Democracy chords by Judy Collins
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Intro 1
(G major) (E minor) (G major)
Verse 1
It's (G major) coming
through a (C major) hole in the (G major) air
From those nights in (D major)
Tien (G major) anmen Square
It's (C major) coming from the feel
That this ain't ex (F major) actly (C major) real
Or it's (G major) real but it ain't exactly there
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Verse 2
From the (B major) wars against disorder
From the sirens night and day
From the fires of the homeless
From the ashes of the gay
(E minor) Demo (D major) cracy is coming (C major) to the
U.S.A.
(G major) (C minor) (G major)
Verse 3
(C minor)
It's com (G major) ing through a crack in the wall
On a visionary flood (D major) of alco (G major) hol
From the stag (C major) gering account
Of the Ser (F major) mon (C major) on the Mount
Which I (G major) don't pretend
to understand (C major) at (G major) all
Verse 4
It's (B major) coming from the silence
On the (E minor) dock of the bay
(B major) From the brave, the bold, the battered
Heart (E minor) of Chevro (D major) let
Democracy is coming (C major) to the U.S.A.
(G major) (C minor) (G major)
Verse 5
(C minor)
(G major)
It's coming from the sor
(C major) row in the street (G major)
The holy places (D major) where the races (G major) meet
From the (C major) homicidal bitchin'
That goes down in every kitchen
To determ (G major) ine who will
serve and (C major) who will eat (G major)
Verse 6
From the wells (B major) of disappointment
Where the women kneel to pray (E minor)
For the grace (B major) of God in the desert here
And the (E minor) desert (B major) far away (E minor)
Demo (D major) cracy is coming (C major) to the
Interlude 1
U.S.A.
(G major) (C minor) (G major) (C minor)
(G major)
Verse 7
Sail (D major) on, sail (C major) on
O (G major) mighty ship of state
To the shores (D major) of need
Pas (C major) t the reefs of greed
Through (G major) the squalls of hate
Sail (A minor) on, sail (D major) on, sail (C major) on
(G major)
Verse 8
It's coming to America (C major) first (G major)
The cradle of the be (D major) st and of the worst (G major)
It's (C major) here they got the range
And the machinery for change
And it's (G major) here they got the spiritual thirst
Verse 9
It's (B major) here the family's broken
And it's (E minor) here the lonely say
(B major) That the heart has got to open
In a (E minor) fundament (B major) al way (E minor)
Demo (D major) cracy is coming (C major) to the
U.S.A.
(G major) (C minor) (G major)
Verse 10
(C minor)
(G major) It's coming from the
(C major) wo men and the men (G major)
Oh baby, we'll be (D major) making love (G major) again
We'll be (C major) go ing down so deep
That the river's gonna weep
And the mountain's (G major) going to shout,
(C major) "Amen" (G major)
Verse 11
It's com (B major) ing like the tidal flood
Be (E minor) neath the lunar sway
Im (B major) perial, mysterious
In an (E minor) amorous array
Demo (D major) cracy is coming (C major) to the
Interlude 2
U.S.A.
(G major) (C minor) (G major) (C minor)
(G major)
Verse 12
Sail (D major) on, sail (C major) on
O (G major) mighty ship of state
To the shores (D major) of need
Past (C major) the reefs of greed
Through (G major) the squalls of hate
Sail (A minor) on, sail (Dsus4) on,
(D major) sail (C major) on
(G major)
Verse 13
I'm sentimental if you (C major) know what I mean (G major)
I love the country but (D major) I can't
stand (G major) the scene
And I'm (C major) neither left or right
I'm just staying home tonight
Getting lost (G major) in that hopeless (C major) little screen (G major)
Verse 14
But I'm stub (B major) born as those
garbage bags
That time (E minor) cannot decay
I'm (B major) junk but I'm still holding up
This little (E minor) wild bouquet
Demo (D major) cracy is coming (C major) to
the U.S.A.
(G major) (C minor)
Verse 15
(G major)
Sail on (C minor)
Sail (G major) on
Outro 1
Sail on
(G major)
Democracy
Judy Collins
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