The Lumineers - Democracy

capo: 2nd fret

[intro]

G Cm G

[verse (1)]

G C G
It’s coming through a hole in the air
G C G
From those nights in tiananmen square
C Cm
It’s coming from the feel that this ain’t exactly real
G
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
D C G
Democracy is coming to the `USA

[verse (2)]

G C G
It’s coming through a crack in the wall
G C G
On a visionary flood of alcohol
C Cm
From the staggering account of the sermon on the mount
G
Which i don’t pretend to understand at all
B Em
It’s coming from the silence on the dock of the bay
B Em
From the brave, the bold, the battered heart of chevrolet
D C G
Democracy is coming to the `USA

[verse (3)]

G C G
It’s coming from the sorrow in the street
G C G
The holy places where the races meet
C
From the homicidal bitchin’
Cm
That goes down in every kitchen
G
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
D C G
Democracy is coming to the `USA

[chorus]

D C
Sail on, sail on
G
O mighty ship of state
D
To the shores of need
C
Past the reefs of greed
G
Through the squalls of hate
Am D C G
Sail on, sail on, sail on

[verse (4)]

G C G
It’s coming to america first
G C G
The cradle of the best, of the worst
C
It’s here they’ve got the range
Cm
And the machinery for change
G
And it’s here they’ve 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
D C G
Democracy is coming to the `USA

[verse (5)]

G C G
It’s coming from the women and the men
G C G
Oh baby, we’ll be making love again
C
We’ll be going down so deep
Cm
That the river’s going to weep
G
And the mountain’s gonna shout “Amen”
B Em
It’s coming like the tidal flood beneath the lunar sway
B Em
Imperial, mysterious, in amorous array
D C G
Democracy is coming to the `USA

[chorus]

D C
Sail on, sail on
G
O mighty ship of state
D
To the shores of need
C
Past the reefs of greed
G
Through the squalls of hate
Am D C G
Sail on, sail on, sail on

[interlude]

G Cm G Cm G

[verse (6)]

G C G
I’m sentimental, if you know what i mean
G C G
Oh, i love the country, but i can’t stand the scene
C Cm
And i’m neither left or right, i’m just staying home tonight
G
Getting lost in that hopeless little screen
B Em
But i’m stubborn as those garbage bags that time cannot decay
B Em
I’m junk, but i’m still holding up this little wild bouquet
D C G
Democracy is coming to, to the `USA
C G
to the `USA
C G
to the `USA
C G
to the `USA