Chinese Democracy (song) their Chinese Democracy Tour in 2001, 2002, 2006 and 2007. The final line of the song was originally "like if your ass were your head, you can tell", but was ultimately changed to "when their arms reach out for your help". Axl Rose introduced the band's first live performance of the song in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 1, 2001 with the following: "Chinese Democracy" has been played live at most Guns N' Roses shows since the first "Chinese Democracy" Tour in 2001. With each tour, the performances drastically changed, gaining more background structure and guitar parts, along with a
Chinese Democracy February 9, 2009, in his first official interview since the release, Rose said he had "no information for me to believe there was any real involvement or effort from Interscope". The band announced a new leg of the Chinese Democracy Tour in March 2009, which lasted from December 2009 until December 2012. Finck left before the tour to rejoin Nine Inch Nails; he was replaced by DJ Ashba. A guitar tab book of the album was released in December 2009. According to Bumblefoot, one song, "Atlas Shrugged", was cut at the last second because of the CD playing-time constraints. Songs