Jazz Police chords by Leonard Cohen

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Jazz Police
From the album I'm Your Man

Verse 1:
G minorGm                 Eb MajorEb
Can you tell me why the bells are ringing?
G minorGm                EbmEbm DbmDbm
Nothing's happened in a million years
G minorGm                   Eb MajorEb
I've been sitting here since Wednesday morning
G minorGm        EbmEbm       G minorGm
Wednesday morning can't believe my ears
G minorGm                 Eb MajorEb
Jazz police are looking through my folders
G minorGm               EbmEbm DbmDbm
Jazz police are talking to my niece
G minorGm                Eb MajorEb
Jazz police have got their final orders
G minorGm        EbmEbm       G minorGm
Jazzer, drop your axe, it's Jazz police

Bridge:
A minorAm           FF
Jesus taken serious by many
A minorAm            F minorFm EbmEbm
Jesus taken joyous by a few
A minorAm                FF
Jazz police are paid by J. Paul Getty
A minorAm       F minorFm      A minorAm
Jazzers paid by J. Paul Getty II

Chorus:
Bb majorBb           D7D7
Jazz police I hear you calling
Bb majorBb          AbmAbm
Jazz police I feel so blue
DbDb            BbmBbm
Jazz police I think I'm falling,
GbmGbm       G minorGm
I'm falling for you

Drum fill:
N.C.

Verse 2:
G minorGm             Eb MajorEb
Wild as any freedom loving racist
G minorGm              EbmEbm DbmDbm
I applaud the actions of the chief
G minorGm               Eb MajorEb
Tell me now oh beautiful and spacious
G minorGm        EbmEbm      G minorGm
A minorAm I in trouble with the Jazz police?
G minorGm                 Eb MajorEb
Jazz police are looking through my folders
G minorGm               EbmEbm DbmDbm
Jazz police are talking to my niece
G minorGm                Eb MajorEb
Jazz police have got their final orders
G minorGm        EbmEbm       G minorGm
Jazzer, drop your axe, it's Jazz police

Solo:
G minorGm Eb MajorEb G minorGm EbmEbm DbmDbm G minorGm Eb MajorEb G minorGm EbmEbm G minorGm

Verse 3:
G minorGm               Eb MajorEb
They will never understand our culture
G minorGm                 EbmEbm DbmDbm
They'll never understand the Jazz police
G minorGm               Eb MajorEb
Jazz police are working for my mother
G minorGm        EbmEbm       G minorGm
Blood is thicker margarine than grease

Bridge:
A minorAm           FF
Let me be somebody I admire
A minorAm                F minorFm EbmEbm
Let me be that muscle down the street
A minorAm              FF
Stick another turtle on the fire
A minorAm        F minorFm       A minorAm
Guys like me are mad for turtle meat

[Chorus:
Bb majorBb           D7D7
Jazz police I hear you calling
Bb majorBb          AbmAbm
Jazz police I feel so blue
DbDb            BbmBbm
Jazz police I think I'm falling,
GbmGbm       G minorGm
I'm falling for you

Drum fill:
N.C.

Outro:
G minorGm            Eb MajorEb
Jazz police are looking through my folders
G minorGm             Eb MajorEb
Jazz police have got their final orders
G minorGm            Eb MajorEb
Jazz police are looking through my folders
G minorGm             Eb MajorEb
Jazz police have got their final orders

(Fade out)