Maxwell's Silver Hammer Chords by The Beatles

[Start]

[Verse]
D C#m Bm A G
■ ■   ■  ■ ■
D                  B7                  
Joan was quizzical studied pataphysical
Em                 
Science in the home
A7                                    D   A7    A 
Late nights all alone with a testtube ohh oh oh oh
D              B7                  
Maxwell Edison majoring in medicine
Em                    
Calls her on the phone
A7                                 D    A7
Can I take you out to the pictures Joan ■ 


[Chorus]
E7                              
But as she's getting ready to go
  A7                 A   
A knock comes on the door
D                                
Bang bang Maxwell's silver hammer
E                      
Came down upon her head
A7                                 
Clang clang Maxwell's silver hammer
               A       D    C#m Bm
Made sure that she was dead ■   ■ 


[Verse]
F#m D                    B7                          
■   Back in school again Maxwell plays the fool again
Em                  
Teacher gets annoyed
A7                             D     A7
Wishing to avoid an unpleasant scene ■ 
D         A           B7                          
She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away
Em                
So he waits behind
A       E     A7                  D        A 
Writing fifty lines I must not be so oh oh oh
E7                                    
But when she turns her back on the boy
A7                      
He creeps up from behind
D                          A     
Bang bang Maxwell's silver hammer
E7   E             E7  
Came down upon her head
E7            
Do do do do do
A7                                 
Clang clang Maxwell's silver hammer
Em                         
Made sure that she was dead


[Chorus]
A7 D E A7
■  ■ ■ ■ 
Em A7 D       
Do do do do do
C#m Bm A7 D B7
■   ■  ■  ■ ■ 


[Verse]
Em       A7                      D         A 
Painting ■  testimonial pictures ohh 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 oh oh oh
E7                                   
But as the words are leaving his lips
  A7               A      A7
A noise comes from behind ■ 
D                                
Bang bang Maxwell's silver hammer
E7                     
Came down upon his head
            A7
Do do do do do


[Chorus]
                      A7           
Clang clang Maxwell's silver hammer
     Em               A   
Made sure that he was dead
D             
Do do do do do
E A7 Em A7 D C#m Bm Bm7
■ ■  ■  ■  ■ ■   ■  ■  
G A7 G A7
■ ■  ■ ■ 


[Outro]