{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":373641,"song":"Maxwells Silver Hammer","artist":"The Beatles","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/373641-maxwells-silver-hammer-chords-by-the-beatles/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/373641?type=chord","rating":4.68164,"votes":895,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nJoan was quizzical; studied pataphysical[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nScience in the home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\nLate nights all alone with a test tube[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch] \r\nOh, oh, oh, oh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nMaxwell Edison, majoring in medicine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nCalls her on the phone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"Can I take you out to the pictures, Jo, oa, oa, an?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n [Bridge]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nBut as she's getting ready to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nA knock comes on the door[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nBang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nCame down upon her head.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\nClang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMade sure that she was dead.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n| [ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#/C#[/ch] | [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D7/A[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] |\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nBack in school again Maxwell plays the fool again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTeacher gets annoyed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWishing to avoid an unpleasant sce-e-e-ene[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]B7[/ch]       \r\nShe tells Max to stay when the class has gone away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSo he waits behind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWriting fifty times \"I must not be so, o, o, o.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nBut when she turns her back on the boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nHe creeps up from behind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nBang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nCame down upon her head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\nClang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMade sure that she was dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n| [ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#/C#[/ch] | [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D7/A[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] |\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nP. C. Thirty-one said, \"We caught a dirty one.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMaxwell stands alone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\nPainting testimonial pictures[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch] \r\nOh, oh, oh, oh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nRose and Valerie, screaming from the gallery[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSay he must go free[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A7[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe judge does not agree and he tells them so, o, o, o[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nBut as the words are leaving his lips[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nA noise comes from behind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nBang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nCame down upon his head.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\nClang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]A7[/ch] \r\nMade sure that he was dead (Wha-oh-a-oh-a-oh)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n| [ch]D[/ch] | % | [ch]E7[/ch] | % | \r\n| [ch]A7[/ch] | % | [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]   |\r\n\r\n[Coda]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]  [ch]F#/C#[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]D7/A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSilver   Ham-mer  Man[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n [Bridge]\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n| D F#/C# | Bm D7/A | G | D |\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n| D F#/C# | Bm D7/A | G | D |\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\n| D | % | E7 | % | \n| A7 | % | Em7 A7 | D A D   |\n\n[Coda]","chords":["D","B7","Em","A7","A","E7","F#/C#","Bm","D7/A","G","C","Em7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}