• Song:

    This Jesus Must Die

  • Artist:

    Jesus Christ Superstar

F5 
Priest I:   Good Caiaphas, the council waits for you, 

---------   The pharisees and priests are here for you! 
          F5       Ab5                              F5 
Caiaphas:   Ah gentlemen, you know why we are here 
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            We've not much time and quite a problem here 
 
 Mob (outside):   Hosanna !  Superstar !--------------
          F5 B5               F5                B5 
Annas:   Listen to that howling mob of blockheads in the street ! 
------       F5              B5               F5 
         A trick or two with lepers and the whole town on it's feet 
 

             F5 
All:   He's dangerous ! 

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                  C5            F5 
Mob (outside):   Jesus Christ Superstar - 
--------------    Bb5           F5               C5 
                 Tell us that you've who they say you are 
 

             F5 
All:   He's dangerous ! 
----             F5 
Priest 2:   The man is in town right now to whip us some support 
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Priest 2:   A rabble rousing mission that I think we must abort 
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All:   He's dangerous ! 
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Mob (outside):   Jesus Christ !  Superstar ! 
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All:   He's dangerous ! 
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Priest 2:   Look, Caiaphas - they're right outside our yard 
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Priest 3:   Quick, Caiaphas - go call the Roman guard... 
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Caiaphas:   No wait - we need a more permonent solution to our problem... 
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           F5         C5         C5       F5 
Annas:   What then to do about Jesus of Nazareth 
------    Ab5      B5           Eb5      Ab5         
Miracle wonderman - hero of fools ?Priest 2:   No riots, no army, no fighting, no slogans ... 
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Caiaphas:   One thing I'll say for him: Jesus is cool. 
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Priest 1:   We dare not leave him to his own devices 

---------   His half-whitted fans will get out of control 
 
Priest 3:   But how can we stop him ?  His glamour increases 

---------   By leaps every minute - he's top of the poll . 
 

            Db5                 Ab5 
Caiaphas:   I see bad things arising 
---------         Bb5            F5              C5            Db5 
            The crowd crown him King which the Romanes would ban 
            Db5                   Ab5 
            I see blood and destruction 
                Bb5   F5       C5          F5 
            Our elimination because of one man 
                           C5                     F5 
            Blood and destruction because of one man ! 
          Ab5       Bb5      Eb5            Ab5 
All:   Because, because, because of one man 
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Caiaphas:   Our elimination because of one man 

---------   Blood and destruction because of one man 
                            C5 ... F5 
All:   Because, because, because of one, 'cause of one, 'cause of 
one man . 
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Priest 3:   What then to do about this Jesusmania ? 
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Annas:   How do we deal with the carpenter king ? 
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Priest 3:   Where do we start with a man who is bigger 
---------   Then John was when John did his Baptism thing ? 
 
Caiaphas:   Fools !  You have no perception 
---------   The stakes we are gambling are frighteningly high ! 
            We must crush him completely - 
            So like John before him , this Jesus must die 
            For the sake of the nation this Jesus must die 
 
All:   Must die, must die, this Jesus must die 
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Caiaphas:   So like John before him , this Jesus must die 
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All:   Must die, must die, this Jesus must, Jesus must, Jesus must 
die ! 
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