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Song
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THE BEATLES – MAXWELL'S SILVER HAMMER
Paul McCartney
From ABBEY ROAD, released on September 26, 1969
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Though almost recorded for The White Album
and rehearsed several times during the Get
Back Sessions on January 1969, it was never
recorded properly to be released on either
album. It ended up being the third track on
Abbey Road. On July 9th, 21 takes of the
basic track were recorded and overdubbed and
remixed on the following 2 days.
Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical
Science in the home
Late nights all alone with a test-tube ohh oh oh oh
Maxwell Edison majoring in medicine
Calls her on the phone
Can I take you out to the pictures, Joan?
But as she's getting ready to go
A knock comes on the door
Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer
Came down upon her head
Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that she was dead
Back in school again Maxwell plays the fool again
Teacher gets annoyed
Wishing to avoid an unpleasant scene
She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away
So he waits behind
Writing 50 times "I must not be so" oh oh oh
But when she turns her back on the boy
He creeps up from behind
Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer
Came down upon her head
Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that she was dead
P.C. Thirty-One said "We caught a dirty one"
Maxwell stands alone
Painting testimonial pictures ohh oh oh oh
Rose and Valerie screaming from the gallery
Say he must go free (Maxwell must go free)
The judge does not agree and he tells them so oh oh oh
But as the words are leaving his lips
A noise comes from behind
Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer
Came down upon his head
Bang, Bang, Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that he was dead
Silver hammer man
VERSE
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|5---------------4--------------|2-----------------------2------| E|-------------------------------|----------------2--------------|
Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|2------------------------------|2-------0----------------------| A|----------------2------------2-|----------------4-------2------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
science in the home
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|2--------------------2---------| A|0---------------4--------------|-------------0--4-------4------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Late nights all alone with test tube
a
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|5---------------4-------2------|0---------------2-------4------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
oh, oh, oh, oh
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|5---------------4--------------|2-----------------------2------| E|-------------------------------|----------------2--------------|
Maxwell Edison majoring in medicine
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|2------------------------------|2-------0----------------------| A|----------------2------------2-|----------------4-------2------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
calls her on the phone
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|2-----------------------2------| A|0---------------4--------------|-------------0--4--------------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Can I take you out to the pictures
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|------------------------2------| A|5---------------4-------2------|0---------------0----4-------4-| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Jo - o - o - oan? But
PRE-CHORUS
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|2------------------------------|------------------------2--/---| A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
as she's getting ready to go, a
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|7------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|-------------------------------|-----0--4-------2-------0------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
knock comes on the door
CHORUS
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|5------------------------------|5------------4--5-------6------| E|----------------5--------------|-------------------------------|
Bang, bang! Maxwell's silver hammer came
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|-----9-------------------------| A|7----------------------------7-|9/11----11\9-7--9-------7------| E|----------------7--------------|-------------------------------|
down upon her head
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|7------------7-----------------|-------------------------------| A|----------------7------------7-|-------------7-------4--7------| E|-------------------------------|5---------------5--------------|
Clang, clang! Maxwell's silver hammer made
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|7------------------------------|5---------------5--------------| E|--------7-------5-------7------|-----5--7----------------------|
sure that she was dead
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|5---------------4--------------|2---------------0--------------| E|-------------------------------|-----------------------------x-| G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|--------0-------2-------4------|5----7--4-------5-------0------| E|3------------------------------|-------------------------------|
VERSE
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|5---------------4--------------|2-----------------------2------| E|-------------------------------|----------------2--------------|
Back in school Maxwell plays the again
again fool
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|2------------------------------|2-------0----------------------| A|----------------2------------2-|----------------4-------2------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
teacher gets annoyed
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|2-----------------------2------| A|0---------------4--------------|-------------0--4--------------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
wishing to avoid an unpleasant
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|5---------------4-------2------|0---------------0-------2------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
sce - e - e - ene
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|5---------------4--------------|2---------------2--------------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
She tells Max to stay when the has away
class gone
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|2------------------------------|2-------0----------------------| A|----------------2------------2-|----------------4-------2------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
so he waits behind
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|2-----------------------2------| A|0---------------4--------------|-------------0--4--------------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
writing fifty times “I must not be
