• Song:

    Entire Album

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    Jesus Christ Superstar

Jesus Christ Superstar (with chords)
------------------------------ 
SIDE ONE
 Overture
 Heaven on Their Minds
 What's the Buzz
 Strange Thing Mystifying
 Everything's  alright
 The Jesus Must Die
SIDE TWO
 Hosanna
 Simon Zealotes
 Poor Jerusalem
 Pilate's Dream
 The Temple
 Everything's alright
 I don't Know How to Love Him
 Blood Money
SIDE THREE
 In the Garden of Gethsemane    (I only want to say)
 The arrest
 Peter's Denial
 Pilate and Christ
 King Herod's Song
SIDE FOUR
 Judas' Death
 Trial Before Pilate    (including the 39 lashes)
 Superstar
 The Crusifixion

     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
     Chords & text input Alexey V. Deryabin

Overture
             --------
Heaven on Their Minds
               -----------------------
       Dm             Dm              F            G
Judas:   My mind is cleared now - at last all too well
------          F           G              Dm
         I can see where we all soon will be
                   Dm           F             G
         If you strip away the myth from the man
                   F            G             Dm
         You will see where we all soon will be
         Dm
         Jesus !
                  Dm
         You've started to believe
               Em
         The things they say of you
              F
         You really do believe
                G                 Dm
         This talk of God is true

         And all the good you've done
         Will soon get swept away
         You've begun to matter more
         Then the things you say

         Dm                       F
            Listen Jesus I don't like what I see
         Dm                       G
            All I ask is that you listen to me
         Bb               C                              F
            And remember - I've been your right hand man all along
                      Dm
            You have set them all on fire
         Bb                     F
            They think they've found the new Messiah
         D/A                  A            Bb           Dm
            And they'll hurt you when they find they're wrong

            I remember when this whole thing began
            No talk of God then - we called you a man
            And beleive me - my admiration for you hasn't died
            But every word you said today
            Gets twisted round some other way
            And they'll hurt you if they'll think you've lied

            Bb             F          Gm                    Dm
            Nazareth your famous son should have stayed a great unknown
            Gm               Dm/A
            Like his ofther carving wood
            A               Dm
            He'd have made good!
            Tables, chairs and oaken chests should have suited Jesue best
            He'd have caused nobody's harm
            No one alarm!

            I remember when this whole thing began
            No talk of God then - we called you a man
            And beleive me - my admiration for you hasn't died
            But every word you said today
            Gets twisted round some other way
            And they'll hurt you if they'll think you've lied

         Nazareth your famous son should have stayed a great unknown ...

            Listen Jesus to the warning I give,
            Please remember that I want us to live
            But it's sad to see our chances weakened with ev'ry hour
            All your followers are blind,
            Too much heaven on their minds
                                           Bb
            It was beautiful but now it's sour,
                     Dm             Bbmaj7          Repeat & Fade
            Yes it's all gone so sour ...


What's the Buzz
               ---------------     Bethany, Friday night

               Bbm
Apostles:   What's the buzz ?  Tell me what's happening ?
---------     Eb  major!
            What's the buzz ?  Tell me what's happening ?

Jesus:   Why should you want to know ?
------   Don't you mind about the future,
         Don't you try to think ahead
         Save tomorrow for tomorrow,
         Think about today instead

Apostles:   What's the buzz ?  Tell me what's happening ?

Jesus:   I could give you facts and figures -
------   I could give you plans and forecasts
         Even tell you where I'm going -

Apostles:   When do we ride into Jerusalem ?

Jesus:   Why should you want to know ?
------   Why are you obsessed with fighting
         Times and fates you can't defy  ?
         If you knew the path we're riding
         You'd understand it less than I  !

Apostles:   What's the buzz ?  Tell me what's happening ?

Mary M. :   Let me try to cool down your face a bit ...

Jesus:   That feels nice, so nice ...
------   Mary that is good - while you prattle through your supper
-
         Where and when and who and how
         She alone has tried to give me
         What I need right here and now !

Apostles:   What's the buzz ?  Tell me what's happening ?


Strange Thing Mystifying
               --------------------------
       G               G7                 C     Cm
Judas:   It seems to me a strange thing mystifying
------           G               C                  Cm          G
         That a man like you can waste his time on women of her
kind !
         Yes I can understand that she amuses,
         But to let her stroke you, kiss your hair is hardly in your line.

                       C    D               G
         It's not that I object to her profession
                  C                G        C                  G
         But she doesn't fit in well with what you teach and say
         It doesn't help us if you're inconsistent
         They only need a small excuse to put us all away.

                      F    C              G
        It's not that I object to her profession
                 F              C          F                 C
        But she doesn't fit in well with what you teach and say
                    F            C         G
        It doesn't help us if you're inconsistent
                   F              C       F           G
        They only need a small excuse to put us all away         )

Jesus:   Who are you to criticise her ?
------   Who are you to despise her ?
         Leave her, Leave her, let her be now
         Leave her, Leave her, she's with me now
         If you slate is clean - then you can throw stones
         If you slate is not - then leave leave her alone

         I'm amazed that man like you can be so shallow,
         thick and slow
         There's not a man among you who knows or cares
         if I come or go

All (save Judas):   No you're wrong !  You're very wrong !
-----------------   How can you say that ?

Jesus:   Not one - not one of you !


Everything's  alright
               -----------------------
        ...   D                        A
Mary M. :   Try not to get worried, try not to turn on to
---------     Bm                     G
            Problems that upset you ah, don't you know
             D              G     A    D              G   A
            Ev'rything's alright, yes, ev'rything's fine
                    D                G     A D        G
            And we want you to sleep well tonight
             A       D                  G   A D        G
            Let the world turn without you tonight
            Asus   D           Gm       Cm            Gm  Am D
            If we try we'll get by so forget all about us tonight.
                   D              G      A    D               G      A
Apostles' women:   Ev'rything's alright, yes, ev'rything's alright, yes


               E                            B7
Mary M. :   Sleep and I shall soothe you, calm you and anoit you
---------     C#m                       A               B7
            Myrth for your hot forehead ah, then you'll feel
             E              A      B   E             A   B
            Ev'rything's alright, yes, ev'rything's fine
                      E           A    B       E     A B
            And it's cool and the ointment's sweet
                     E            A    B   E      A
            For the fire in your head and feet
           Bsus        E                 Am
            Close your eyes, close your eyes
                Em                Am   Bm E      A B
            And relax think of nothing tonight.

