The Beatles - Maxwells silver hammer

^CJoan was quizzical stud^A7ied pataphysical science i^Dmn the home ^G7Late nights all alone with a test tube oh oh oh o^Ch ^{G7 C}Maxwell Edison majo^A7ring in medicine calls her^Dm on the phone ^G7Can I take you out to the pictures Jo-o-o-o a^Cn ^G7 Bu^D7t as she's getting ready to go a knock ^G7comes on the door ^CBang Bang Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon her head ^{D7 G7}Bang bang Maxwell's silver hammer Mad^Dme sure ^G7that she ^Cwas^G7 de^Cad

^CBack in school again Maxwe^A7ll plays the fool again ^DmTeacher gets annoyed ^G7Wishing to avoid a^Cn unpleasant sce-e^G7-e-ene ^CShe tells Max to stay when ^A7the class has gone away ^DmSo he waits behind wri^G7ting fifty times I must not be so-o^C-o-o ^G7 Bu^D7t when she turns her back on the boy he creeps up from ^G7behind

^CBang Bang Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon her head ^{D7 G7}Bang bang Maxwell's silver hammer Made ^Dmsure that she was dead ^G7

^CP C Thirty-one s^A7aid we caught a dirty one Maxwell s^Dmtands alone ^G7Painting testimonial pictures oh-oh-o^Ch-oh ^{G7 C}Rose and Valerie scr^A7eaming from the gallery say he must^Dm go free Th^G7e judge does not agree and he tells them so-o-o-o ^{C G7} But^D7 as the words are leaving his lips a noise com^G7es from behind

^CBang Bang Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon his head ^{D7 G7}Bang bang Maxwell's silver hammer Made^Dm sure that he was dead ^G7

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