Democracy

capo: 2nd fret

[intro]

G  Cm  G

[verse (1)]

      G                C           G
It's coming through a hole in the air
G                      C        G
From those nights in tiananmen square
       C                        Cm
It's coming from the feel that this ain't exactly real
          G
Or it's real, but it ain't exactly there
          B
From the wars against disorder
          Em
From the sirens night and day
          B
From the fires of the homeless
          Em
From the ashes of the gay
   D               C        G
Democracy is coming to the `USA

[verse (2)]

G                    C             G
It's coming through a crack in the wall
G                C         G
On a visionary flood of alcohol
            C                        Cm
From the staggering account of the sermon on the mount
          G
Which i don't pretend to understand at all
       B                            Em
It's coming from the silence on the dock of the bay
          B                            Em
From the brave, the bold, the battered heart of chevrolet
  D                C        G
Democracy is coming to the `USA

[verse (3)]

G                     C             G
It's coming from the sorrow in the street
G                C              G
The holy places where the races meet
          C
From the homicidal bitchin'
           Cm
That goes down in every kitchen
      G
To determine who will serve and who will eat
          B
From the wells of disappointment
          Em
Where the women kneel to pray
         B
For the grace of god in the desert here
        Em
And the desert far away
D                 C        G
Democracy is coming to the `USA

[chorus]

     D         C
Sail on, sail on
    G
O mighty ship of state
         D
To the shores of need
           C
Past the reefs of greed
              G
Through the squalls of hate
     Am       D        C G
Sail on, sail on, sail on

[verse (4)]

G                C       G
It's coming to america first
       G           C             G
The cradle of the best, of the worst
      C
It's here they've got the range
         Cm
And the machinery for change
          G
And it's here they've got the spiritual thirst
      B
It's here the family's broken
         Em
And it's here the lonely say
          B
That the heart has got to open
      Em
In a fundamental way
D                 C        G
Democracy is coming to the `USA

[verse (5)]

       G              C             G
It's coming from the women and the men
    G             C             G
Oh baby, we'll be making love again
  C
We'll be going down so deep
          Cm
That the river's going to weep
           G
And the mountain's gonna shout "Amen"
       B                          Em
It's coming like the tidal flood beneath the lunar sway
  B                       Em
Imperial, mysterious, in amorous array
  D                C        G
Democracy is coming to the `USA

[chorus]

     D         C
Sail on, sail on
    G
O mighty ship of state
         D
To the shores of need
          C
Past the reefs of greed
              G
Through the squalls of hate
     Am       D        C G
Sail on, sail on, sail on

[interlude]

G  Cm  G  Cm  G

[verse (6)]

      G                   C          G
I'm sentimental, if you know what i mean
       G                       C               G
Oh, i love the country, but i can't stand the scene
          C                              Cm
And i'm neither left or right, i'm just staying home tonight
         G
Getting lost in that hopeless little screen
          B                                Em
But i'm stubborn as those garbage bags that time cannot decay
     B                                   Em
I'm junk, but i'm still holding up this little wild bouquet
D                     C        G
Democracy is coming to, to the `USA
C       G
  to the `USA
C        G
  to the `USA
C        G
  to the `USA