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|------------------------2------| A|5---------------4-------2------|0---------------0----4-------4-| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
so - o - o - o” But
PRE-VERSE
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|2------------------------------|------------------------2--/---| A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
when she turns her back on the boy, he
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|7------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|-------------------------------|-----5--4-------2-------0------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
creeps up from behind
CHORUS
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|5------------------------------|5------------4--5-------6------| E|----------------5--------------|-------------------------------|
Bang, bang! Maxwell's silver hammer came
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|7------------------------------|7--9--7-5--7--5-4--5--4-2--4--2| E|----------------7--------------|-------------------------------|
down upon her head
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|2------------2-------2---------| A|0------------0--4------------4-|----------------4-------4------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Clang, clang! Maxwell's silver hammer made
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|2------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|----------------2--------------|0-------2-------4-------0------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
sure that she was dead
GUITAR SOLO
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|5------------------------------|5------------0--5-------6------| E|----------------5--------------|-------------------------------| G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|-----9--11---9-----------------| A|7------------------------------|9/11------------11\9-7--9----7-| E|----------------7--------------|-------------------------------| G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|7------------7-----------------|-------------------------------| A|----------------7------------7-|---------------------4--7------| E|-------------------------------|5---------------5--------------| G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|7------------------------------|5---------------5--------------| E|--------7-------5-------7------|--------7----------------------| G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|5---------------4--------------|2---------------0--------------| E|-------------------------------|-----------------------------x-| G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|--------0-------2-------4------|5----7--4-------5-------0------| E|3------------------------------|-------------------------------|
VERSE
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|5---------------4--------------|2-----------------------2------| E|-------------------------------|----------------2--------------|
P.C. thirty-one said, caught dirty one”
“We've a
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|2------------------------------|2-------0----------------------| A|----------------2------------2-|----------------4-------2------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Maxwell stands alone
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|2------------------------------| A|0---------------4--------------|-------------0--4-------0------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
painting testimonial pictures
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|5---------------4-------2------|0------------0--4-------0------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
oh, oh, oh, oh
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|5---------------4--------------|2---------------2--------------| E|-------------------------------|-------------2----------2------|
Rose and Valerie screaming the
from gallery
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|2------------------------------|2-------0----------------------| A|----------------2------------2-|----------------4--5--4--2-----| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
say he must go free The
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|2------------2-----------------| A|0---------------4------------4-|----------------4-------0------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
judge does not agree and he tells them
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|------------------------2------| A|5---------------4-------2------|0---------------0----4---------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
so - o - o - o But
PRE-CHORUS
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|2------------------------------|------------------------2--/---| A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
as the words are leaving his lips, a
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|7------------------------------|-----7--6----------------------| A|-------------------------------|----------------9B------7------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
noise comes from behind
CHORUS
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|5----------------------------0-|5------------0--5-------6------| E|----------------5--------------|-------------------------------|
Bang, bang! Maxwell's silver hammer came
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|--------6B---------------------| A|7---------------7--------------|7---------------9----7--9------| E|-------------7---------------7-|-------------------------------|
down upon her head
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|7------------7-----------------|-------------------------------| A|----------------7------------7-|-------------7-------4--7------| E|-------------------------------|5---------------5--------------|
Clang, clang! Maxwell's silver hammer made
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|7------------------------------|--------4-------7--------------| E|----------------7--------------|5-----------------------5------|
sure that she was dead
OUTRO
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|5------------------------------|5------------4--5-------6------| E|----------------5--------------|-------------------------------| G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|-----9-------------------------| A|7----------------------------7-|9/11----11------9----7--9------| E|----------------7--------------|-------------------------------| G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|2--------------------2---------| A|0---------------4--------------|----------------4-------4------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|2------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|--------4----------------------|5---------------5--------------| E|----------------5-------7------|-----5--7----------------------| G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|5---------------4--------------|2---------------0--------------| E|-------------------------------|-----------------------------x-| G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|--------0-------2-------4------|5----7--4-------5--------------| E|3------------------------------|-------------------------------|
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