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Democracy

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Democracy by Leonard Cohen
       D               G           A
It's coming through a hole in the air,
             D          A        D
from those nights in Tiananmen Square.
       G
It's coming from the feel
that this ain't exactly real,
         D
or it's real, but it ain't exactly there.
          F#
From the wars against disorder,
          Bm
from the sirens night and day,
          F#
from the fires of the homeless,
          Bm
from the ashes of the gay:
    A               G            D
Democracy is coming   to the U.S.A.
       D              G              A
It's coming through a  crack in the wall;
        D        A         D
on a visionary flood of alcohol;
             G
from the staggering account
of the Sermon on the Mount
         D
which I don't pretend to understand at all.
      F#
It's coming from the silence
       Bm
on the   dock of the bay,
           F#
from the brave, the bold, the battered
         Bm
heart of   Chevrolet:
   A                G            D
Democracy is coming   to the U.S.A.
       D               G             A
It's coming from the sorrow in the street,
     D            A              D
the holy places where the races meet;
            G
from the homicidal bitchin'
that goes down in every kitchen
       D
to determine who will serve and who will eat.
           F#
From the wells of disappointment
           Bm
where the women kneel to pray
         F#
for the grace of God in the desert here
          Bm
and the desert far away:
    A                G            D
Democracy is coming    to the U.S.A.
 A        G
Sail on, sail on
    D
O mighty Ship of State!
         A
To the Shores of Need
           G
Past the Reefs of Greed
               D
Through the Squalls of Hate
 A                  G        D
Sail on, sail on, sail on, sail on.
       D         G       A
It's coming to America first,
      D            A                D
the cradle of the best and of the worst.
      G
It's here they got the range
and the machinery for change
          D
and it's here they got the spiritual thirst.
      F#
It's here the family's broken
          Bm
and it's here the lonely say
          F#
that the heart has got to open
        Bm
in a fundamental way:
    A               G            D
Democracy is coming   to the U.S.A.
       D               G            A
It's coming from the women and the men.
   D               A           D
O baby, we'll be making love again.
           G
We'll be going down so deep 
the river's going to weep,
           D
and the mountain's going to shout Amen!
       F#
It's coming like the tidal flood
  Bm
beneath the lunar sway,
  F#
imperial, mysterious,
     Bm
in amorous array:
    A               G            D
Democracy is coming   to the U.S.A.
 A        G
Sail on, sail on ...
        D               G              A
I'm sentimental, if you   know what I mean
              D          A                   D
I love the country but I   can't stand the scene.
          G
And I'm neither left or right
I'm just staying home tonight,
         D
getting lost in that hopeless little screen.
           F#
But I'm stubborn as those garbage bags
      Bm
that Time cannot decay,
     F#
I'm junk but I'm still holding up
       Bm
this little wild bouquet:
   A                G            D
Democracy is coming   to the U.S.A

Democracy chords and lyrics

Free chords for Democracy by Leonard Cohen. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Democracy by Leonard Cohen
that this ain't exactly real,
of the Sermon on the Mount
that goes down in every kitchen
and the machinery for change
the river's going to weep,
I'm just staying home tonight,

Democracy Chords by Leonard Cohen

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