אין גירסה קלה
| D |
| Joan was quizzical |
| B7 |
| Studied pataphysical |
| Em |
| Science in the home |
| A7 |
| Late nights all alone |
| With a test tube |
| D A |
| Oh, oh, oh, oh |
| D |
| Maxwell Edison |
| B7 |
| Majoring in medicine |
| Em |
| Calls her on the phone |
| A7 |
| "Can I take you out to the pictures |
| D A |
| Jo, oa, oa, an?" |
| E7 |
| But as she's getting ready to go |
| A7 |
| A kno-ck comes on 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 |
| Made sure that she was dead |
| Bridge: |
| | D F#/C# | Bm D7/A | G | D | |
| D |
| Back in school again |
| B7 |
| Maxwell plays the fool again |
| Em |
| Teacher gets annoyed |
| A7 |
| Wishing to avoid |
| D A |
| An unpleasant sce-e-e-ene |
| D |
| She tells Max to stay |
| B7 |
| When the class has gone away |
| Em |
| So he waits behind |
| A7 |
| Writing fifty times |
| D A |
| "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 hammer |
| E7 |
| Came down upon her head |
| A7 |
| Clang! Clang! |
| Maxwell's silver hammer |
| Em A7 D |
| Made sure that she was dead |
| Bridge: |
| | D F#/C# | Bm D7/A | G | D | |
| D B7 |
| P. C. Thirty-one said |
| "We caught a dirty one" |
| Em |
| Maxwell stands alone |
| A7 |
| Painting testimonial pictures |
| D A |
| Oh, oh, oh, oh |
| D |
| Rose and Valerie |
| B7 |
| Screaming from the gallery |
| Em |
| Say he must go free |
| A7 |
| The judge does not agree |
| D A |
| 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 his head |
| A7 |
| Clang! Clang! |
| Maxwell's silver hammer |
| Em A7 |
| Made sure that he was dead |
| Solo: |
| | D | E7 |
| | A7 | Em7 A7 | D A D | |
| D F#/C# Bm D7/A G D A D |
| Silver Ham-mer |