                   E               A     B     E           A     B
Apostles' women:   Ev'rything's alright, yes, ev'rything's alright, yes

         Em                   D       C                 D
Judas:   Woman your fine ointment - brand new and expensive
------    Em         D    E     C   D   Em       Em D
         Could have been saved for the poor.
          Em
         Why has it been wasted ?  We could have raised maybe
         Three hundred silver pieces or more.
           Am           D        G               C
         People who are hungry, people who are starving
          Em     B         B              B       B7sus4  B7
         Matter more than your feet and hair !

Mary M. :   Try not to get worried, try not to turn on to
---------   Problems that upset you ah, don't you know
            Ev'rything's alright, yes, ev'rything's fine
            And we want you to sleep well tonight
            Let the world turn without you tonight
            If we try we'll get by so forget all about us tonight.

Apostles' women:   Ev'rything's alright yes ev'rything's alright
yes

Jesus:   Surely you're not saying we have the resources
------   To save the poor from their lot ?
         There will be poor always, pathetic'lly struggling -
         Look at the good things you've got !
         Think !  While you still have me
         Move !  While you still see me
         You'll be lost, you'll be so sorry when I'm gone

Mary M. :   Sleep and I shall soothe you, calm you and anoit you
---------   Myrth for your hot forehead ah then you'll feel
            Ev'rything's alright yes ev'rything's fine
            And it's cool and the ointment's sweet
            For the fire in your head and feet
            Close your eyes, close your eyes
            And relax think of nothing tonight
            Close your eyes, close your eyes, close your eyes

All:   Ev'rything's alright, yes, ev'rything's alright, yes


The Jesus Must Die
------------------     Jerusalem, Sunday
             Fm7/6
Priest I:   Good Caiaphas, the council waits for you,
---------   The pharisees and priests are here for you!

             Fm7/6       Ab                              Fm
Caiaphas:   Ah gentlemen, you know why we are here
---------                   Ab                        Fm
            We've not much time and quite a problem here




Mob (outside):   Hosanna !  Superstar !--------------          Fm
B               Fm                B
Annas:   Listen to that howling mob of blockheads in the street !
------       Fm              B               Fm
         A trick or two with lepers and the whole town on it's
feet

             Fm
All:   He's dangerous !

                  C            F
Mob (outside):   Jesus Christ Superstar -
--------------    Bb           F               C
                 Tell us that you've who they say you are

             Fm
All:   He's dangerous !
----             Fm
Priest 2:   The man is in town right now to whip us some support

Priest 2:   A rabble rousing mission that I think we must abort

All:   He's dangerous !

Mob (outside):   Jesus Christ !  Superstar !

All:   He's dangerous !

Priest 2:   Look, Caiaphas - they're right outside our yard



Priest 3:   Quick, Caiaphas - go call the Roman guard...

Caiaphas:   No wait - we need a more permonent solution to our
problem...

           Fm         C         C7       Fm
Annas:   What then to do about Jesus of Nazareth
------    Ab      B           Eb      Ab
         Miracle wonderman - hero of fools ?
Priest 2:   No riots, no army, no fighting, no slogans ...

Caiaphas:   One thing I'll say for him: Jesus is cool.


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 .

            Db                 Ab
Caiaphas:   I see bad things arising
---------         Bbm            Fm              C            Db
            The crowd crown him King which the Romanes would ban
            Db                   Ab
            I see blood and destruction
                Bbm   Fm       C7          Fm
            Our elimination because of one man
                           C7                     Fm
            Blood and destruction because of one man !
          Ab       Bb      Eb            Ab

All:   Because, because, because of one man

Caiaphas:   Our elimination because of one man
---------   Blood and destruction because of one man
                            C ... Fm
All:   Because, because, because of one, 'cause of one,
       'cause of one man .

Priest 3:   What then to do about this Jesusmania ?

Annas:   How do we deal with the carpenter king ?

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

Caiaphas:   So like John before him, this Jesus must die

All:   Must die, must die, this Jesus must, Jesus must,
       Jesus must die !


 * SIDE TWO * 
                              --------

Hosanna
               -------
         G         C         G
Crowd:   Hosanna Hey Sanna Sanna Sanna Ho
------     Bb                 Eb
         Sanna Hey Sanna Ho Sanna
              Ebm               Em
         Hey JC, JC won't you smile at me ?
                Cm       Ab  D     G
         Sanna Ho Sanna Hey Superstar

                      Cm          B/F#        Cm         B/F#
Caiaphas:   Tell the rabble to be quiet we anticipate a riot
---------                 Bb              Bb5
            This common crowd is much too loud
            Tell the mob who sing your song that they are fools
            and they are wrong
            They are a curse, they sould disperse !

       Hosanna heysanna  sanna sanna Ho
       Sanna hey sanna Hosanna !
       Hey,JC, JC, won't you DIE for me
       Sanna HoSanna Hey, Super Star !

          G                     D               G
Jesus:   Why waste your breath moaning at the croud ?
------    Bb             F                 Bb      Gm
         Nothing can be done to stop the shouting !
         Dm                    A                   D   A
         If every tonque was still the noise would still continue
         D              A                 D  D/C      Bm  D7/A
         The rockes and stones themselves would start to sing:


Crowd (with Jesus):   Hosanna Hey Sanna Sanna Sanna Ho
-------------------   Sanna Hey Sanna Ho Sanna
                      Hey JC, JC won't you fight for me ?
                      Sanna Ho Sanna Hey Superstar

Simon Zealotes
               --------------
Crowd:   Christ, you know I love you
         Did you see I waved ?
         I beleive in you and God
         So tell me that I'm saved
         Jesus I am with you
         Touch me touch me Jesus
         Jesus I am on your side
         Kiss me kiss me Jesus

Simon:   Christ, what more do you need to convince you
------   That you've made it and you're easily as strong
         As the filth from Rome who rape our country
         And who've terrorized our people for so long ?

Crowd:   Christ, you know I love you
         Did you see I waved ?
         I beleive in you and God
         So tell me that I'm saved
         Jesus I am with you
         Touch me touch me Jesus
         Jesus I am on your side
         Kiss me kiss me Jesus

Simon:

         Am          G            F
        There must be over fifty thousand
         Am      G                 F
        Screaming love and more for you
         Am       G              F
        And everyone of fifty thousand
         Am          G                 F
        Would do whatever you ask him to
         F         G               Am
        Keep them yelling their devotion
            F      G                Am
        But add a touch of hate at Rome
         F        G          C        Am
        You will rise to a greater power
         F       G               Am
        We will win ourselves a home
         F              G              Am
        You'll get the power and the glory
         F           G        Am
        For ever and ever and ever
       ( Amen! Amen! )

Poor Jerusalem
               --------------
                  Cm         B               F (Ab?)
Jesus:   Neither you Simon, nor the fifty thousand
------   Nor the Romans, nor the Jews,
         Nor Judas, nor the Twelve, nor the Priests,
         nor the Scribes,
         Nor doomed Jerusalem itself
         Ebm(Cm?)B         F
         Understand what power is,
         Understand what glory is,
         Understand at all
                  ...   F
         Understand at all...

