Tom: D
Introdução:
D B7
Joan was quizzical studied pataphysical
Em
Science in the home
A7
Late nights all alone with a test tube
D A
Oh, oh, oh, oh
D B7
Maxwell Edison, majoring in medicine
Em
Calls her on the phone
A7 D A
"Can I take you out to the pictures, Jo, oa, oa, an?"
E7
But as she' s getting ready to go
A7
A knock comes on the door
D
Bang! Bang! Maxwell' s silver hammer
E7
Came down upon her head.
A7
Clang! Clang! Maxwell' s silver hammer
Em A7 D
Made sure that she was dead.
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D B7
Back in school again Maxwell plays the fool again
Em
Teacher gets annoyed
A7 D A
Wishing to avoid an unpleasant sce-e-e-ene
D B7
She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away
Em
So he waits behind
A7 D A
Writing fifty times "I must not be so, o, o, o."
E7
But when she turns her back on the boy
A7
He creeps up from behind
D
Bang! Bang! Maxwell' s silver hammer
E7
Came down upon her head
A7
Clang! Clang! Maxwell' s silver hammer
Em A7 D
Made sure that she was dead
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D B7
P. C. Thirty-one said, "We caught a dirty one."
Em
Maxwell stands alone
A7
Painting testimonial pictures
D A
Oh, oh, oh, oh
D B7
Rose and Valerie, screaming from the gallery
Em
Say he must go free
A7 D A
The judge does not agree and he tells them so, o, o, o
E7
But as the words are leaving his lips
A7
A noise comes from behind
D
Bang! Bang! Maxwell' s silver hammer
E7
Came down upon his head.
A7
Clang! Clang! Maxwell' s silver hammer
Em A7
Made sure that he was dead (Wha-oh-a-oh-a-oh)
D E7
A7 Em7 A7 D A D
D F# Bm D7 G D A D
Silver Ham-mer Man