*** JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR*** by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice All Chords and Lyrics!!!! ?VER. #7.21.2003 by Robb Anagnostis (robb@musician.org) (For the most complete and up to date version of this please go to: http://www.dosguys.com/JCS/Jesus_Christ_Superstar_-_Chords_&_Lyrics_(by_RA).htm) *SIDE FOUR* ????????? 4-1 Judas' Death ----------------------- | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - | (bass: GG FF DD F | D E F# G F# E D | C D E F E F F#|) (chords: G7aug9 | D7 G7 | C7 F7 |) G7aug9 D7 G7 C7 F7 10th 10th 10th 8th 8th ||o||| o|o|oo |o|o|o o|o|oo |o|o|o |?|o|| |||o|| |||||| |||o|| |||||| ||||o| |o|||| ||o|o| |o|||| ||o|o| GG FF DD F G7aug9 G7aug9 Judas: My God! I saw him - he looked three-quarters dead! ------ And he was so bad I had to turn my head You beat him so hard that he was bent and lame And I know who everybody's gonna blame I don't believe he knows I acted for our good Eb F I'd save to him all this suffering if I could D7 G7 C7 F7 D7 G7 C7 F7 Don't believe... our good... save him... if I could... Gm D D7 Gm Priest 3: Cut the confessions forget the excuses --------- Bb C F Bb I don't understand why you're filled with remorse Gm D D7 Gm All that you've said has come true with a vengeance Bb C D7 FmG The mob turned against him - you backed the right horse Caiaphas: What you have done will be saving of Israel --------- You'll be remembered forever for this And not only that you've been paid for your efforts Pretty good wages for one little kiss Eb Bb Judas: Christ! I know you can't hear me ------ Ab7 Gm D Eb But I only did what you wanted me to Eb Bb Christ! I'd sell out the nation Ab7 Gm D Bb For I have been saddled with the murder of you I have been splattered with innocent blood, I shall be dragged through the slime and the mud. I have been splattered with innocent blood, I shall be dragged through the slime and the... slime and the... slime and the mud! G C G C G I don't know how to love him C G/D D I don't know why he moves me G/B D G D He's a man - he's just a man Bm Em Bm Em He is not a King - he is just the same C G/B Am C/G G/D D As any- one I know C G/B Am G He scares me so C7 B7 Em When he's cold and dead will he let me be? Em/D C G F Does he love, does he love me too? Does he care for me? [music like "Heaven On Their Minds" but in G with "hendrix" G] My mind is in darkness now - My God, I'm sick I've been used and you knew ah, all the time God! I'll never ever knows why you chose me for your crime... Your foul bloody crime You have murdered me! You have murdered me! Murdered me! Murdered me! Murdered me! Murdered me! F# (Stacked harmony = F# F# C# A#) Choir: Poor old Judas ------ So long, Judas *********************************************************************** 4-2 Trial Before Pilate (including the 39 lashes) ----------------------- Ddim(guitar hint:Ab-D-F-B-D) Ddim Pilate: And so the King is once again my guest ------- Ddim Ddim Ddim And why is this? Was Herod unimpressed? Fdim(guitar hint:F-B-F-Ab-D-F) Fdim Caiaphas: We turn to Rome to sentence Nazareth --------- Bdim(guitar hint:B-F-B-D-Ab-B) We have no law to put a man to death Bdim Bdim We need him crucified - it's all you have to do We need him crucified - it's all you have to do [guitar notes: B Bb-Ab F-Eb C-Bb-Ab-Eb (Fm)] Fm Pilate: Talk to me Jesus Christ ------- You have been brought here - manacled, Beaten by your own people - Do you have the first idea why you deserve it? Listen King of the Jews Where is your kingdom? Look at me - am I a Jew? [bass] F# [guitar]D|4-5- A|--- repeatedly E|2--- [guitar]E 2-1----0---4--3---2---6--5----4-----5---6--------6--------6------ Jesus: I have got no kingdom in this world I'm through, through, through [notes]B C D B C D Mob: Talk to me Jesus Christ [guitar]E 2-----1--0--4-3---2---6---5--4---5-------6- Jesus: There maybe a kingdom for me somewhere - if I only knew [horns] G F E D F# F E Eb D Db C B [bass] G [guitar]D|5-4- G F# G Bb G F# G E D C# A|---- [repeat with "opening" melody (1 M7 1 m3 | 1 M7 1 M6 5 b5) in Gm] E|3--- Pilate: Then you're a King? Jesus: It's you that say I am ------ I look for truth and find that I get damned [bass] Ab [guitar]D|6-7- G F# G Bb G F# G E D C# A|---- [repeat with "opening" melody (1 M7 1 m3 | 1 M7 1 M6 5 b5) in Gm] E|4--- G# Pilate: But what is truth? Is truth unchanging law? ------- We both have truths - are mine the same of yours? [horns] G F E D F# F E Eb D Db C B Mob: Crucify him! Crucify him! [bass] Bb [guitar]D|9-8- A G# A C A G# A F# E D# A|---- [repeat with "opening" melody (1 M7 1 m3 | 1 M7 1 M6 5 b5) in Am] E|7--- Bb Pilate: What do you mean - you'd crucify your King? Mob: We have no King but Caesar! Pilate: He's done no wrong - no not the slightest thing [horns] A F# F E [horns] A F# F E Eb D Db C Mob: We have no King but Caesar! Crucify him! [guitar tab]E|-15-15-15-15-15-15- repeat E--15-15-15-15-15-15-15 15-15-15-15-15-15 B|-15-15-15-15-14-14- repeat B--15-15-15-15-14-14-17 15-15-15-15-14-14 [or notes] E|-G-G-G-G-G--G-- repeat -G-G-G-G-G--G--G-G-G-G-G-G--G- B|-D-D-D-D-C#-C#- repeat -D-D-D-D-C#-C#-E-D-D-D-D-C#-C# [bass] C (with Bb-C stabs on horns) Pilate: I see no reason - I find no evil ------- This man is harmless so why does he upset you? [bass] C# He's just misguided - thinks he's important But to keep you vultures happy I shall flog him [strings, | C#-C-Bb-G