         Bbm         Ebm         Ab     Bbm
         If you knew all that I knew,my poor Jerusalem
         F#        F             Bbm
         You'd see the truth but you close your eyes
         F                      Bbm
         But you close your eyes
         While you live your troubles are many, poor Jerusalem
         To conquer death you only have to die,
         You only have to die

Pilate's Dream
                 --------------     Pontius Pilate's house, Monday
          Bbm    A+  Bbm7 Ebm     Abm
Pilate:   I dreamed I met a Galilean -
-------      Bbm
          A most amazing man
          Cb      F7       F7+      Gb
          He had that look you very rarely find -
          Ebm6       F7              Bbm
          The haunting hunted kind

          I ask him to say what had happened
          How it all began
          I asked again - he never said a word
          As if he hadn't heard.

          Bb                       Bb7      Ebm           Ebm7
          And next the room was full of wild and angry men
          Ab                 Ab7
          They seemed to hate this man -
          Db                  /F  /Eb /Db /C
          They fell on him and then
          F7
          They disappeared again

          Then I saw thousands of millions
          Crying for this man .
          And then I heard them mentioning my name
          And leaving me the blame

The Temple
               ----------
MoneyLenders and Merchants:

          Bbm
         Roll on up - for my price is down
         Come on in - for the best in town
          Dbm
         Take your pick of the finest wine
          Bbm
         Lay your bets on this bird of mine

         Roll on up - for my price is down
         Come on in - for the best in town
         Take your pick of the finest wine
         Lay your bets on this bird of mine

          Bbm
         Name your price I got everything
          Bbm
         Come and buy it's all going fast
          Dbm
         Borrow each on the finest terms
          Bbm
         Hurry how while stocks still last

Jesus:   My temple should be a house of prayer
         But you have made it a den of thieves
         Get out !  GET OUT !

            Bbm  Bbmaj7                Bbm7
         My time          is almost through
            Dbm             Dbm7
         Little left to do ...
          Ab      Ab7        Db
         After all I've tried for three years
         F             F7  F  Bbm   ...
         Seems like thirty, seems like thirty ...

Crowd:   See my eyes I can hardly see
------   See me stand I can hardly work
         I believe you can make me whole
         See my tongue I can hardly talk
         See my skin I'm a mess of blood
         See my legs I can hardly stand
         I believe you can make me well
         See my purse I'm a poor man
         Will you touch will you mend me Christ
         Will you touch will you heal me Christ
         Will you kiss you can cure me Christ
         Won't you kiss won't you pay me Christ

Jesus:   There's too many of you - don't push me
------   There's too little of me - don't, stop crowd me
                                Heal yourselves !

Everything's alright
               --------------------Mary M. :   Try not to get
worried, try not to turn on to---------   Problems that upset you,
well, don't you know
            Everything's alright, yes, everythings fine

Jesus:   And I think I shall sleep well tonight,
------   Let the world turn without me tonight

Mary M. :   Close your eyes, close your eyes
---------   And forget all about us tonight


I don't Know How to Love Him
               ------------------------------
            D    G     D      A
            D   G    D            G    D
Mary M. :   I don't know how to love him
            G         G6   G    A    D
            What to do how to move him
                        D    A             D        A
            I've been changed yes really changed
                    F#m7      Bm            F#m7    Bm
            In this past few days when I've seen myself
               G    D    Em Em7 A     A7
            I seem like someone else

            D
            I don't know how to take this
            I don't see why he woos me
            He's a man he's just a man
            And I've had so many men before
            In very many ways ...
            He's just one more

            D           G                       F#7         Bm
            Should I bring him down, should I scream and shout
            Bm/A      G                     D/A
            Should I speak of love, let my feelings out
                          C         G        D
            I never thought I'd come to this -
            G            D      A
            What's it all about ?..

            D
            Don't You think it's rather funny
            I should be in this position
            I'm the one who's always been
            So calm so cool, no lovers fool
            Running every show ...
            He scares me so

            I never thought I'd come to this -
            What's it all about

            Yet if he said he loved me
            I'd be lost I'd be frightened
            I couldn't cope just couldn't cope
            I'd turn my head I'd back away
            I wouldn't want to know ...
            He scares me so !
            I want him so,
            I love him so ...

Damned For All Time
               -----------------
Judas:   Now if I help you it matters that you see
         These sordid kind of things are coming hard to me
         It's taken me some time to work out what you do
         I weighed the whole thing up before I came to you
         I have no thought at all about my own reward
         I really didn't come here of my own accord
         Just don't say I'm
         Damned for all time

         I came because I had to I'm the one who saw
         Jesus controlled it now jyst like he did before.
         And further more I know that Jesus think so too
         Jesus wouldn't mind that I was here with you
         I have no thought at all about my own reward
         I really didn't come here of my own accord
         Just don't say I'm
         Damned for all time

         Annas, you're a friend, a wordly man and wise,
         Caiaphas, my friend I know your simpathise .
         Why are we the propherts ?  Why are we the ones ?
         Who see the sad solution - know what must be done
         I have no thought at all about my own reward
         I really didn't come here of my own accord
         Just don't say I'm
         Damned for all time

Blood Money
               -----------
Annas:      Cut the protesting, forget the excuses,
            We want information get, up off the floor

Caiaphas:   We have the papers, we need to arrest him
---------   You know his movement - we know the law

Annas:      Your help in this matter won't go unrewarded

Caiaphas:   We'll pay you in silver - cash on the nail !
---------   We just need to know where the soldiers can find him

Annas:      With no crowd around him
Caiaphas:   Then we can't fail.
Judas:      I don't need your blood money !
Caiaphas:   Oh that doesn't matter our expenses are good .

Judas:      I don't want your blood money !

Caiaphas:   But you might as well take it - we think that you
should .

Annas:      Think of the things you can do with that money -
------      Chose any charity give to the poor

Caiaphas:   We've noted your motives - we've noted your feelings

Annas:      This isn't blood money - it's a fee nothing,
------      Fee nothing, fee nothing more

Judas:      Oh Thursday night you'll find him where you want him
------      Far from the crowd in Garden of Gethsemane

Choir:      Well done, Judas,
------      Good old Judas...


