MAXWELL'S SILVER HAMMER recorded in key of D capo to second fret to play along with recording

^CJoan was ^C/Bquizzical ^A7Studied pataphysical

^DmScience in the home. ^G7Late nights all alone with a test tube.

^COh,^C/B oh, oh, ^G7oh. ^CMaxwell ^C/BEdison,

^A7Majoring in medicine, ^DmCalls her on the phone.

^G7"Can I take you out to the pictures, ^CJoa,^C/B oa, oa, o^G7an?"

But ^D7as she's getting ready to go, G7 A-------0-2-- A knock comes on the door. E---3-3------

^CBang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer Came ^D7down upon her head.

^G7Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer Made ^Dm7sure that ^G7she was ^Cdead.

|C E7 |Am C7 |F |G13 G7 C |

^CBack in ^C/Bschool again

^A7Maxwell plays the fool again. ^DmTeacher gets annoyed.

^G7Wishing to avoid and unpleasant ^CSce- ^C/Be- e- ^G7ene,

^CShe tells ^C/BMax to stay ^A7When the class has gone away,

^DmSo he waits behind ^G7Writing fifty times "I must not be

^CSo- o- o-^G7 o.." But ^D7when she turns her back on the boy,

G7 A---------0--2- He creeps up from behind. E----3--3-------

^CBang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer Came ^D7down upon her head.

^G7Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer Made ^Dm7sure that she was d^G7ead.

guitar: |C | |D7 | | |G7 | |Dm7 G7 |C | piano: |C E7 |Am C7 |F | G7 C |

^CP. C. ^C/BThirty-one ^A7said,

"We caught a dirty one."

^DmMaxwell stands alone ^G7Painting testimonial pictures.

^COh, oh, oh, ^G7oh.

^CRose and ^C/BValerie, ^A7screaming from the gallery ^DmSay he must go free (Maxwell must go free)

The ^G7judge does not agree and he tells them ^CSo- o- o- ^G7o.

But ^D7as the words are leaving his lips, G7 A--------0--2-- A noise comes from behind. E---3--3-------

^CBang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer

Came ^D7down upon his head. ^G7Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer

Made ^Dm7sure that he was dead. melotron: |C | |D7 | | Whoa, oh, oh, oh. doot oo oo oo

|G7 | |Dm7 G7 |C | oo.. |C E7 |Am C7 |F |C | Sil ver Ha mer clank clank transcription and chart Peter Kruger casparus60@yahoo.com

The Beatles - Maxwells silver hammer