The Beatles - Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Vox on the 3 on Joan
DJoan was D/C#quizzical, B7studied pataphysical
EmScience in the home
A7Late nights all alone with a test tube
DOh, oh, oh, Aoh
DMaxwell ED/C#dison, B7majoring in medicine
EmCalls her on the phone
A7Can I take you out to the pictures, JDo, oa, oa, aAn
Vox stays on what is now the 1 of the chord on “as”
But E7as she’s getting ready to go
A A7knock comes on the door
Vox on 3 5 1 on “bang bang Max”
DBang bang Maxwell’s silver hammer
Came E7down upon her head
A7Clang clang Maxwell’s silver hammer
Made Em7sure that A7she was Ddead
DF#/C#BmD7/AGGDD
DBack in D/C#school again B7Maxwell plays the fool again
EmTeacher gets annoyed
A7Wishing to avoid an unpleasant Dsce-e-e-Aene
DShe tells D/C#Max to stay B7when the class has gone away
EmSo he waits behind
A7Writing fifty times I must not be Dso, o, o, Ao
But E7when she turns her back on the boy
He A7creeps up from behind
DBang bang Maxwell’s silver hammer
Came E7down upon her head
A7Clang clang Maxwell’s silver hammer
Note different ending to this line
Made Em7sure that she was A7dead
Solo on chorus chords
DE7A7Em7→ A7→ D
DF#/C#BmD7/AGGDD
DP.C. D/C#thirty-one sB7aid we caught a dirty one
EmMaxwell stands alone
A7Painting testimonial pictures
DOh, oh, oh, Aoh
DRose and D/C#Valerie, B7screaming from the gallery
EmSay he must go free
The A7judge does not agree and he tells them Dso, o, o, Ao
But E7as the words are leaving his lips
A A7noise comes from behind
DBang bang Maxwell’s silver hammer
Came E7down upon his head
A7Clang clang Maxwell’s silver hammer
Made Em7sure that he was deA7ad, whow whoa whoa
DE7A7Em7→ A7→ D
DSilF#/C#ver BmhamD7/Amer Gman D→ A→ D