The Last Supper
               ---------------
Thusday night

             G               D              Em        G/D
Apostles:   Look at all my trials and tribulations
---------    C            Gsus/B         Am      D
            Sinking in a gentle pool of wine
             G              B7/F#       Em     G7/D  G9/D
            Don't disturb me now I can see the answers
             G7   G9   C          Cmaj  D9      D7      G
            Till this evening, in this morning life is fine.
            Always hoped that I'd be an apostle
            Knew that I would make it if I tried
            Then when we retire we can write the gospels
            So they'll still talk about us when we've died

             Bbm
Jesus:   The end ...
------       Bbm7+        Bbm7         Bbm6  Bbmmaj7    Bbm
         Is just a little harder when brought about by friends
             Bbm  F Bbm/Db     Ebm       Ebm6     Bbm/Db
         For all you care this wine could be my blood
             Bbm  F Bbm/Db     Ebm        Ebm6    Bbm/Db
         For all you care this bread could be my body
             Db
         The end !
                      Ab
         This is my blood you drink
                     F#6      F
         This is my body you eat
                         Bbm              Ebm7 F7-9 Bbm
         If you would remember me when you eat and drink ...

            Bbm                Ab  Bbm/Db               Ab
         I must be mad thinking I'll be remembe'ed - yes
           Bbm/F          F#9  F#  Bbm
         I must be out  of  my  head !
         Look at your blank faces !  My name will mean nothing
         Ten minutes after I'm dead !
            Ebm           Ab
         One of you denies me !
            Db              F#
         One of you betrays me -

          B               Bmaj7
Apostles:  ( Not I !  Who would !  Impossible ! )

          Ebm          Ab   Db             Gb
Jesus:   Peter will deny me in just a few hours
------      B               Bmaj7    B till "Hurry you fool..."
         Three times will deny me - and that's not all I see
         One of here dining, one of my twelve chosen

         Will leave to betray me -

Judas:   Cut out the dramathics !  You know very well who -

Jesus:   Why don't you go do it ?

Judas:   You want me to do it !

Jesus:   Hurry they are waiting

Judas:   If you knew why I do it ...

Jesus:   I don't care why you do it

Judas:   To think I admired you
------   For now I despise you

Jesus:   You liar - you Judas

Judas:   You want me to do it !
------   What if I just stayed here
         And ruined your ambition ?
            Christ you deserve it !

Jesus:   Hurry you fool, hurry and go,
------   Save me your speaches, I don't want to know -
         GO !

Apostles:   Look at all my trials and tribulations
---------   Sinking in a gentle pool of wine
            What's that in the
            bread it's gone to my head
            Till this morning is this
            evening life is fine
            Always hoped that I'd be an apostle
            Knew that I would make it if I tried
            Then when we retire we can write the gospels
            So they'll still talk about us when we've died

Judas:      Em                      C
---------   You said pathetic man - see where you've brought us to
            Am                   H7
            Our ideals die around us all because of you
                     Em
            And now the saddest cut of all -
                    C
            Someone has to turn you in
                 Am                      H7
            Like a common criminal, like a wounded animal
              Em
            A jaded mandarin
              C
            A jaded mandarin
              Am               H7
            A jaded jaded ...  faded mandarin

             Em           C   Am
Jesus:       Get out! They're waiting! Get out!
                     H7
             They're waiting for you
Judas:       Em                        G
-----------  Every time I look at you I don't understand
             A                                 Em
             Why you let the things you did get so out of hand
             Em                                 G               A   Em
             You'd have managed better if you'd had it planned -


Apostles:    Look at all my trials and tribulations
---------    Sinking in a gentle pool of wine
             Don't disturb me now I can see the answers
             Till this evening in this morning life is fine
             Always hoped that I'd be an apostle
             Knew that I would make it if I tried
             Then when we retire we can write the gospels
             So they'll still talk about us when we've died

Jesus:      Will no-one stay awake with me ?
------      Peter ?  John ?  James ?
            Will none of you wait with me ?
            Peter ?  John ?  James ?

Gethsemane (I only want to say)
               -------------------------------------------------------

       Bbm     Bbm/Ab   Bbm/Gb  Bbm/F
Jesus:   I only want to say
       Ebm        Ebm/Db   Ebm/C  Ebm/Bb
         If there   is   a way
       Ab         Asus  Ab   Dbsus Db          F          F+  F Bbmsus
         Take this cup   a - way   from me for   I don't want to taste -
               Bbm/Db
         It's poison
      Gb                 Bbm/F
         Feel it burn me,     I have changed
      C7                       F     F+     F7      F
         I'm not as sure as   when   we     star - ted.

          Bbm  Bbm+7              Bbm7    Bbm6
         Then        I  was    inspired
      Ebm    Ebm/Db        Ebm/C  Ebm/Bb
         Now   I'm sad and tired
      Ab        Absus  Ab7  Dbsus Db/F Db9  Db  F       F+ F7
         Listen sure - ly   I've  ex - cu - ded    expectations
      Bbmsus        Bbm9  Bbm/Db  Gb
         Tried for three years   seems like thirty
      Bbm/F                F                   Bbm
         Could you ask as much from any other man ?

      Bbm  Ab  Gb  F
      But  if  I  die
      Bbm             Ab                Gb              F
      See the Saga through and do the things you ask of me
      Bbm                Ab               Gb               F
      Let them hate me, hit me, hurt me, nail me to their tree
      Bbm                           Eb major!
      I'd wanna know I'd wanna know my God
      Bbm                           Eb      ...
      I'd wanna see I'd wanna see my God

      Why I should die ?
      Would I be more noticed than I ever was before ?
      Would the things I've said and done matter any more ?
      I'd have to know I'd have to know my lord
      I'd have to see I'd have to see my lord
      But if I die what will be my reward ?
      I'd have to know I'd have to know my lord
      Why I should die ?
      Can't you show me now that I wouldn't be
      killed in vain ?
      Show me just a little your omnipresent brain
      Show me there's a reason for your wanting me to die
      You're far to keen on where and how and
      not so hot on why
      Alright I'll die !
      Just watch me die !
      See how I die !

      Then I was inspired
      Now I'm sad and tired
      After all I've tried for three years seems
      like ninety why then am I
      Scared to finish what I started, what you started
      I didn't start it
      God thy will is hard
      But you hold every card
      I will drink your cup of poison nail me to the
      cross and break me,
      Bleed me, beat me, kill me, take me now -
      before I change my mind !..

