Gm                                 Eb
Can you tell me why the bells are ringing?
Gm                               Ebm  Dbm
Nothing's happened in a million years
Gm                                     Eb
I've been sitting here since Wednesday morning
Gm                Ebm              Gm
Wednesday morning can't believe my ears
Gm                                 Eb
Jazz police are looking through my folders
Gm                             Ebm  Dbm
Jazz police are talking to my niece
Gm                               Eb
Jazz police have got their final orders
Gm                Ebm              Gm
Jazzer, drop your axe, it's Jazz police

[Bridge]
Am                      F
Jesus taken serious by many
Am                       Fm Ebm
Jesus taken joyous by a few
Am                               F
Jazz police are paid by J. Paul Getty
Am              Fm            Am
Jazzers paid by J. Paul Getty II

[Chorus]
Bb                      D7
Jazz police I hear you calling
Bb                    Abm
Jazz police I feel so blue
Db                       Bbm
Jazz police I think I'm falling,
Gbm             Gm
I'm falling for you

[Drum fill]
N.C.

[Verse 2]
Gm                         Eb
Wild as any freedom loving racist
Gm                            Ebm  Dbm
I applaud the actions of the chief
Gm                             Eb
Tell me now oh beautiful and spacious
Gm               Ebm            Gm
Am I in trouble with the Jazz police?
Gm                                 Eb
Jazz police are looking through my folders
Gm                             Ebm  Dbm
Jazz police are talking to my niece
Gm                               Eb
Jazz police have got their final orders
Gm                Ebm              Gm
Jazzer, drop your axe, it's Jazz police

[Solo]
Gm Eb Gm Ebm Dbm Gm Eb Gm Ebm Gm

[Verse 3]
Gm                              Eb
They will never understand our culture
Gm                                 Ebm  Dbm
They'll never understand the Jazz police
Gm                             Eb
Jazz police are working for my mother
Gm               Ebm             Gm
Blood is thicker margarine than grease

[Bridge]
Am                      F
Let me be somebody I admire
Am                                Fm  Ebm
Let me be that muscle down the street
Am                           F
Stick another turtle on the fire
Am               Fm              Am
Guys like me are mad for turtle meat

[Chorus]
Bb                      D7
Jazz police I hear you calling
Bb                    Abm
Jazz police I feel so blue
Db                       Bbm
Jazz police I think I'm falling,
Gbm             Gm
I'm falling for you

[Drum fill]
N.C.

[Outro]
Gm                        Eb
Jazz police are looking through my folders
Gm                          Eb
Jazz police have got their final orders
Gm                        Eb
Jazz police are looking through my folders
Gm                          Eb
Jazz police have got their final orders