IntroGVerse 1CG
It's coming through a hole in the air
DG
From those nights in Tiananmen Square
C
It's coming from the feel
FC
That this ain't exactly real
GDG
Or it's real, but it ain't exactly there
B
From the wars against disorder
Em
From the sirens night and day
B
From the fires of the homeless
Em
From the ashes of the gay
DCG
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
Verse 2CG
It's coming through a crack in the wall
DG
On a visionary flood of alcohol
C
From the staggering account
FC
Of the Sermon on the Mount
GDG
Which I don't pretend to understand at all
B
It's coming from the silence
Em
On the dock of the bay
B
From the brave, the bold, the battered
Em
Heart of Chevrolet
DCG
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
Verse 3CG
It's coming from the sorrow in the street
DG
The holy places where the races meet
C
From the homicidal bitching
FC
That goes down in every kitchen
GDG
To determine who will serve and who will eat
B
From the wells of disappointment
Em
Where the women kneel to pray
B
For the grace of god in the desert here
Em
And the desert far away
DCG
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
ChorusDC
Sail on, sail on
G
Oh mighty Ship of State
D
To the Shores of Need
C
Past the Reefs of Greed
G
Through the Squalls of Hate
AmDCG
Sail on, sail on, sail on, sail on
Verse 4CG
It's coming to America first
DG
The cradle of the best and of the worst
C
It's here they got the range
FC
And the machinery for change
GDG
And it's here they got the spiritual thirst
B
It's here the family's broken
Em
And it's here the lonely say
B
That the heart has got to open
Em
In a fundamental way
DCG
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
Verse 5
CG
It's coming from the women and the men
DG
Oh baby, we'll be making love again
C
We'll be going down so deep
FC
The river's going to weep
GDG
And the mountain's going to shout, "Amen!"
B
It's coming like the tidal flood
Em
Beneath the lunar sway
B
Imperial, mysterious
Em
In amorous array
DCG
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
ChorusDC
Sail on, sail on
G
Oh mighty Ship of State
D
To the Shores of Need
C
Past the Reefs of Greed
G
Through the Squalls of Hate
AmDCG
Sail on, sail on, sail on, sail on
Verse 6
CG
I'm sentimental, if you know what I mean
DG
I love the country, but I can't stand the scene
C
And I'm neither left or right
FC
I'm just staying home tonight
GDG
Getting lost in that hopeless little screen
B
But I'm stubborn as those garbage bags
Em
That time cannot decay
B
I'm junk but I'm still holding up
Em
This little wild bouquet
DCGCGC
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
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