{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2027025,"song":"Maintaining Law And Order","artist":"Phil Ochs","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11448895-maintaining-law-and-order-chords-by-phil-ochs/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2027025?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Capo I\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe policemen of the city wear a uniform of blue[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwalkin' within the city's border[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nprotecting all the people[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nthat's what they're paid to do,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nmaintaining law and order.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou see them walkin' down the street[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nswingin' around the club[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\npistols hangin' loosely from the holster[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nand the something of the soldier[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nin the shedding of the blood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nmaintaining law and order.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd at the police academy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nthey're trainin' for the day[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F#m[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwhere the rookies are training to be colder[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nlearning to be as hard as the hard world they face[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nmaintaining law and order.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow in many Southern cities[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nthey don't need to use their hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\noh, they throw them roughly in the corner[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                                [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nand tell the other prisoners \"Here's a nigger-lovin' man\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwhile maintaining law and order.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow I'll be the first to tell you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nthat their pay is not the best[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nfor they all have a wife and must support her[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                                         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nso the gamblers and the prostitutes pay them the rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#m[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwhile they maintain law and order.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThese are bitter words of warning[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nand they have to leave you sad[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\ncause a cop may save my life tomorrow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nbut it's really for the good man that I'm singing about the bad[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwho are maintaining law and order.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow they ask for greater power[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nfrom the bottom to the top[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\ntheir demands daily growing bolder[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nbut who maintain the police and who maintain the cops[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#m[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwhile they maintain law, law and order.[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo I\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]","chords":["D","Bm","F#m","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]}}}