{t:Maxwell’s Silver Hammer}
{st:The Beatles (1969)}
{c:strum: | d - D u d - D u | (weak, STRONG and weak, STRONG and)}
{c:verse 1}
[C]Joan was quizzical [A7]studied pataphysical [Dm]science in the home
[G7]Late nights all alone with a test tube, [C]oh oh oh [G7]oh
[C]Maxwell Edison, [A7]majoring in medicine, [Dm]calls her on the phone
[G7]Can I take you out to the pictures, [C]Jo-o-o-[G7]oan
But [D7]↓as she's getting ready to go ↑↓↑
A [G7]↓knock comes on the door ↑↓ ↓↓
{soc}
[C]Bang Bang Maxwell's silver hammer came [D7]down upon her head
[G7]Bang Bang Maxwell's silver hammer
Made [Dm]sure that [G7]she was [C]↓ dead [G7]↓ [C]↓
{eoc}
([C]↓1 2 [E7]↓3 4, [Am]↓1 2 [C7]↓3 4, [F]↓1 2 3 4, [C]↓1 [G7]↓2 [C]↓3 4)
{c:verse 2}
[C]Back in school again, [A7]Maxwell plays the fool again, [Dm]teacher gets annoyed
[G7]Wishing to avoid an unpleasant [C]sce-e-e-[G7]ene
[C]She tells Max to stay, [A7]when the class has gone away, [Dm]so he waits behind
[G7]Writing fifty times I must not be [C]so-o-o-[G7]o
But [D7]↓when she turns her back on the boy ↑↓↑
He [G7]↓creeps up from behind ↑↓ ↓↓
{soc}
[C]Bang Bang Maxwell's silver hammer came [D7]down upon her head
[G7]Bang Bang Maxwell's silver hammer
Made [Dm]sure that she was [G7]dead
{eoc}
{c:instrumental chorus}
([C]1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4, [D7]1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4, [G7]1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4, [Dm]1 2 [G7]3 4, [C]↓1 [G7]↓2 [C]↓3 4)
([C]↓1 2 [E7]↓3 4, [Am]↓1 2 [C7]↓3 4, [F]↓1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4)
{c:verse 3}
[C]PC Thirty-one, [A7]said we caught a dirty one, [Dm]Maxwell stands alone
[G7]Painting testimonial pictures, [C]oh oh oh [G7]oh
[C]Rose and Valerie, [A7]screaming from the gallery, [Dm]say he must go free
The [G7]judge does not agree, and he tells them [C]so-o-o-[G7]o
But [D7]↓as the words are leaving his lips ↑↓↑
A [G7]↓noise comes from behind ↑↓ ↓↓
{soc}
[C]Bang Bang Maxwell's silver hammer came [D7]down upon his head
[G7]Bang Bang Maxwell's silver hammer
Made [Dm]sure that he was [G7]dead
{eoc}
{c:instrumental chorus}
([C]1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4, [D7]1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4, [G7]1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4, [Dm]1 2 [G7]3 4, [C]↓1 [G7]↓2 [C]↓3 4)
{c:outro}
[C]↓Sil-[E7]↓ver [Am]↓Ham-[C7]↓mer
[F]↓man (2 3 4) [C]↓ [G7]↓ [C]↓
