They Call It Democracy
Bruce Cockburn
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D Padded with power here they comeEm G International loan sharks backed by the gunsD Of market hungry military profiteersEm G Whose word is a swamp and whose brow is smearedD Em G With the blood of the poor [Verse 2]D Who rob life of its qualityEm G Who render rage a necessityD By turning countries into labour campsEm G D Modern slavers in drag asEm G champions of freedom [Verse 3]D Sinister cynical instrumentEm G Who makes the gun into a sacramentD The only response to the deificationEm G Of tyranny by so-called "developed" nations'D Em G Idolatry of ideology [Verse 4]Continúa después del anuncioD North south east westEm G Kill the best and buy the restD It's just spend a buck to make a buckEm G You don't really give a flying fuckD Em G About the people in misery [Chorus]A IMF dirty MFA Takes away everything it can getA Always making certain that there's one thing leftA Keep them on the hook withD Em G insupportable debtD Em G [Verse 5]D I see the paid-off local bottom feedersEm G Passing themselves off as leadersD Kiss the ladies shake hands with the fellowsEm And it's open for business like aG cheap bordelloD And they call it democracy, andEm G they call it democracyD And they call it democracy, andEm G they call it democracy [Verse 6]D You see the loaded eyes of the children tooEm Trying to make the best of it theG way kids doD One day you're going to rise from your habitual feastEm To find yourself staring down theG throat of the beastD Em G They call the revolution [Chorus]A IMF dirty MFA Takes away everything it can getA Always making certain that there's one thing leftA Keep them on the hook withD Em G insupportable debt.D And they call it democracy, andEm G they call it democracyD And they call it democracy, andEm G they call it democracyD Em GD Em GD Em GD Em G