C-C-C-C-C-C | C#-C-Bb-G C-C-C-C-C-C | very fast]| C#-C-Bb-G C-C | C#-C-Bb-G C-C | C#-C-Bb-G C-C | C#-C-Bb-G C-C | [bass] C bass (piano chord G-B-C#) Mob: Crucify him! Crucify him! Crucify! Crucify! Crucify! Crucify! [bass] D bass (piano chord A-C-D#) Crucify him! Crucify him! Crucify! Crucify! Crucify! Crucify! [bass] E bass (piano chord B-E-F) Crucify him! Crucify him! Crucify! Crucify! Crucify! Crucify! --------- Thirty-nine Lashes [music is like opening of "Heaven On Their Minds" guitar/bass riff] Fm Pilate: Where are you from Jesus? What do you want Jesus? Tell me ------- You're got to be careful - you could be dead soon - could well be C7aug9 C7aug9 Fm ||2||| Why do you not speak when I have your life in my hands? |3|3|| How can you stay quiet? I don't believe you understand ||||4| Fm Jesus: You have nothing in your hands ------ Fm Any power you have Fm Comes to you from the beyond Everything is fixed and you can't change it Fm Pilate: You're a fool Jesus Christ. ------- Fm How can I help you? [notes] F G Ab C B Eb D F# F Mob: Pilate, crucify him, cruci-fy... ---- Ab bass [w/B-Bb-B-Bb-F#-Bb-B-Bb over & over] Remember Caesar, you have a duty, To keep the peace, so crucify him! Bb bass [w/B-A-Ab-A-F#-A-Ab-A over & over] Remember Caesar, You'll be demoted, You'll be deported, crucify him! C bass [w/C-Eb-D-Eb-F#-Eb-D-Eb over & over] Remember Caesar, you have a duty, To keep to peace, so crucify him! C# bass [w/F#-Eb-D-Eb-A#-Eb-D-Eb over & over] Remember Caesar, You'll be demoted, You'll be deported, crucify him! Eb bass [w/F#-G-C-F#-F#-G-Eb-F# over & over] Remember Caesar, you have a duty, To keep to peace, so crucify him! F bass [w/A-G#-C-G#-A-G#-A-G# over & over] Remember Caesar, You'll be demoted, You'll be deported, crucify him! Em D Pilate: Don't let me stop your great self-destruction ------- C7 C#7 Die if you want to, you, misguided martyr! G Bb I wash my hands of your demolition F B Die, if you want to, you innocent puppet! *********************************************************************** 4-3 Superstar ----------------------- (chords) | E | A/E | D/E | A/E | E | (melody) | B G# E | C# A E | D B D | C# B A | B G# E | ("Superstar theme") 2x thru Voice of Judas: E G7 Everytime I look at you I don't understand A7 E7 Why you let the things you did get so out of hand You'd have managed better if you'd had it planned Why'd you choose such a backward time and such a strange land? If you'd come today you would have reached a whole nation Israel in 4 B.C. had no mass communication Girls: Don't you get me wrong, Don't you get me wrong now {2 times} Judas: Don't you get me wrong {4 times} Girls: Only want to know, Only want to know now {2 times} Judas: Only want to know {4 times} E A/E Choir: Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ ------ D(Bm)/E A/E E Who are you? What have you sacrificed? Jesus Christ Superstar Do you think you're what they say you are? Voice of Judas: Tell me what you think about your friends at the top Who d'you think besides your self's the pick of the crop? Buddha was he where it's at? Is he where you are? Could Mohammed move a mountain or was that just PR? Did you mean to die like that? Was that a mistake or Did you know your messy death would be a record-breaker? Girls: Don't you get me wrong, Don't you get me wrong now {2 times} Judas: Don't you get me wrong {4 times} Girls: Only want to know, Only want to know now {2 times} Judas: Only want to know {4 times} Choir: Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ ------ Who are you? What have you sacrificed? Jesus Christ Superstar Do you think you're what they say you are? *********************************************************************** 4-4 The Crucifixion ----------------------- Jesus: God forgive them - they don't know what they're doing ------ Who is my mother? Where is my mother? My God My God why have you forgotten me? Oh God, I'm thirsty... It is finished... Father into your hands I commend my spirit! *********************************************************************** 4-5 John Nineteen Forty-One ----------------------- (Instrumental) *********************************************************************** CAST of original LP album ---- Judas Iscariot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Murray Head Jesus Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ian Gillan Mary Magdalene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yvonne Elliman Priest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Raven Caiaphas, High Priest . . . . . . . . . . . Victor Brox Annas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Keith Simon Zealotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Gustafson Pontius Pilate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Dennen Maid by the fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annette Brox Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Davis King Herod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike d'Abo Lyrics by Tim Rice Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Orchestration and musical direction by Andrew Lloyd Webber Produced by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber *********************************************************************** (For the most complete and up to date version of this please go to: http://www.dosguys.com/JCS/Jesus_Christ_Superstar_-_Chords_&_Lyrics_(by_RA).htm)