The Arrest
               ----------
          Bbm                                     Bbm6
Judas:   There he is !  They're all asleep - the fools !
------    Bbm                Bbm/Db           Bbm/F
Jesus:   Judas - must you betray   me with a kiss !
------     Bbm
Peter:   What's the buzz ?  Tell me what's happening

                        Bbm
Peter and Apostles:   What's the buzz ?  Tell me what's happening
-------------------          Eb
                      Hang on lord we've gonna fight for you
         Bbm  /Ab  /F   /Eb /Db   /BbJesus:
         Put  a - way   you -r  sword !
         Bbm        Bbm/Db             Eb
         Don't you know that it's all over ?
                                   Bbm
         It was nice but now it's gone
                                    Eb
         Why are you obsessed with fighting ?
                                  Bbm
         Stick to finish from now on

          Bbm
Crowd:   Tell me Christ how you feel tonight
------   Do you plan to put up a fight
         Ebm
         Do you feel that you've had the breaks ?
           Bbm
         What would you say were your big mistakes ?
           Do you think that you may retire ?
           Did you think you would get much higher ?
           How do you view your coming trial ?
           Have you men proved at all worth while ?
         Come with us to see Caiaphas
         You'll just love the High Priest's house
         You'll just love seeing Caiaphas
         You'll just die in the High Priest's house
         Come on God this is not like you
         Let us know what you're gonna do
         You know what your suppoters feel
         You'll escape in the final real
         Tell me Christ how you feel tonight
         Do you plan to put up the fight?
         Do you feel that you've had the breaks?
         What would you say were your big mistakes?
         Come with us to see Caiaphas
         You'll just love the High Priest's house
         You'll just love seeing Caiaphas
         You'll just die in the High Priest's house
         Now we have him! Now we have got him!

              Bbm                       Ebm           Ab
Caiaphas:   Jesus you must realise the serious charges facing you
---------    Db                        Gb     B
            You can, you're the son of God in all your handouts -
           F             Bbm
            Well, is it true ?

Jesus:   That's what you say - you say that I am

Annas:   There you have it, gentlemen -
         what more evidence do we need ?
         Judas thank you for the victim - stay a while and you'll
         see him bleed !

Crowd:   Now we have him !  Now we've got him !
------   Take him to Pilate !



Peter's Denial
               --------------
                    G             G7                C      Cm
Maid by the Fire:   I think I've seen you somewhere - I remember
                    C         G        C    G      C       Cm
                    You were with that man they took away I recognize
                    G
                    your face

Peter:   You're got the wrong man, lady, I don't know him
------   And I wasn't where he was tonight - never near the place

            F     C
GSoldier:   Thats strange for I am sure I saw you with him
--------               F            C        F         G
            You were right by his side and yet you denied -
                    F      C          G
Peter:      I tell you I was never ever with him------
               F          C        F                G
Old Man:   But I saw you too - it looked just like you

Peter:   I don't know him !

              Am                Am7               F
Mary M. :   Peter - don't you know what you have said,
---------                    C           Am
            You've done and cut him dead
Peter:      I had to do it, don't you see ?
            Or else they'd go for me.
Mary M. :   It's what he told us you would do
            I wonder how he knew ...

Pilate and Christ
               -----------------      Friday

Pilate:   Who is this broken man cluttering up my hallway ?

          Who is this unfortunate ?

Soldier:  Someone Christ - King of the Jews

Pilate:   Oh so this is Jesus Christ I'm really quite suprised

          You look so small - not a king at all

          We are know that you are knews - but are you king ?
          King of the Jews ?


Jesus:    That's what you say

Pilate:   What do you mean by that ?
-------   That is not an answer
          You're deep in trouble, friend -
          Someone Christ - King of the Jews
          How can someone in your state be so cool about your fate
          An amazing thing - this silent king
          Since you come from Galilea then need not come to me
          You're Herod's race !  You're Herod's case !

Crowd:    Hosanna Hey Sanna Sanna Sanna Ho
------    Sanna Hey Sanna Ho Sanna
          Hey JC, JC please explain to me ?
          You had everything where is it now ?

King Herod's Song
               -----------------
         Bm    D     G                D     D D/Db   Bm
Herod:   Jesus I am overjoyed to meet you face to face
------    Bm                  D           G               D
         You've been getting quite a name all around the place.
           Bm     Gbm (!)  G                D
         Healing cripples raising from the dead
            Em/G  /Gb    /E          /D     /Db          /B  A     A7
         And now I understand you're God at least that's what you've said
            D                               E
         So you are the Christ you're the great Jesus Christ
           A
         Prove to me that you've divine -
           D       /Db   /B  A    /G  /F#
         change my wa - ter  in - to  wine.
         A7/E   D                          E
         That's all you need do and I'll know it's all true
          A        A7       A   D
         Come on, King of the Jews !

         Jesus you just won't believe the hit you've made round here
         You are all we talk about the wonder of the year
         Oh what a pity if it's all a lie
         Still I'm sure that you can rock the cynics if you try

         So you are the Christ you're the great Jesus Christ
         Prove to me that you're no fool - walk across my swimming pool
         If you do that for me I'll let you go free
         Come on, King of the Jews !

         I only ask things I'd ask any superstar
         What is it that you have got that puts you where you are?
         I'm waiting yes I'm a captive fan
         I'm dying to be shown that you are not just any man

         So if you are the Christ yes the great Jesus Christ
         Feed my household with this bread, you can do it - on you head !
         Or has somthing gone wrong ?  Why do you take so long ?
         Come on, King of the Jews !

         Hey !  Aren't you scared of me, Christ ?  Mr. Wonderful Christ !
         You're a joke, you're not the lord! You're nothing but a fraud
         Take him away - his got nothing to say
         Get out you, King of the Jews !  Get out of my life !


Judas' Death
               ------------

Judas:   My God !  I saw him - he looked three-quaters 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
         I'd save to him all this suffering if I could
         Don't believe... our good... save him... if I could...

             Fm         C                     Fm
Priest 3:   Cut the confessions forget the excuses
---------      Ab          Bb              Eb            Ab
            I don't understand why you're filled with remorse
            All that you've said has come true with a vengeance
            The mob turned against him - you backed the right horse

Caiaphas:   What you have done will be saving of Israel
---------   You'll be remember'd forever for this
            And not only that you've been paid for your efforts
            Pretty good vages for one little kiss

Judas:   Christ !  I know you can hear me
------   But I only did what you wanted me too
         Christ !  I'd sell out the nation
         For I have been saddled with the murder of you
         I have been spattled with innocent blood,
         I shall be dragged through the slime and the mud.
         I have been spattled with innocent blood,
         I shall be dragged through the
         slime and the slime and the slime and the mud.

         I don't know how to love him
         I don't know why he moves me
         He's a man - he's just a man
         He is not a King - he is just the same
         As anyone I know
         He scares me so
         When he's cold and dead will he let me be ?
         Does he love,does he love me too ?  Does he care for me ?

         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
         For your foul bloody crime
         You have murdered me !  You have murdered me !

Choir:   Poor old Judas
------   So long, Judas

Trial Before Pilate    (including the 39 lashes)
               -------------------
Pilate:   And so the King is once again my guest
-------   And why is this ?  Was Herod unimpressed ?

