Maxwell Silverhammer - The Beatles, guitar chords

Published: 2022-06-18 19:19
Selection chords: Katie Paterson

 C#                   A#7
Joan was quizzical; studied metaphysical
 D#m
Science in the home.
 G#7
Late nights all alone with a test tube.
 C#           G#
Oh, oh, oh, oh.

 C#               A#7
Maxwell Edison, majoring in medicine,
 D#m
Calls her on the phone.
 G#7
"Can I take you out to the pictures,
 C#           G#
Jo, oa, oa, an?"

 D#7
But as sheʼs getting ready to go,
   G#7
A knock comes on the door.

 C#
Bang! Bang! Maxwellʼs silver hammer
      D#7
Came down upon her head.
 G#7
Clang! Clang! Maxwellʼs silver hammer
      D#m        G#7      C#
Made sure that she was dead.

 C#                    A#7
Back in school again Maxwell plays the fool again.
 D#m
Teacher gets annoyed.
 G#7
Wishing to avoid an unpleasant
 C#          G#
Sce, E, E, ene,

 C#                     D#7
She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away,
 D#m
So he waits behind
 G#7
Writing fifty times "I must not be
 C#         G#
So, o, o, o.."

     D#7
But when she turns her back on the boy,
    G#7
He creeps up from behind.

 C#
Bang! Bang! Maxwellʼs silver hammer
      D#7
Came down upon her head.
 G#7
Clang! Clang! Maxwellʼs silver hammer
      D#m        G#7      C#
Made sure that she was dead.

 C#                A#7
P. C  Thirty-one said, "We caught a dirty one."
 D#m
Maxwell stands alone
 G#7
Painting testimonial pictures.
 C#           G#
Oh, oh, oh, oh.

 C#                 A#7
Rose and Valerie, screaming from the gallery
 D#m
Say he must go free
     G#7
The judge does not agree and he tells them
 C#         G#
So, o, o, o.

 D#7
But as the words are leaving his lips,
 G#7
A noise comes from behind.

 C#
Bang! Bang! Maxwellʼs silver hammer
      D#7
Came down upon his head.
 G#7
Clang! Clang! Maxwellʼs silver hammer
 D#m             G#7     C#
Made sure that he was dead.