Democracy chords by Leonard Cohen

Chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Novice


Democracy by Leonard Cohen


    D MajorD        G+G      A augmentedA
It's coming through a hole in the air,
       D MajorD     A augmentedA    D MajorD
from those nights in Tiananmen Square.
    G+G
It's coming from the feel

that this ain't exactly real,
     D MajorD
or it's real, but it ain't exactly there.
     F#F#
From the wars against disorder,
     B minorBm
from the sirens night and day,
     F#F#
from the fires of the homeless,
     B minorBm
from the ashes of the gay:
  A augmentedA        G+G      D MajorD
Democracy is coming  to the U.S.A.

    D MajorD       G+G       A augmentedA
It's coming through a crack in the wall;
    D MajorD    A augmentedA     D MajorD
on a visionary flood of alcohol;
       G+G
from the staggering account

of the Sermon on the Mount
     D MajorD
which I don't pretend to understand at all.
   F#F#
It's coming from the silence
    B minorBm
on the  dock of the bay,
      F#F#
from the brave, the bold, the battered
     B minorBm
heart of  Chevrolet:
  A augmentedA        G+G      D MajorD
Democracy is coming  to the U.S.A.


    D MajorD        G+G       A augmentedA
It's coming from the sorrow in the street,
   D MajorD      A augmentedA       D MajorD
the holy places where the races meet;
      G+G
from the homicidal bitchin'

that goes down in every kitchen
    D MajorD
to determine who will serve and who will eat.
      F#F#
From the wells of disappointment
      B minorBm
where the women kneel to pray
     F#F#
for the grace of God in the desert here
     B minorBm
and the desert far away:
  A augmentedA        G+G      D MajorD
Democracy is coming  to the U.S.A.

 A augmentedA    G+G
Sail on, sail on
  D MajorD
O mighty Ship of State!
     A augmentedA
To the Shores of Need
      G+G
Past the Reefs of Greed
        D MajorD
Through the Squalls of Hate
 A augmentedA         G+G    D MajorD
Sail on, sail on, sail on, sail on.


    D MajorD     G+G    A augmentedA
It's coming to America first,
   D MajorD      A augmentedA        D MajorD
the cradle of the best and of the worst.
   G+G
It's here they got the range

and the machinery for change
     D MajorD
and it's here they got the spiritual thirst.
   F#F#
It's here the family's broken
     B minorBm
and it's here the lonely say
     F#F#
that the heart has got to open
    B minorBm
in a fundamental way:
  A augmentedA        G+G      D MajorD
Democracy is coming  to the U.S.A.


    D MajorD        G+G      A augmentedA
It's coming from the women and the men.
  D MajorD        A augmentedA      D MajorD
O baby, we'll be making love again.
      G+G
We'll be going down so deep

the river's going to weep,
      D MajorD
and the mountain's going to shout Amen!
    F#F#
It's coming like the tidal flood
 B minorBm
beneath the lunar sway,
 F#F#
imperial, mysterious,
   B minorBm
in amorous array:
  A augmentedA        G+G      D MajorD
Democracy is coming  to the U.S.A.


 A augmentedA    G+G
Sail on, sail on ...


    D MajorD        G+G       A augmentedA
I'm sentimental, if you  know what I mean
       D MajorD     A augmentedA          D MajorD
I love the country but I  can't stand the scene.
     G+G
And I'm neither left or right

I'm just staying home tonight,
     D MajorD
getting lost in that hopeless little screen.
      F#F#
But I'm stubborn as those garbage bags
   B minorBm
that Time cannot decay,
   F#F#
I'm junk but I'm still holding up
    B minorBm
this little wild bouquet:
  A augmentedA        G+G      D MajorD
Democracy is coming  to the U.S.A