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
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