Chords for The Beatles - Maxwell's Silver Hammer

_ _ _ _ _ Joan was [B] quizzical, studied [Em] metaphysical science in the home.
_ _ [A] _ Late nights all alone with her test [D] tube.
Oh, [A] oh, oh.
_ _ [D] _ Maxwell [B] Edison, _ majoring in [Em] medicine, calls her on the phone.
_ [A] Can I take you out to the [D] pictures, Joan?
Oh, [A] oh, oh.
_ [E] But as she's getting ready to [A] go, a knock comes on the door.
_ [D] _ Bang, bang, Maxwell _ Silverhammer [E] came down on her _ head.
[A] Bang, bang, Maxwell _ Silverhammer [Em] made sure that she [D] was dead.
_ Back _ [F#] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ in school [B] again, Maxwell plays the [Em] fool again.
Teacher gets [G] annoyed, _ [A] _ wishing to avoid an [D] unpleasant scene. _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] She tells Max [B] to stay when the class has gone [Em] away, so he waits [C#] behind.
_ [A] _ Writing fifty times, I must [D] not be so.
[A] Oh, oh, oh.
_ [E] But when she turns her back on the [A] boy, he creeps up from behind.
_ [D] _ Bang, bang, Maxwell _ Silverhammer [E] came down on her head.
_ _ [A] Bang, bang, Maxwell _ Silverhammer [Em] made sure that she [A] was dead.
_ [D] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ PC [B]-31 said, we caught a dirty [Em] one, Maxwell stands alone.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
Painting testimonial [D] pictures.
Oh, oh, [A] oh.
_ _ [D] Rose and [B] Valerie, screaming from the [Em] gallery, say he's [B] scoffed at us.
_ [A] The judge does not agree, and he tells [D] them so.
Oh, [A] oh, oh.
_ [E] But as the words are leaving his lips, [A] a noise comes from behind.
_ _ [D] Bang, bang, Maxwell _ Silverhammer [E] came down on his head.
_ _ [A] Bang, bang, Maxwell _ Silverhammer [Em] made sure that she [A] was dead.
Oh, oh, [D] oh. _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[D] Silverhammer.
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _