WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Democracy Chords – Lumineers | Version #1
[Verse 1]
G C
It's coming through a hole in the
G
air
G C
From those nights in Tiananmen
G
Square
C
It's coming from the feel that
F
this ain't exactly real
G
Or it's real, but it ain't exactly there
Em
From the wars against disorder
Am
From the sirens night and day
Em
From the fires of the homeless
Am
From the ashes of the gay
Dm C G
Democracy is coming to the USA
[Verse 2]
G C
It's coming through a crack in
G
the wall
G C G
On a visionary flood of alcohol
C
From the staggering account of
F
the Sermon on the Mount
G
Which I don't pretend to understand at all
Em
It's coming from the silence on
Am
the dock of the bay
Em
From the brave, the bold, the
Am
battered heart of Chevrolet
Dm C G
Democracy is coming to the USA
[Verse 3]
G C
It's coming from the sorrow in
G
the street
G C
The holy places where the races
G
meet
C
From the homicidal b**chin'
F
That goes down in every kitchen
G
To determine who will serve and who will eat
Em
From the wells of disappointment
Am
Where the women kneel to pray
Em
For the grace of God in the desert here
Am
And the desert far away
Dm C G
Democracy is coming to the USA
[Chorus]
Dm C
Sail on, sail on
G
O mighty ship of state
Dm
To the shores of need
C
Past the reefs of greed
G
Through the squalls of hate
G Dm G C
Sail on, sail on, sail on
[Verse 4]
G C G
It's coming to America first
G C
The cradle of the best, of the
G
worst
C
It's here they've got the range
F
And the machinery for change
G
And it's here they've got the spiritual thirst
Em
It's here the family's broken
Am
And it's here the lonely say
Em
That the heart has got to open
Am
In a fundamental way
Dm C G
Democracy is coming to the USA
[Verse 5]
G C
It's coming from the women and
G
the men
G C
Oh baby, we'll be making love
G
again
C
We'll be going down so deep
F
That the river's going to weep
G
And the mountain's gonna shout "Amen"
Em
It's coming like the tidal flood
Am
beneath the lunar sway
Em Am
Imperial, mysterious, in amorous array
Dm C G
Democracy is coming to the USA
[Chorus]
Dm C
Sail on, sail on
G
O mighty ship of state
Dm
To the shores of need
C
Past the reefs of greed
G
Through the squalls of hate
G Dm G C
Sail on, sail on, sail on
[Verse 6]
G C
I'm sentimental, if you know what
G
I mean
G C
Oh, I love the country, but I
G
can't stand the scene
C
And I'm neither left or right,
F
I'm just staying home tonight
G
Getting lost in that hopeless little screen
Em
But I'm stubborn as those garbage
Am
bags that time cannot decay
Em
I'm junk, but I'm still holding
Am
up this little wild bouquet
Dm c
Democracy is coming to, to the
G
USA
Dm
To the USA
C
To the USA
G
To the USA