MAXWELL'S SILVER HAMMER

recorded in key of D
capo to second fret to play along with recording


C        C/B
Joan was quizzical

A7
Studied pataphysical

Dm
Science in the home.

G7
Late nights all alone with a test tube.

C  C/B      G7
Oh, oh, oh, oh.

C       C/B
Maxwell Edison,

A7
Majoring in medicine,

Dm
Calls her on the phone.

G7
"Can I take you out to the pictures,

C   C/B       G7
Joa, oa, oa, oan?"

    D7
But as she's getting ready to go,

  G7                           A-------0-2--
A knock comes on the door.     E---3-3------

C
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer

     D7
Came down upon her head.

G7
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer

     Dm7       G7      C
Made sure that she was dead.


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

C       C/B
Back in school again



A7
Maxwell plays the fool again.

Dm
Teacher gets annoyed.

G7
Wishing to avoid and unpleasant

C    C/B   G7
Sce- e- e- ene,

C         C/B
She tells Max to stay

A7
When the class has gone away,

Dm
So he waits behind

G7
Writing fifty times "I must not be

C        G7
So- o- o- o.."

    D7
But when she turns her back on the boy,

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

C
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer

     D7
Came down upon her head.

G7
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer

     Dm7                G7
Made sure that she was dead.

guitar:
|C             |             |D7          |                |


|G7            |             |Dm7   G7    |C               |

piano:
|C     E7      |Am    C7     |F           | G7      C      |


C     C/B        A7
P. C. Thirty-one said,


"We caught a dirty one."



Dm
Maxwell stands alone

G7
Painting testimonial pictures.

C           G7
Oh, oh, oh, oh.


C        C/B      A7
Rose and Valerie, screaming from the gallery

Dm
Say he must go free
              (Maxwell must go free)

    G7
The judge does not agree and he tells them

C         G7
So- o- o- o.

    D7
But as the words are leaving his lips,

  G7                         A--------0--2--
A noise comes from behind.   E---3--3-------


C
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer


     D7
Came down upon his head.

G7
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer

     Dm7
Made sure 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