Maxwell's Silver Hammer

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Maxwell's Silver Hammer
The Beatles

D                   B7
Joan was quizzical, studied metaphysical
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
"Can I take you out to the pictures
D           A 
Jo, oa, oa, an?"

    E7
But as she's getting ready to go
  A7
A knock comes on the door

CHORUS

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 F# Bm D7 G

D                    B7
Back in school again Maxwell plays the fool again
Em
Teacher gets annoyed
A7
Wishing to avoid an unpleasant
D          A
Sce, e, e, ene,

D                     E7       
She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away
Em
So he waits behind
A7
Writing fifty times "I must not be
D         A
So, o, o, o.."

    E7
But when she turns her back on the boy
   A7
He creeps up from behind

CHORUS
D E7 A7 Em A7 D
D F# Bm D7 G

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 (Maxwell must go free)
    A7
The judge does not agree and he tells them
D         A
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     D
Made sure that he was dead.

D E7 A7 Em A7 D
D F# Bm D7 G
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