The Beatles – Maxwells Silver Hammer (Guitar)

D                   B7
Joan was quizzical; studied pataphysical

Em
Science in the home

A7
Late nights all alone with a test tube

D           A 
Oh, oh, oh, oh

D               B7
Maxwell Edison, majoring in medicine

Em
Calls her on the phone

A7                                   D           A
"Can I take you out to the pictures, Jo, oa, oa, an?"

    E7
But as she's getting ready to go

  A7
A knock comes on the door

D
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer

     E7
Came down upon her head.

A7
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer

     Em        A7      D
Made sure that she was dead.

D                    B7
Back in school again Maxwell plays the fool again

Em
Teacher gets annoyed

A7                             D       A
Wishing to avoid an unpleasant sce-e-e-ene

D                     B7       
She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away

Em
So he waits behind

A7                                 D         A
Writing fifty times "I must not be so, o, o, o."

    E7
But when she turns her back on the boy

   A7
He creeps up from behind

D
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer

     E7
Came down upon her head

A7
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer

     Em        A7      D
Made sure that she was dead

D                B7
P. C. Thirty-one said, "We caught a dirty one."

Em
Maxwell stands alone

A7
Painting testimonial pictures

D           A 
Oh, oh, oh, oh

D                 B7
Rose and Valerie, screaming from the gallery

Em
Say he must go free

    A7                                     D         A
The judge does not agree and he tells them so, o, o, o

    E7
But as the words are leaving his lips

  A7
A noise comes from behind

D
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer

     E7
Came down upon his head.

A7
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer

Em             A7 
Made sure that he was dead (Wha-oh-a-oh-a-oh)

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Silver   Ham-mer  Man