Phil Ochs - Maintaining law and order

^DThe policemen of the city wear a uniform of ^Bmblue ^F#mwalkin' within the city's ^Aborder ^Dprotecting all the people that's what they're paid to ^Bmdo, ^F#mmaintaining ^Alaw and ^Dorder.

^DYou see them walkin' down the street swingin' around the ^Bmclub ^F#mpistols hangin' loosely from the ^Aholster ^Dand the something of the soldier in the shedding of the ^Bmblood ^F#mmaintaining ^Alaw and ^Dorder.

^DAnd at the police academy they're trainin' for the ^Bmday where the ^F#mrookies are training to be ^Acolder ^Dlearning to be as hard as the hard world they ^Bmface ^F#mmaintaining ^Alaw and ^Dorder.

^DNow in many Southern cities they don't need to use their ^Bmhands oh, they ^F#mthrow them roughly in the ^Acorner and ^Dtell the other prisoners "Here's a nigger-lovin' ^Bmman" while ^F#mmaintaining ^Alaw and ^Dorder.

^DNow I'll be the first to tell you that their pay is not the ^Bmbest for they ^F#mall have a wife and must support ^Aher so the ^Dgamblers and the prostitutes pay them the ^Bmrest while they ^F#mmaintain ^Alaw and ^Dorder.

^DThese are bitter words of warning and they have to leave y^Bmou sad cause a ^F#mcop may save my life ^Atomorrow ^Dbut it's really for the good man that I'm singing about the ^Bmbad who are ^F#mmaintaining ^Alaw and ^Dorder.

^DNow they ask for greater power from the bottom to the ^Bmtop their ^F#mdemands daily growing ^Abolder but ^Dwho maintain the police and who maintain the ^Bmcops while they ^F#mmaintain ^Alaw, law and^D order.