Maxwells Silver Hammer chords by The Beatles

Chords with lyrics

Maxwell's Silver Hammer chords
The Beatles *

D MajorD          B7B7
Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical
E minorEm
Science in the home
A7A7
Late nights all alone with a test tube
D MajorD     A augmentedA
Ohh-oh-oh-oh...
D MajorD       B7B7
Maxwell Edison majoring in medicine
E minorEm
Calls her on the phone
A7A7
"Can I take you out to the pictures
D MajorD     A augmentedA
Joa-oa-oa-oan?"
E7E7
But as she's getting ready to go
 A7A7
A augmentedA knock comes on the door...

D MajorD
Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer
   E7E7
Came down upon her head
A7A7
Clang, clang, Maxwell's silver hammer
   E minorEm    A7A7   D MajorD  A augmentedA
Made sure that she was dead

D MajorD          B7B7
Back in school again Maxwell plays the fool again
E minorEm
Teacher gets annoyed
A7A7               D MajorD     A augmentedA
Wishing to avoid an unpleasant sce-e-e-ene
D MajorD           B7B7
She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away
E minorEm
So he waits behind
A7A7               D MajorD   A augmentedA
Writing 50 times "I must not be so-o-o-oo..."
E7E7
But when she turns her back on the boy
  A7A7
He creeps up from behind

D MajorD
Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer
   E7E7
Came down upon her head
A7A7
Clang, clang, Maxwell's silver hammer
   E minorEm    A7A7   D MajorD  A augmentedA
Made sure that she was dead

P.C. Thirty-One said "we caught a dirty one"
Maxwell stands alone
Painting testimonial pictures ohh-oh-oh-oh
Rose and Valerie screaming from the gallery
Say he must go free (Maxwell must go free)
The judge does not agree and he tells them so-o-o-oo
But as the words are leaving his lips
A augmentedA noise comes from behind

D MajorD
Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer
   E7E7
Came down upon her head
A7A7
Clang, clang, Maxwell's silver hammer
   E minorEm    A7A7   D MajorD  A augmentedA
Made sure that he was dead

* Alternate:

Capo II

D MajorD = C majorC
B7B7 = A7A7
E minorEm = DmDm
A7A7 = G7G7
A augmentedA = G+G
E7E7 = D7D7

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