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I changed the key from the other version that was up and I fixed a few of the chords.
Democracy by Leonard Cohen
Video of me playing this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd5hYcXn8SQ
C# F# C#
It's coming through a hole in the air,
C# Ab C#
from those nights in Tiananmen Square.
F#
It's coming from the feel
B F#
that this ain't exactly real,
C# Ab C#
or it's real, but it ain't exactly there.
F
From the wars against disorder,
Bbm
from the sirens night and day,
F
from the fires of the homeless,
Bbm
from the ashes of the gay:
Ab F# C#
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
C# F# C#
It's coming through a crack in the wall;
C# Ab C#
on a visionary flood of alcohol;
F#
from the staggering account
B F#
of the Sermon on the Mount
C# Ab C#
which I don't pretend to understand at all.
F
It's coming from the silence
Bbm
on the dock of the bay,
F
from the brave, the bold, the battered
Bbm
heart of Chevrolet:
Ab F# C#
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
C# F# C#
It's coming from the sorrow in the street,
C# Ab C#
the holy places where the races meet;
F#
from the homicidal bitchin'
B F#
that goes down in every kitchen
C# Ab C#
to determine who will serve and who will eat.
F
From the wells of disappointment
Bbm
where the women kneel to pray
F
for the grace of God in the desert here
Bbm
and the desert far away:
Ab F# C#
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
Ab F#
Sail on, sail on
C#
O mighty Ship of State!
Ab
To the Shores of Need
F#
Past the Reefs of Greed
C#
Through the Squalls of Hate
Ebm Ab F# C#
Sail on, sail on, sail on, sail on.
C# F# C#
It's coming to America first,
C# Ab C#
the cradle of the best and of the worst.
F#
It's here they got the range
B F#
and the machinery for change
C# Ab C#
and it's here they got the spiritual thirst.
F
It's here the family's broken
Bbm
and it's here the lonely say
F
that the heart has got to open
Bbm
in a fundamental way:
Ab F# C#
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
C# F# C#
It's coming from the women and the men.
C# Ab C#
O baby, we'll be making love again.
F#
We'll be going down so deep
B F#
the river's going to weep,
C# Ab C#
and the mountain's going to shout, "Amen!"
F
It's coming like the tidal flood
Bbm
beneath the lunar sway,
F
imperial, mysterious,
Bbm
in amorous array:
Ab F# C#
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
Ab F#
Sail on, sail on
C#
O mighty Ship of State!
Ab
To the Shores of Need
F#
Past the Reefs of Greed
C#
Through the Squalls of Hate
Ebm Ab F# C#
Sail on, sail on, sail on, sail on.
C# F# C#
I'm sentimental, if you know what I mean
C# Ab C#
I love the country but I can't stand the scene.
F#
And I'm neither left or right
B F#
I'm just staying home tonight,
C# Ab C#
getting lost in that hopeless little screen.
F
But I'm stubborn as those garbage bags
Bbm
that time cannot decay,
F
I'm junk but I'm still holding up
Bbm
this little wild bouquet:
Ab F# C#
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
