Maxwells Silver Hammer

D                   B7
Joan was quizzical, studied 
pataphysical
Em
Science in the home
A7
Late nights all alone with a test 
tube
D         A
Ohh-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
Joa-oa-oa-oan?"
E7                   E
But as she's getting ready to go
  A7                 A
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    A
Made sure that she was dead

F# Bm D7 G A7 D A7 D

D                    B7
Back in school again Maxwell plays 
the fool again
Em
Teacher gets annoyed
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A7                           
Wishing to avoid an unpleasant 
  D         A
sce-e-e-ene
D                     B7
She tells Max to stay when the class
 has gone away
Em
So he waits behind
A7                            
Writing 50 times "I must not be 
  D      A
so-o-o-oo..."
E7                     E
But when she turns her back on the 
boy
   A7               A
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    A
Made sure that she was dead

break

F# Bm D7 G A7 D A7 D

D                                 
P.C. Thirty-One said "we caught a 
B7
dirty one"
Em
Maxwell stands alone
A7                          
Painting testimonial pictures 
  D         A
ohh-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 
            D      A
tells them so-o-o-oo
E7                   E
But as the words are leaving his 
lips
  A7                 A
A noise comes 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    A
Made sure that he was dead

D E7 A7 Em A7 D A

D  F#  Bm  D7  G A D
Silver hammer

* Alternate:

Capo II

D  = C
B7 = A7
Em = Dm
A7 = G7
A  = G
E7 = D7
Bm = Am
F# = E
E  = D