Democracy by Leonard Cohen


       D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)         AIt's (x02220@1)coming through a hole in the air,
             D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)      Dfrom (xx0232@1)those nights in Tiananmen Square.
       GIt's (320003@1)coming from the feel

that this ain't exactly real,
         Dor (xx0232@1)it's real, but it ain't exactly there.
          F#From (244322@1)the wars against disorder,
          Bmfrom (x24432@1)the sirens night and day,
          F#from (244322@1)the fires of the homeless,
          Bmfrom (x24432@1)the ashes of the gay:
    A (x02220@1)             G (320003@1)          DDemocracy (xx0232@1)is coming   to the U.S.A.


       D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)            AIt's (x02220@1)coming through a  crack in the wall;
        D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)       Don (xx0232@1)a visionary flood of alcohol;
             Gfrom (320003@1)the staggering account

of the Sermon on the Mount
         D (xx0232@1) 
which I don't pretend to understand at all.
      F#It's (244322@1)coming from the silence
       Bmon (x24432@1)the   dock of the bay,
           F#from (244322@1)the brave, the bold, the battered
         Bmheart (x24432@1)of   Chevrolet:
   A (x02220@1)              G (320003@1)          DDemocracy (xx0232@1)is coming   to the U.S.A.


       D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)           AIt's (x02220@1)coming from the sorrow in the street,
     D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)            Dthe (xx0232@1)holy places where the races meet;
            Gfrom (320003@1)the homicidal bitchin'

that goes down in every kitchen
       Dto (xx0232@1)determine who will serve and who will eat.
           F#From (244322@1)the wells of disappointment
           Bmwhere (x24432@1)the women kneel to pray
         F#for (244322@1)the grace of God in the desert here
          Bmand (x24432@1)the desert far away:
    A (x02220@1)              G (320003@1)          DDemocracy (xx0232@1)is coming    to the U.S.A.


 A (x02220@1)      GSail (320003@1)on, sail on
    DO (xx0232@1)mighty Ship of State!
         ATo (x02220@1)the Shores of Need
           GPast (320003@1)the Reefs of Greed
               DThrough (xx0232@1)the Squalls of Hate
 A (x02220@1)                G (320003@1)      DSail (xx0232@1)on, sail on, sail on, sail on.


       D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)     AIt's (x02220@1)coming to America first,
      D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)              Dthe (xx0232@1)cradle of the best and of the worst.
      GIt's (320003@1)here they got the range

and the machinery for change
          Dand (xx0232@1)it's here they got the spiritual thirst.
      F#It's (244322@1)here the family's broken
          Bmand (x24432@1)it's here the lonely say
          F#that (244322@1)the heart has got to open
        Bmin (x24432@1)a fundamental way:
    A (x02220@1)             G (320003@1)          DDemocracy (xx0232@1)is coming   to the U.S.A.


       D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)          AIt's (x02220@1)coming from the women and the men.
   D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)         DO (xx0232@1)baby, we'll be making love again.
           GWe'll (320003@1)be going down so deep 

the river's going to weep,
           Dand (xx0232@1)the mountain's going to shout Amen!
       F#It's (244322@1)coming like the tidal flood
  Bmbeneath (x24432@1)the lunar sway,
  F#imperial, (244322@1)mysterious,
     Bmin (x24432@1)amorous array:
    A (x02220@1)             G (320003@1)          DDemocracy (xx0232@1)is coming   to the U.S.A.


 A (x02220@1)      GSail (320003@1)on, sail on ...


        D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)            AI'm (x02220@1)sentimental, if you   know what I mean
              D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)                 DI (xx0232@1)love the country but I   can't stand the scene.
          GAnd (320003@1)I'm neither left or right

I'm just staying home tonight,
         Dgetting (xx0232@1)lost in that hopeless little screen.
           F#But (244322@1)I'm stubborn as those garbage bags
      Bmthat (x24432@1)Time cannot decay,
     F#I'm (244322@1)junk but I'm still holding up
       Bmthis (x24432@1)little wild bouquet:
   A (x02220@1)              G (320003@1)          DDemocracy (xx0232@1)is coming   to the U.S.A