Chords used:
{eADGBE}
D xx0232
D/C# x40232
B7 x21202
Em 022000
A x02220
A7 x02020
E7 020100
F#/C# x44322
Bm 224432
D D/C#
Joan was quizzical,
B7 Em
studied pataphysical science in the home,
A7 D A
late nights all alone with a test tube, oh oh oh oh.
D D/C# B7
Maxwell Edison, majoring in medicine,
Em
calls her on the phone.
A7 D A
"Can I take you out to the pictures, Jo-o-o-oan?"
E7
But, as she's getting ready to go,
A7
a knock comes from the door.
D
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
E7
came down upon her head.
A7
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Em A7 D A D
made sure that she was dead.
D F#/C# Bm D7 G D A D
D D/C#
Back in school again,
B7 Em
Maxwell plays the fool again, teacher gets annoyed.
A7 D A
Wishing to avoid an unpleasant sce-e-e-ene.
D D/C# B7
She tells Max to stay when the class
Em
has gone away, so he waits behind.
A7 D A
Writing fifty times "I must not be so-o-o-o."
E7
But, when she turns her back on the boy,
A7
he creeps up from behind.
D
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver
E7
hammer came down upon her head.
A7
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Em A7
made sure that she was dead.
D E7 A7 Em A7 D A D
D F#/C# Bm D7 G D A D
D D/C# B7
P.C. thirtyone said "We've caught a dirty one.",
Em
Maxwell stands alone.
A7 D A
Painting testimonial pictures, oh, oh, oh, oh.
D D/C# B7
Rose and Valerie, screaming from the gallery,
Em
say he must go free.
A7 D A
The judge does not agree and he tells them so-o-o-o.
E7
But, as the words are leaving his lips,
A7
a noise comes from behind.
D
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
E7
came down upon her head.
A7
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Em A7
made sure that he was dead.
D E7 A7 Em A7 D A D
D F#/C# Bm D7 G D A D
Sil-ver Ham-mer man!
