Leonard Cohen – Democracy (Ukulele)

       D               G           A
It's coming through a hole in the air,

             D          A        D
from those nights in Tiananmen Square.

       G
It's coming from the feel

         D
or it's real, but it ain't exactly there.

          F#
From the wars against disorder,

          Bm
from the sirens night and day,

          F#
from the fires of the homeless,

          Bm
from the ashes of the gay:

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Democracy is coming   to the U.S.A.

       D              G              A
It's coming through a  crack in the wall;

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on a visionary flood of alcohol;

             G
from the staggering account

         D   
which I don't pretend to understand at all.

      F#
It's coming from the silence

       Bm
on the   dock of the bay,

           F#
from the brave, the bold, the battered

         Bm
heart of   Chevrolet:

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Democracy is coming   to the U.S.A.

       D               G             A
It's coming from the sorrow in the street,

     D            A              D
the holy places where the races meet;

            G
from the homicidal bitchin'

       D
to determine who will serve and who will eat.

           F#
From the wells of disappointment

           Bm
where the women kneel to pray

         F#
for the grace of God in the desert here

          Bm
and the desert far away:

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Democracy is coming    to the U.S.A.

 A        G
Sail on, sail on

    D
O mighty Ship of State!

         A
To the Shores of Need

           G
Past the Reefs of Greed

               D
Through the Squalls of Hate

 A                  G        D
Sail on, sail on, sail on, sail on.

       D         G       A
It's coming to America first,

      D            A                D
the cradle of the best and of the worst.

      G
It's here they got the range

          D
and it's here they got the spiritual thirst.

      F#
It's here the family's broken

          Bm
and it's here the lonely say

          F#
that the heart has got to open

        Bm
in a fundamental way:

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Democracy is coming   to the U.S.A.

       D               G            A
It's coming from the women and the men.

   D               A           D
O baby, we'll be making love again.

           G
We'll be going down so deep 

           D
and the mountain's going to shout Amen!

       F#
It's coming like the tidal flood

  Bm
beneath the lunar sway,

  F#
imperial, mysterious,

     Bm
in amorous array:

    A               G            D
Democracy is coming   to the U.S.A.

 A        G
Sail on, sail on ...

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I'm sentimental, if you   know what I mean

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I love the country but I   can't stand the scene.

          G
And I'm neither left or right

         D
getting lost in that hopeless little screen.

           F#
But I'm stubborn as those garbage bags

      Bm
that Time cannot decay,

     F#
I'm junk but I'm still holding up

       Bm
this little wild bouquet:

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Democracy is coming   to the U.S.A