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Maxwell's Silver Hammer
(Lennon/McCartney)
DJoan was quizzical, B7studied pataphysical Emscience in the home,
A7late night all alone with a test tube, Doh, oh, oh, Aoh.
DMaxwell Edison, B7majoring in medicine, Emcalls her on the phone.
A7Can I take you out to the pictures, DJo-o-o-oAan?
But, E7as she's getting ready to go, a A7knock comes from the door:
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DBang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer came E7down upon her head.
A7Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer made Emsure that A7she was Ddead.
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Back in school again, Maxwell plays the fool again, teacher gets annoyed.
Wishing to avoid an unpleasant sce-e-e-ene.
She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away,
so he waits behind. Writing fifty times "I must not be so-o-o-o.
But, when she turns her back on the boy, he creeps up from behind:
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P. C. thirtyone said "We've caught a dirty one.", Maxwell stands alone.
Painting testimonial pictures, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Rose and Valerie, screaming from the gallery, say he must go free.
The judge does not agree. And he tells them so-o-o-o.
But, as the words are leaving his lips, a noise came from behind:
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