Since this song was written and recorded on the keyboard I made up the guitar as best I
could without a rhythm guitar to base it off of. It makes a lot more sense with the capo
than it did without, as I had it written before.
Capo 1
Verse 1:
C F/C C
It's coming through a hole in the air
C G C
From those nights in Tiananmen Square
F Bb/F F
It's coming from the feel that this ain't exactly real
C F/C C
Or it's real, but it ain't exactly there
E Am
From the wars against disorder, from the sirens night and day
E Am
From the fires of the homeless, from the ashes of the gay
G F C
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
C Fm
C Fm
C
Verse 2:
C F/C C
It's coming through a crack in the wall
C G C
On a visionary flood of alcohol
F Bb/F F
From the staggering account of the Sermon on the Mount
C F/C C
Which I don't pretend to understand at all
E Am
It's coming from the silence on the dock of the bay
E Am
From the brave, the bold, the battered heart of Chevrolet
G F C
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
C Fm
C Fm
C
Verse 3:
C F/C C
It's coming from the sorrow in the street
C G C
The holy places where the races meet
F Bb/F F
From the homicidal bitchin' that goes down in every kitchen
C F/C C
To determine who will serve and who will eat
E Am
From the wells of disappointment where the women kneel to pray
E Am
For the grace of God in the desert here, and the desert far away
G F C
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
C Fm
C Fm
C
Bridge 1:
G F
Sail on, sail on
C
O mighty Ship of State
G
To the Shores of Need
F
Past the Reefs of Greed
C
Through the Squalls of Hate
Dm G F C
Sail on, sail on, sail on, sail on
Verse 4:
C F/C C
It's coming to America first
C G C
The cradle of the best and of the worst
F Bb/F F
It's here they got the range and the machinery for change
C F/C C
And it's here they got the spiritual thirst
E Am
It's here the family's broken and it's here the lonely say
E Am
That the heart has got to open in a fundamental way
G F C
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
C Fm
C Fm
C
Verse 5:
C F/C C
It's coming from the women and the men
C G C
Ah baby, we'll be making love again
F Bb/F F
We'll be going down so deep, the river's gonna weep
C F/C C
And the mountain's gonna shout Amen
E Am
It's coming like the tidal flood beneath the lunar sway
E Am
Imperial, mysterious, in amorous array
G F C
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
C Fm
C Fm
C
Bridge 2:
G F
Sail on, sail on
C
O mighty Ship of State
G
To the Shores of Need
F
Past the Reefs of Greed
C
Through the Squalls of Hate
Dm G F C
Sail on, sail on, sail on, sail on
Verse 6:
C F/C C
I'm sentimental, if you know what I mean
C G C
I love the country but I can't stand the scene
F Bb/F F
And I'm neither left or right, I'm just staying home tonight
C F/C C
Getting lost in that hopeless little screen
E Am
But I'm stubborn as those garbage bags that Time cannot decay
E Am
I'm junk but I'm still holding up this little wild bouquet
G F C
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
C Fm
C Fm
C
Chords:
C X32010
F/C X33211
G 320003
Bb/F 113331
E 022100
Am X02210
Fm 122111
Dm XX0231