Caiaphas:   We turn to Rome to sentence Nazareth
---------   We have no law to put a man to death
            We need him crusified - it's all you have to do
            We need him crusified - it's all you have to do

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 ?

Jesus:   I have got no kingdom in this world -
------   I'm through, through, through

Mob:   Talk to me Jesus Christ

Jesus:   There maybe a kingdom for me somewhere - if I only knew

Pilate:   Then you're a King ?

Jesus:   It's you that say I am
------   I look for truth and find that I get damned

Pilate:   But what is truth ?  Is truth unchanging law ?
-------   We both have truths - are mine the same of your ?

Mob:      Crusify him ! Crusify him !

Pilate:   What do you mean - you'd crusify your King ?

Mob:   We have no King but Caesar !

Pilate:   He's done no wrong - no not the slightest thing

Mob:   We have no King but Caesar !  Crusify him !

Pilate:   I see no reason - I find no evil
-------   This man is harmless so why does he upset you ?
          He's just misguided - thinks he's important
          But to keep you vultures happy I shall flog him

Mob:      Crusify him  ! Crusify him !


   Thirty nine lashes

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
          Why do you not speak when I have your life in my hands
          How  can you stay quiet ?  I don't believe you understand

Jesus:   You have nothing in your hands
------   Any power you have comes to you from the beyong
         Everithing is fixed and you can't change it

Pilate:   You are fool Jesus Christ how can I help you ?

Mob:   Pilate, crusify him, crusify him !
----   Remember Caeser, you have a duty,
       You'll be devoted, crusify him  !
       You'll be deported, you have a duty
       To keep on peace, so crusify him !

Pilate:   Don't let me stop and great self-destruction
-------   Die if you want to, you, misguided martyr!
          I wash my hands of your demolition
          Die, if you want to,  innocent puppet !

Superstar
               ---------

Voise of Judas:

       C7                        Eb
       Everytime I look at you I don't understand
       F7                                 C7
       Why you let the things you did get so out of hand
       C7                                  Eb
       You'd have managed better if you'd had it planned
       F7                                         C7
       Why'd you choose such a backward time and such a strange land ?
       C7                                  Eb
       If you'd come today you would have reached a whole nation
       F7                     C7
       Israel in 4 BC had no mass communication
       {C, F7, C }              {C7, F7, C7}
       Don't you get me wrong - I only want to know {3 times}

          C             F
Choir:   Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ
------    Bb              F            C
         Who are you ?  What have you sacrificed ?
         Jesus Christ Surerstar
         Do you think you're what they say you are ?

Voise of Judas:

       Tell me what you think about your friends at the top
       Who d'you think besides yourself's the pick of the crop ?
       Buddah was he where it's at ?  Is he where you are ?
       Could Muhammed 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 ?
       Don't you get me wrong - I only want to know

Choir:   Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ
------   Who are you ?  What have you sacrificed ?
         Jesus Christ Surerstar
         Do you think you're what they say you are ?

The Crusifixion
               ---------------
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 !

Jesus Christ Superstar (alternative chords)


HEAVEN ON THEIR MINDS (Judas)

[4/4, Chords played over the Eb-Cm-Dm-Eb-Cm progression/bass riff]

           Dm             F           G
My mind is clearer now at last all to well
      F            G             Dm
I can see where we all soon will be
       Dm             F             G
If you strip away the myth from the man
         F            G             Dm
You will see where we all soon will be

              Dm                     Em
Jesus! You've started to believe the things they say of you
    F                      G                  Dm
You really do believe this talk of God is true
    Dm                            Em
And all the good you've done will soon get swept away
F                           G                      Dm
You've begun to matter more than the things you say

Dm                   F
Listen Jesus I don't like what I see
Dm                    G
All I ask is that you listen to me
Bb           C                             F        A
And remember I've been your right-hand man all along
         Dm                  Bb
You have set them all on fire
                   F
They think they've found the new Messiah
            D/A                A+   A     Bb   Dm7
And they'll hurt you when they find their wrong

Dm                   F
I remember when this whole thing began
Dm                     G
No talk of God then we called you a man
Bb             C                     F          A
And believe me my admiration for you hasn't died
          Dm                Bb
But ev'ry word you say today
             F
Gets twisted 'round some other way
            D/A              A+    A      Bb  Dm7
And they'll hurt you if they think you've lied

[in 7/8]
Bb            F          Gm                   Dm
Nazareth your famous son should have stayed a great unknown
Gm              Dm/A         A              Dm
Like his father carving wood he'd have made good
Bb                F            Gm                Dm
Tables chairs and oaken chests would have suited Jesus best
Gm                 Dm/A         A           Dm
He'd have caused nobody harm -- no one alarm

back to 4/4]
Dm                  F
Listen Jesus do you care for your race?
Dm                    G
Don't you see we must keep in our place?
Bb                 C                          F           A
We are occupied -- have you forgotten how put down we are?
     Dm                     Bb
I am frightened by the crowd
           F
For we are getting much too loud
            Dm/A           A+  A  Bb Dm7
And they'll crush us if we go too far

[back to 7/8, instrumental break repeating previous 7/8 bridge]

[back to 4/4]
Dm                  F
Listen Jesus to the warning I give
Dm                     G
Please remember that I want us to live
Bb                      C                      F         A
But it's sad to see our chances weakening with every hour
         Dm                 Bb
All your followers are blind
         F
Too much heaven on their minds
       Dm/A          A+   A   Bb
It was beautiful but now it's sour
         Dm       Bbmaj7
Yes it's all gone sour...

{Dm - Bb, jam and ramble to end}

EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT (Mary, Jesus, Judas)

[in 5/4]
[Mary]

E                       B7                    C#m                     A
Try not to get worried, try not to turn on to problems that upset you oh
          B7   E              A     B    E
Don't you know everything's alright yes, everything's fine
A Bsus E                 A    B E
And we want you to sleep well tonight
A Bsus  E                  A   B E
Let the world turn without you tonight
A Bsus E            Am       Em            Am Bm E
If we try we'll get by so forget about all us tonight
               A      B    E            A  B
Everything's alright, yes, everything's fine

[Judas]
Em                  D       C                   D
Woman your fine ointment -- brand new and expensive
Em              C     D       Em
could have been saved for the poor
Em                 D      C                     D
Why has it been wasted -- we could have raised maybe
Em                   C    D    Em
Three hundred silver pieces or more
Am             D       G                C
People who are hungry, people who are starving
Em     B                            B7sus B7
Matter more than your feet and hair

