Maxwell's Silver Hammer
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- Full sheet, both hands
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- Leadsheet
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- Lyrics and chords
Lyrics
(D)Joan was quizzical, (B7)studied pataphysical (Em)science in the home.
(A7)Late nights all alone with a testtube,
(D)oh, oh, oh, oh.
Maxwell Edison, (B7)majoring in medicine, (Em)calls her on the phone:
The (A7)"Can I take you out to the pictures,
(D)Joan?"
But (E7)as she's getting ready to go,
a (A7)knock comes on the door.
(D)Bang! Bang!
Maxwell's silver hammer came (E7)down upon her head.
(A7)Clang! Clang!
Maxwell's silver hammer made (Em)sure that (A7)she was dead.
(D)Back in school again, (B7)Maxwell plays the fool again.
(Em)Teacher gets annoyed,
(A7)wishing to avoid an unpleasant (D)scene.
oh, oh, oh.
She tells Max to stay (B7)when the class has gone away.
(Em)So he waits behind,
The (A7)writing fifty times "I must not be (D)so."
But (E7)when she turns her back on the boy,
he (A7)creeps up from behind.
(D)Bang! Bang!
Maxwell's silver hammer came (E7)down upon her head.
(A7)Clang! Clang!
Maxwell's silver hammer made (Em)sure that (A7)she was dead.
(Em7)sure that she was dead.
(G)(F#7)Silver (Bm)(D7)hammer.
Song info
Maxwell's Silver Hammer by The Beatles is a level 5 of 5 piano arrangement in the key of D at 136 BPM. Practice takes the song one line at a time and waits for you, with the letter inside every note. When the lines feel easy, play the full song.
- Level
- 5 of 5
- Key
- D
- Tempo
- 136 BPM
- Chords
- A A7 B7 Bm D D7 E E7
- Artist
- The Beatles
- Genre
- Rock
- Style
- Jazz standard
- Mood
- Dramatic