Leonard Cohen - Democracy
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Tuning:
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
It's C#coming through a F#hole in the C#air,
from those C#nights in G#Tiananmen C#Square.
It's coF#ming from the feel
that this Bain't exactly F#real,
or it's rC#eal, but it G#ain't exactly C#there.
From the wFars against disorder,
from the sA#mirens night and day,
from the fFires of the homeless,
from the aA#mshes of the gay:
DemoG#cracy is coming F# to the U.S.C#A.
It's coC#ming through a F# crack in the C#wall;
on a C#visionary G#flood of C#alcohol;
from the F#staggering account
of the BSermon on the F#Mount
which I dC#on't pretend to G#understand at C#all.
It's cFoming from the silence
on the A#m dock of the bay,
from the Fbrave, the bold, the battered
heart of A#m Chevrolet:
DemoG#cracy is coming F# to the U.S.C#A.
It's coC#ming from the F#sorrow in the sC#treet,
the hC#oly places G#where the races C#meet;
from the F#homicidal bitchin'
that goes Bdown in every F#kitchen
to detC#ermine who will G#serve and who will C#eat.
From the wFells of disappointment
where the A#mwomen kneel to pray
for the Fgrace of God in the desert here
and the A#mdesert far away:
DemoG#cracy is coming F# to the U.S.C#A.
Sail G#on, sail F#on
O C#mighty Ship of State!
To the G#Shores of Need
Past the F#Reefs of Greed
Through the C#Squalls of Hate
Sail D#mon, sail G#on, sail F#on, sail C#on.
It's coC#ming to AmeF#rica C#first,
the crC#adle of the G#best and of the C#worst.
It's hF#ere they got the range
and the machiBnery for F#change
and it's hC#ere they got the G#spiritual C#thirst.
It's hFere the family's broken
and it's A#mhere the lonely say
that the Fheart has got to open
in a A#mfundamental way:
DemoG#cracy is coming F# to the U.S.C#A.
It's coC#ming from the F#women and the C#men.
O bC#aby, we'll be G#making love C#again.
We'll be F#going down so deep
the Briver's going to F#weep,
and the C#mountain's going to G#shout, "C#Amen!"
It's Fcoming like the tidal flood
beA#mneath the lunar sway,
imFperial, mysterious,
in A#mamorous array:
DemoG#cracy is coming F# to the U.S.C#A.
Sail G#on, sail F#on
O C#mighty Ship of State!
To the G#Shores of Need
Past the F#Reefs of Greed
Through the C#Squalls of Hate
Sail D#mon, sail G#on, sail F#on, sail C#on.
I'm sentC#imental, if you F#know what I C#mean
I love the couC#ntry but I G#can't stand the sceC#ne.
And I'm F#neither left or right
I'm just Bstaying home F#tonight,
getting lC#ost in that G#hopeless little C#screen.
But I'm Fstubborn as those garbage bags
that tA#mime cannot decay,
I'm jFunk but I'm still holding up
this A#mlittle wild bouquet:
DemoG#cracy is coming F# to the U.SC#.A.