[Mary]
E                             B7
Sleep and I shall soothe you, calm you and annoint you
C#m                         A
Myrrh for your hot forehead oh
          B7   E              A     B   E
Don't you know everything's alright yes everything's fine
A Bsus   E            A   B      E
And it's cool and the ointment's sweet
A Bsus  E            A    B   E
For the fire in your head and feet
A Bsus     E                Am         Em                Am  Bm  E
Close your eyes, close your eyes and relax, think of nothing tonight
               A      B    E            A  B
Everything's alright, yes, everything's fine

[Jesus]
Em                   D   C                 D
Surely you're not saying we have the resources
Em               C    D     Em
to save the poor from their lot?
Em                   D     C                  D
There will be poor always, pathetically struggling
Em               C      D      Em
Look at the good things you've got!
Am                     D
Think! while you still have me
G                     C
Move! while you still see me
B
You'll be lost
          Bsus  B
You'll be so so sorry
Bsus     B   Bsus
When I'm gone

[Mary]
E                             B7
Sleep and I shall soothe you, calm you and annoint you
C#m                         A
Myrrh for your hot forehead oh
          B7   E              A     B   E
Don't you know everything's alright yes everything's fine
A Bsus   E            A   B      E
And it's cool and the ointment's sweet
A Bsus  E            A    B   E
For the fire in your head and feet
A Bsus     E                Am         Em                Am  Bm
Close your eyes, close your eyes and relax, think of nothing tonight
           E                A    B   Em
Close your eyes, close your eyes and relax (repeat, repeat, et al)

HOSANNA (Crowd, Jesus, Caiaphas)

[in 4/4]
[Crowd]
G       D        G
Hosanna Heysanna Sanna Sanna Ho
      Bb              Eb
Sanna Hey Sanna Ho Sanna
      Ebm                Em
Hey J.C., J.C. won't you smile at me?
      Cm       Ab  D    G
Sanna Ho Sanna Hey Superstar

[Caiaphas]
          Cm           B/F#       Cm         B/F#
Tell this rabble to be quiet we anticipate a riot
            Bb Bb(b5)         Bb  G
This common crowd is much too loud
         Cm                B/F#               Cm                 B/F#
Tell the mob who sing your song that they are fools and they are wrong
           Bb Bb(b5)            Bb      G
They are a curse -- they should disperse

[Crowd]
G       D        G
Hosanna Heysanna Sanna Sanna Ho
      Bb              Eb
Sanna Hey Sanna Ho Sanna
      Ebm                Em
Hey J.C., J.C. you're alright by me
      Cm       Ab  D    G   C
Sanna Ho Sanna Hey Superstar

[Jesus]
G                     D              G
Why waste your breath moaning at the crowd?
Bb             F                Bb      Gm
Nothing can be done to stop the shouting
         Dm                   A                    D    A
If every tongue was still the noise would still continue
              D                 A              D   D/C  Bm  D7/A
The rocks and stones themselves would start to sing

[Jesus & Crowd]
G       D        G
Hosanna Heysanna Sanna Sanna Ho
      Bb              Eb
Sanna Hey Sanna Ho Sanna
      Ebm                Em
Hey J.C., J.C. won't you fight for me?
      Cm       Ab  D    G
Sanna Ho Sanna Hey Superstar

Ending: D7  G  Am  D7  G

PILATE'S DREAM (Pilate)

[4/4]
  Bbm       Ebm       Ab7
I dreamed I met a Galilean
  Bbm             Cb
A most amazing man
  F7        F7+      Gb              Ebm6
He had that look you very rarely find
    F7               Bbm
The haunting, hunted kind

  Bbm          Ebm          Ab7
I asked him to say what had happened
Bbm              Cb
How it all began
  F7      F7+     Gb               Ebm6
I asked again, he never said a word
  F7            Bbm
As if he hadn't heard

Bb           Bb7
And next the room was full
   Ebm               Ab
of wild and angry men
               Ab7
they seemed to hate this man
     Db (tacet)
they fell on him and then
F7 (tacet)
they disappeared again

Bbm        Ebm             Ab7
Then I saw thousands of millions
Bbm                Cb
crying for this man
    F7                Gb                Ebm6
And then I heard them mentioning my name
    F7             Bbm
And leaving me the blame

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM (Mary Magdalene)

Note: The A9 in the last measure of each verse is actually an "A9sus (no
G)" Try fitting THAT over the word "else". Ah, limitations, limitations.
The chord is actually very easy to play if you use some untraditional
fingering/positioning across the progression of that line of the verse.

[in 4/4]

D G     D           G    D
I don't know how to love him
G       G6         D/A  A
What to do, how to move him
          D/F#     A          D
I've been changed, yes really changed
A        F#m7     Bm             F#m7   Bm
In these past few days when I've seen myself
  G    D/F# Em  D   A9
I seem like someone else

D G     D           G    D
I don't know how to take this
G       G6         D/A   A
I don't see why he moves me
       D/F#  A           D
He's a man,  he's just a man
A        F#m7    Bm   F#m7    Bm
And I've had  so many men   before
   G   D/F# Em   D  A9 A
In ve - ry  ma - ny ways
G    D/F# Em7 D
He's just one more

[PSEUDOBRIDGE]

G                  F#7
Should I bring him down
                    Bm
Should I scream and shout
         Bm/A     G
Should I speak of love
                D/A
Let my feelings out?
        C           G       D
I never thought I'd come to this
G         D/F#  Em    A9 -} A
What's it all  about?

D         G     D           G  D
Don't you think it's rather funny
G        G6         D/A  A
I should be in this position?
        D/F# A            D
I'm the one  who's always been
A  F#m7     Bm7   F#m7        Bm7
So calm, so cool, no  lover's fool
G  D/F# Em D  A9   A
Running every show
G  D/F#   Em7 D
He scares me  so

{repeat pseudobridge, instrumental to "never thought I'd come to this..."}

D   G  D          G     D
Yet if he said he loved me
G      G6           D    A
I'd be lost, I'd be frightened
           D/F#  A             D
I couldn't cope, just couldn't cope
    F#m7    Bm7   F#m7      Bm7
I'd turn my head, I'd  back away
  G   D/F# Em   D  A9   A
I wouldn't want to know
G  D/F#   Em7 D
He scares me  so
G D/F# Em7 D
I want him so
G D/F# Em7 D
I love him so

THE LAST SUPPER (Apostles)

[in 4/4]

[verse 1]

  G              D                Em     G/D
  Look at all my trials and tribulations
  C            Gsus/B G/B     Am   D
  Sinking in a gentle pool of wine
  G                B7/F#
  Don't disturb me now
        Em      G7/D G9/D
  I can see the an - swers
  G7   G9   C       C6 Cmaj7 D9
  Till this evening is this  morning
          G    D7
  Life is fine

[verse 2]

