Maxwell’s Silver Hammer

By

Guitar

Ukulele

Verse

D
Joan was quizzical;
B7
studied pataphysical
Em
Science in the home.
A7
Late nights all alone with a test tube.
D
Oh, oh, oh,
A
oh.
D
Maxwell Edison,
B7
majoring in medicine,
Em
Calls her on the phone.
A7
"Can I take you out to the pictures,
D
Jo, oa, oa,
A
an?"

Chorus

E7
But as she's getting ready to go,
A
A7
knock comes on the door.
D
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Came
E7
down upon her head.
A7
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Made
Em
sure that
A7
she was
D
dead.
D
F#/C#
Bm
D7/A
G
D

Verse

D
Back in school again
B7
Maxwell plays the fool again.
Em
Teacher gets annoyed.
A7
Wishing to avoid an unpleasant
D
Sce, E, E,
A
ene,
D
She tells Max to stay
B7
when the class has gone away,
Em
So he waits behind
A7
Writing fifty times "I must not be
D
So, o, o,
A
o.."

Chorus

But
E7
when she turns her back on the boy,
He
A7
creeps up from behind.
D
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Came
E7
down upon her head.
A7
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Made
Em
sure that
A7
she was
D
dead.
D
F#/C#
Bm
D7/A
G
D

Verse

D
P. C. Thirty-one
B7
said, "We caught a dirty one."
Em
Maxwell stands alone
A7
Painting testimonial pictures.
D
Oh, oh, oh,
A
oh.
D
Rose and Valerie,
B7
screaming from the gallery
Em
Say he must go free
The
A7
judge does not agree and he tells them
D
So, o, o,
A
o.

Chorus

E7
But as the words are leaving his lips,
A7
A noise comes from behind.
D
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Came
E7
down upon his head.
A7
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Em
Made sure that
A7
he was
D
dead. (Wha-oh-a-oh-a-oh)
D
E7
A7
Em7
A7
D
A
D

Outro

D
Sil
F#/C#
ver
Bm
Ham-
D7/A
mer
G
Man
D
A
D