Maxwell’s Silver Hammer

Beatles

[Verse 1]

C                   A7
Joan was quizzical; studied pataphysical
Dm
Science in the home
G7
Late nights all alone with a test tube
C           G
Oh, oh, oh, oh
 
[Verse 2]
C               A7
Maxwell Edison, majoring in medicine
Dm
Calls her on the phone
G7                                   C           G
"Can I take you out to the pictures, Jo, oa, oa, an?"
 
 [Bridge]
    D7
But as she's getting ready to go
  G7
A knock comes on the door
 
{ CHORUS }

C
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
     D7
Came down upon her head.
G7
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
     Dm        G7      C
Made sure that she was dead.
 
[Interlude]
| C E/B | Am C7/G | F | C |
 
[Verse 3]
C                    A7
Back in school again Maxwell plays the fool again
Dm
Teacher gets annoyed
G7                             C       G
Wishing to avoid an unpleasant sce-e-e-ene
 
[Verse 4]
C                     A7
She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away
Dm
So he waits behind
G7                                 C         G
Writing fifty times "I must not be so, o, o, o."
 
[Bridge]
    D7
But when she turns her back on the boy
   G7
He creeps up from behind
 
{ CHORUS }
C
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
     D7
Came down upon her head
G7
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
     Dm        G7      C
Made sure that she was dead
 
[Interlude]
| C E/B | Am C7/G | F | C |
 
[Verse 5]
C                A7
P. C. Thirty-one said, "We caught a dirty one."
Dm
Maxwell stands alone
G7
Painting testimonial pictures
C           G
Oh, oh, oh, oh
 
[Verse 6]
C                 A7
Rose and Valerie, screaming from the gallery
Dm
Say he must go free
    G7                                     C         G
The judge does not agree and he tells them so, o, o, o
 
[Bridge]
    D7
But as the words are leaving his lips
  G7
A noise comes from behind
 
{ CHORUS }
C
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
     D7
Came down upon his head.
G7
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Dm             G7
Made sure that he was dead (Wha-oh-a-oh-a-oh)
 
[Solo]
| C | % | D7 | % |
| G7 | % | Dm7 G7 | C G C   |
 
[Coda]
C  E/B Am  C7/G F    C G C
Silver   Ham-mer  Man
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