Maxwells Silver Hammer Chords

Capo: 2nd fret
Key: D

[Verse 1]
C                   A
Joan was quizzical; studied pataphysical
Dm
Science in the home
G
Late nights all alone with a test tube
C           G
Oh, oh, oh, oh
 
[Verse 2]
C               A
Maxwell Edison, majoring in medicine
Dm
Calls her on the phone
G                                    C           G
"Can I take you out to the pictures, Jo, oa, oa, an?"
 
 [Bridge]
    D
But as she's getting ready to go
  G
A knock comes on the door
 
[Chorus]
C
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
     D
Came down upon her head.
G
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
     Dm        G       C
Made sure that she was dead.
 
[Interlude]
C    E    Am   C    F    C 
 
[Verse 3]
C                    A
Back in school again Maxwell plays the fool again
Dm
Teacher gets annoyed
G                              C       G
Wishing to avoid an unpleasant sce-e-e-ene
 
[Verse 4]
C                     A
She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away
Dm
So he waits behind
G                                  C         G
Writing fifty times "I must not be so, o, o, o."
 
[Bridge]
    D
But when she turns her back on the boy
   G
He creeps up from behind
 
[Chorus]
C
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
     D
Came down upon her head
G
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
     Dm        G       C
Made sure that she was dead
 
[Interlude]
C    E    Am   C    F    C 
 
[Verse 5]
C                A
P. C. Thirty-one said, "We caught a dirty one."
Dm
Maxwell stands alone
G
Painting testimonial pictures
C           G
Oh, oh, oh, oh
 
[Verse 6]
C                 A
Rose and Valerie, screaming from the gallery
Dm
Say he must go free
    G                                      C         G
The judge does not agree and he tells them so, o, o, o
 
[Bridge]
    D
But as the words are leaving his lips
  G
A noise comes from behind
 
[Chorus]
C
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
     D
Came down upon his head.
G
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Dm             G
Made sure that he was dead (Wha-oh-a-oh-a-oh)
 
[Solo]
C    D
G   Dm   G   C   G   C
 
[Coda]
C  E    Am  C    F    C G C
Silver   Ham-mer  Man