Call It Democracy Chords by Bruce Cockburn
Tempo:
80.35 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
Em
E
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D]
[G] [D]
[Em] [G] [D] Added with power, here they come, [E] international [G] loan sharks, backed by the guns [D] of market-hungry
military profiteers, [G] whose words are swamp and whose brow is smeared [D] with the blood of the poor.
[G] [D] Who rob life of its quality, [G] who render rage a necessity, [D] by turning countries into labor
camps, [E] modern [G] slavers and draggers, [D] champions of freedom.
[Em] [D]
[Em] [D] Citizens in a cruel instrument, [Em] who make the gun into a sacrament, [D] the only response to
the deification [G] of tyranny by so-called developed nations, [D] idolatry of ideology.
[G] [D] North, South, East, [Em] West, kill the [G] best and buy the rest, [D] let's just spend a buck and
make a buck, [Em] you don't really [G] give a fuck [D] about the people in misery.
[G] [A] I am that, there I am that, takes away everything it can get, always making certain that there's
one thing left, keep them on the roof with his deplorable [D] bent.
[Em] [D]
[Em] [D] See the paid-off local bottom [Em]-feeders passing themselves off as [D] leaders, kids the ladies
shake hands with the [Em] fellows and it's open for business [G] like a cheap bordello [D] and they
call it democracy, [G] and they call it democracy, [D] and they call it democracy, [Em] and they call it [G] democracy.
[D] See the molded eyes of the children too, [Em] trying to make the best of it the way kids do, [D] one
day you're gonna rise from your habitual feast [G] and find yourself staring down the throat
of the beast [D] they call a revolution.
[G] [A] I am that, there I am that, takes away everything it can get, always making certain that there's
one thing left, keep them on the roof with his [D] deplorable bent.
[G] [D] And they call it democracy, [Em] [D] and they call it democracy, [Em] [G] [D] and they call it democracy,
[Em] [D] and they call it democracy.
[G] [D]
[Em] [D]
[Em] [G] [D]
[Em] [A] [D]
[E] [D]
[E] [N]
[G] [D]
[Em] [G] [D] Added with power, here they come, [E] international [G] loan sharks, backed by the guns [D] of market-hungry
military profiteers, [G] whose words are swamp and whose brow is smeared [D] with the blood of the poor.
[G] [D] Who rob life of its quality, [G] who render rage a necessity, [D] by turning countries into labor
camps, [E] modern [G] slavers and draggers, [D] champions of freedom.
[Em] [D]
[Em] [D] Citizens in a cruel instrument, [Em] who make the gun into a sacrament, [D] the only response to
the deification [G] of tyranny by so-called developed nations, [D] idolatry of ideology.
[G] [D] North, South, East, [Em] West, kill the [G] best and buy the rest, [D] let's just spend a buck and
make a buck, [Em] you don't really [G] give a fuck [D] about the people in misery.
[G] [A] I am that, there I am that, takes away everything it can get, always making certain that there's
one thing left, keep them on the roof with his deplorable [D] bent.
[Em] [D]
[Em] [D] See the paid-off local bottom [Em]-feeders passing themselves off as [D] leaders, kids the ladies
shake hands with the [Em] fellows and it's open for business [G] like a cheap bordello [D] and they
call it democracy, [G] and they call it democracy, [D] and they call it democracy, [Em] and they call it [G] democracy.
[D] See the molded eyes of the children too, [Em] trying to make the best of it the way kids do, [D] one
day you're gonna rise from your habitual feast [G] and find yourself staring down the throat
of the beast [D] they call a revolution.
[G] [A] I am that, there I am that, takes away everything it can get, always making certain that there's
one thing left, keep them on the roof with his [D] deplorable bent.
[G] [D] And they call it democracy, [Em] [D] and they call it democracy, [Em] [G] [D] and they call it democracy,
[Em] [D] and they call it democracy.
[G] [D]
[Em] [D]
[Em] [G] [D]
[Em] [A] [D]
[E] [D]
[E] [N]
Key:
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E
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ [D] Added with power, here they come, [E] international [G] loan sharks, backed by the guns [D] of market-hungry
military profiteers, [G] whose words are swamp and whose brow is smeared [D] with the blood of the poor.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] Who rob life of its quality, [G] who render rage a necessity, [D] by turning countries into labor
camps, [E] modern [G] slavers and draggers, [D] champions of freedom.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] Citizens in a cruel instrument, [Em] who make the gun into a sacrament, [D] the only response to
the deification [G] of tyranny by so-called developed nations, [D] idolatry of ideology.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] North, South, East, [Em] West, kill the [G] best and buy the rest, [D] let's just spend a buck and
make a buck, [Em] you don't really [G] give a fuck [D] about the people in misery.
_ [G] _ _ _ [A] I am that, there I am that, takes away everything it can get, always making certain that there's
one thing left, keep them on the roof with his deplorable [D] bent.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] See the paid-off local bottom [Em]-feeders passing themselves off as [D] leaders, kids the ladies
shake hands with the [Em] fellows and it's open for business [G] like a cheap bordello [D] and they
call it democracy, [G] and they call it democracy, [D] and they call it democracy, [Em] and they call it [G] democracy.
[D] See the molded eyes of the children too, [Em] trying to make the best of it the way kids do, [D] one
day you're gonna rise from your habitual feast [G] and find yourself staring down the throat
of the beast [D] they call a revolution.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] I am that, there I am that, takes away everything it can get, always making certain that there's
one thing left, keep them on the roof with his [D] deplorable bent.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] And they call it democracy, _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] and they call it democracy, _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ [D] and they call it democracy,
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] and they call it democracy.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [N]
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ [D] Added with power, here they come, [E] international [G] loan sharks, backed by the guns [D] of market-hungry
military profiteers, [G] whose words are swamp and whose brow is smeared [D] with the blood of the poor.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] Who rob life of its quality, [G] who render rage a necessity, [D] by turning countries into labor
camps, [E] modern [G] slavers and draggers, [D] champions of freedom.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] Citizens in a cruel instrument, [Em] who make the gun into a sacrament, [D] the only response to
the deification [G] of tyranny by so-called developed nations, [D] idolatry of ideology.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] North, South, East, [Em] West, kill the [G] best and buy the rest, [D] let's just spend a buck and
make a buck, [Em] you don't really [G] give a fuck [D] about the people in misery.
_ [G] _ _ _ [A] I am that, there I am that, takes away everything it can get, always making certain that there's
one thing left, keep them on the roof with his deplorable [D] bent.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] See the paid-off local bottom [Em]-feeders passing themselves off as [D] leaders, kids the ladies
shake hands with the [Em] fellows and it's open for business [G] like a cheap bordello [D] and they
call it democracy, [G] and they call it democracy, [D] and they call it democracy, [Em] and they call it [G] democracy.
[D] See the molded eyes of the children too, [Em] trying to make the best of it the way kids do, [D] one
day you're gonna rise from your habitual feast [G] and find yourself staring down the throat
of the beast [D] they call a revolution.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] I am that, there I am that, takes away everything it can get, always making certain that there's
one thing left, keep them on the roof with his [D] deplorable bent.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] And they call it democracy, _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] and they call it democracy, _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ [D] and they call it democracy,
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] and they call it democracy.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [N]
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