Dirilis pada 1969, lagu ini kemudian di-remaster pada 2009.
Diterbitkan ulang secara digital pada 2015, lagu "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" diproduksi di bawah naungan label Calderstone Productions Limited.
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" dari The Beatles.
D B7
Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical
Em
Science in the home
A7
Late nights all alone with a test tube
D A
Ohh-oh-oh-oh...
D B7
Maxwell Edison majoring in medicine
Em
Calls her on the phone
A7
"Can I take you out to the pictures
D A
Joa-oa-oa-oan?"
E7 E
But as she's getting ready to go
A7 A
A knock 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 A
Made sure that she was dead
F# Bm D7 G A7 D A7 D
D B7
Back in school again Maxwell plays the fool again
Em
Teacher gets annoyed
A7 D A
Wishing to avoid an unpleasant sce-e-e-ene
D B7
She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away
Em
So he waits behind
A7 D A
Writing 50 times "I must not be so-o-o-oo..."
E7 E
But when she turns her back on the boy
A7 A
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 A
Made sure that she was dead
break
F# Bm D7 G A7 D A7 D
D B7
P.C. Thirty-One said "we caught a dirty one"
Em
Maxwell stands alone
A7 D A
Painting testimonial pictures ohh-oh-oh-oh
D B7
Rose and Valerie screaming from the gallery
Em
Say he must go free (Maxwell must go free)
A7 D A
The judge does not agree and he tells them so-o-o-oo
E7 E
But as the words are leaving his lips
A7 A
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 D A
Made sure that he was dead
D E7 A7 Em A7 D A
D F# Bm D7 G A D
Silver hammer
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