#--------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship or research.#
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------#

Song title:       Maxwell's Silver Hamer
Original Album:	  Abbey Road

Words and Music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Copyright © 1969 EMI Music Limited
Published by Northern Songs Limited

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (www.gartfrets.net)


NOTES:

CHORDS:
D       xx0232
B7      x21202
Em      022000
A       x02220
A7      x02020
E7      020100
F#/C#   x44322
Bm      224432



VERSE1:
Chords:
D    xx0232    A7   x02020
B7   x21202    A    x02220
Em   022000    E7   020100


| D                  | B7                  | Em
  Joan was quizzical,  studied pataphysical  science in the home,

| A7                | %                     | D       | A
  Late nights all a - lone with a test tube,  oh oh oh  oh.

| D              | B7                   | Em
  Maxwell Edison,  majoring in medicine,  calls her on the phone

| A7            | %                   | D      A
 "Can I take you  out to the pictures,  Jo-o-o-oan?"

    | E7                             | A7
But,  as she's getting ready to go, a  knock comes from the door.





REFRAIN:
Chords:
D    xx0232    Em      022000    Bm   224432
E7   020100    A       x02220    D7   xx0212
A7   x02020    F#/C#   x44322    G    3x0003


| D                    | %                 | E7
  Bang! Bang! Maxwell's  silver hammer came  down upon her head.

| A7                     | %                 | Em        A7     | D   A   D
  Clang! Clang! Maxwell's  silver hammer made  sure that she was  dead.



[play: 4/4| D  F#/C# | Bm  D7 | G | D  A  D |]




VERSE2:
Chords:
D    xx0232    A7   x02020
B7   x21202    A    x02220
Em   022000    E7   020100


| D                    | B7                           | Em
  Back in school again,  Maxwell plays the fool again,  teacher gets annoyed.

| A7           | %                 | D       | A
  Wishing to a - void an unpleasant  sce-e-e - ene.

| D                    | B7                           | Em
  She tells Max to stay  when the class has gone away,  so he waits behind.

| A7           | %                  | D      | A
  Writing fifty times "I must not be  so-o-o - o."

    | E7                | %                  | A7
But,  when she turns her  back on the boy, he  creeps up from behind.



[repeat REFRAIN]



[play: 4/4| D  E7 | A7  Em | A7 | D  A  D |]


[play: 4/4| D  F#/C# | Bm  D7 | G | D  A  D |]




VERSE3:
Chords:
D    xx0232    A7   x02020
B7   x21202    A    x02220
Em   022000    E7   020100


| D              | B7                              | Em
  P.C. Thirty-One  said "We've caught a dirty one",  Maxwell stands alone,

| A7             | %               | D          | A
  Painting testi - monial pictures,  oh, oh, oh,  oh.

| D                | B7                         | Em
  Rose and Valerie,  screaming from the gallery,  say he must go free.

   | A7               | %                     | D      | A
The  judge does not a - gree and he tells them  so-o-o - o.

    | E7              | %                  | A7
But,  as the words are  leaving his lips, a  noise comes from behind.



[repeat REFRAIN]



ENDING:
Chords:
D    xx0232    Em      022000    Bm   224432
E7   020100    A       x02220    D7   xx0212
A7   x02020    F#/C#   x44322    G    3x0003


[play: 4/4| D  E7 | A7  Em | A7 | D  A  D |]


[play: 4/4| D  F#/C# | Bm  D7 | G | D  A  D |]
            Sil-ver     Ham-mer man!