfrom those nights in Tiananmen Square.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's coming from the feel[/tab]\r\n\r\nthat this ain't exactly real,\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nor it's real, but it ain't exactly there.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nFrom the wars against disorder,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nfrom the sirens night and day,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nfrom the fires of the homeless,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nfrom the ashes of the gay:[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDemocracy is coming   to the U.S.A.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's coming through a  crack in the wall;[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\non a visionary flood of alcohol;[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nfrom the staggering account[/tab]\r\n\r\nof the Sermon on the Mount\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nwhich I don't pretend to understand at all.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nIt's coming from the silence[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\non the   dock of the bay,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nfrom the brave, the bold, the battered[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nheart of   Chevrolet:[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDemocracy is coming   to the U.S.A.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's coming from the sorrow in the street,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthe holy places where the races meet;[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nfrom the homicidal bitchin'[/tab]\r\n\r\nthat goes down in every kitchen\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nto determine who will serve and who will eat.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nFrom the wells of disappointment[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nwhere the women kneel to pray[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nfor the grace of God in the desert here[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nand the desert far away:[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDemocracy is coming    to the U.S.A.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSail on, sail on[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nO mighty Ship of State![/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo the Shores of Need[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPast the Reefs of Greed[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThrough the Squalls of Hate[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSail on, sail on, sail on, sail on.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's coming to America first,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthe cradle of the best and of the worst.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's here they got the range[/tab]\r\n\r\nand the machinery for change\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand it's here they got the spiritual thirst.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nIt's here the family's broken[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nand it's here the lonely say[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nthat the heart has got to open[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nin a fundamental way:[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDemocracy is coming   to the U.S.A.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's coming from the women and the men.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nO baby, we'll be making love again.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe'll be going down so deep [/tab]\r\n\r\nthe river's going to weep,\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand the mountain's going to shout Amen![/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nIt's coming like the tidal flood[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nbeneath the lunar sway,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nimperial, mysterious,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nin amorous array:[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDemocracy is coming   to the U.S.A.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSail on, sail on ...[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'm sentimental, if you   know what I mean[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI love the country but I   can't stand the scene.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm neither left or right[/tab]\r\n\r\nI'm just staying home tonight,\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\ngetting lost in that hopeless little screen.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nBut I'm stubborn as those garbage bags[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nthat Time cannot decay,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nI'm junk but I'm still holding up[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nthis little wild bouquet:[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDemocracy is coming   to the U.S.A[/tab]","plain_text":"Democracy by Leonard Cohen\n\n\n\n\n\n\nthat this ain't exactly real,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nof the Sermon on the Mount\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nthat goes down in every kitchen\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nand the machinery for change\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nthe river's going to weep,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI'm just staying home tonight,","chords":["D","G","A","F#","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}