  G                 D          Em     G/D
  Always hoped that I'd be an apostle
  C                 Gsus/B  G/B   Am    D
  Knew that I would make it if  I tried
  G            B7/F#         Em        G7/D  G9/D
  Then when we retire we can write the gos - pels
  G7 G9      C     C6   Cmaj7 D9                 G
  So they'll still talk a  -  bout us when we've died

{Jesus/Apostles/Judas interludes, verse, dialogue}

  {repeat verses 1 and 2}

{More Jesus/Judas interludes}

  {repeat verse 1}

[verse 3]

  G              D                Em     G/D
  Look at all my trials and tribulations
  C            Gsus/B G/B     Am   D
  Sinking in a gentle pool of wine
  G                  B7/F#
  What's that in the bread?
            Em    G7/D G9/D
  It's gone to my he - ad
  G7   G9   C       C6 Cmaj7 D9
  Till this evening is this  morning
          G    D7
  Life is fine

{repeat verse 2, end on G}

I ONLY WANT TO SAY (GETHSEMANE) (Jesus)
[in 4/4, Bb]

[verse]

  Bbm Bbm/Ab       Bbm/Gb Bbm/F
  I   only want to say

  Ebm      Ebm/Db  Ebm/C  Ebm/Bb
  If there is a    way

  Ab        Absus  Ab  Dbsus Db
  Take this cup    a - way   from me

      F       F+   F  Bbmsus Bbm           Gb
  For I don't want to taste  its poison -- feel it burn me

  Bbm/F           C7                 F    F+ F7   F
  I have changed, I'm not as sure as when we started

  Bbm    Bbm/Ab   Bbm/Gb Bbm/F
  Then I was    inspired

  Ebm     Ebm/Db     Ebm/C Ebm/Bb
  Now I'm sad    and tired

  Ab      Absus  Ab Dbsus Db       F   F+  F
  Listen, sure - ly I've  exceeded expectations

  Bbmsus Bbm                Gb
  Tried  for three years -- seems like thirty

  Bbm/f            F                   Bbm
  Could you ask as much from any other man?

[sub-verse]

  Bbm Ab Gb F
  But if I  die

  Bbm          Ab                 Gb                F
  See the saga through and do the things you ask of me

  Bbm               Ab               Gb               F
  Let them hate me, hit me, hurt me, nail me to their tree

  Bbm                              Eb7
  I'd wanna know I'd wanna know my God   (x2)

  Bbm                            Eb7
  I'd wanna see I'd wanna see my God     (x2)

  Bbm Ab Gb     F
  Why I  should die

  Bbm             Ab             Gb       F
  Would I be more noticed than I ever was before?

  Bbm                   Ab            Gb         F
  Would the things I've said and done matter any more?

  Bbm                                  Eb7
  I'd have to know I'd have to know my Lord   (x2)

  Bbm                                Eb7
  I'd have to see I'd have to see my Lord     (x2)

[key change to C]

  Cm                        F7
  If I die what would be my reward?          (x2)

  Cm                                   F
  I'd have to know I'd have to know my Lord  (x2)

  Cm  Bb     Ab G     Cm  Bb     Ab G
  Why should I  die?  Why should I  die?

  Cm              Bb               Ab               G
  Can you show me now that I would not be killed in vain?

  Cm             Bb             Ab          G
  Show me just a little of your omnipresent brain

  Cm                Bb              Ab            G
  Show me there's a reason for your wanting me to die

         Cm              Bb                Ab            G
  You're far too keen on where and how and not so hot on why

[repeat Cm - Bb - Ab - G progression]

  Alright I'll die!  Just watch me die!

  See how I die!  See how I die!

[Instrumental orchestra break in 5/8 -- Cm Bbsus Ab G]
[Break last round at Ab - Tacet - return to initial tempo in Cm]

  Cm     Cm/Bb   Cm/Ab   Cm/G  Fm      Fm/Eb     Fm/D  Fm/C
  Then I was   inspired,       now I'm sad   and tired

  Bb    Bbsus      Ebsus     Eb          G          G+  G
  After all,  I've tried for three years seems like ninety

  Cm            Ab               Cm/G
  Why then am I scared to finish what I started

  D7       D7-9       G
  What you started -- I didn't start it

  Cm       Cm/Bb    Cm/Ab Cm/G      Fm       Fm/Eb  Fm/Eb  Fm/D  Fm7/C
  God, thy will  is hard        but you hold every  card

  Bb     Bbsus      Ebsus  Eb
  I will drink your cup of poison

  G       G+ G    Cm                  Ab
  Nail me to your cross and break me, bleed me, beat me

  Cm/G               G7    G+   G7 G7sus  G7 Ab    Fm  G7sus  Cm
  Kill me -- take me now before I  change my mind

KING HEROD'S SONG (Herod)

[in 4/4]

NOTE: The E6 floating about is actually an E6 (no B), and likewise
      the F6 floating about is actually an F6 (no C), and likewise
      the G6 floating about is actually a  G6 (no D). Aren't key
      changes wonderful? Feel like this is a Barry Manilow tune. :}

F#m        F#m/E        D                A
Jesus I am overjoyed to meet you face to face

F#m                 F#m/E        D              A
You've been getting quite a name all around the place

F#m     C#m       D                A
Healing cripples, raising from the dead

    D     A/C#  Bm          A         D            A/C#        Bm7   E7
And now I understand you're God -- at least that's what you've said

   A                             B7
So you are the Christ you're the great Jesus Christ

E6                      E         A (tacet)
Prove to me that you're divine -- change my water into wine

       A                        B7                  E6
That's all you need do and I'll know it's all true

E7    E6      E9  A
C'mon King of the Jews

F#m            F#m/E             D                      A
Jesus you just won't believe the hit you've made 'round here

F#m            F#m/E           D             A
You are all we talk about, the wonder of the year

F#m       C#m  D               A
Oh what a pity if that's all a lie

D         A/C#      Bm      A        D      A/C#     Bm7  E9 E7
Still I'm sure that you can rock the cynics if   you try


   A                             B7
So you are the Christ you're the great Jesus Christ

E6                      E          A (tacet)
Prove to me that you're no fool -- walk across my swimming pool

       A                        B7              E6
If you do that for me then I'll let you go free

E7    E6      E9  A
C'mon King of the Jews
[Instrumental Break (follow chorus progression)]

[key change]

Gm     Gm/F                Eb  Bb
I only ask  things I'd ask any superstar

Gm              Gm/F               Eb                 Bb
What is it that you  have got that puts you where you are?

Gm   Dm           Eb            Bb
I am waiting, yes I'm a captive fan

    Eb    Bb/D    Cm         Bb      Eb       Bb/D Cm7  F9
I'm dying to   be shown that you are not just any  man

F7 Bb                         C7
So you are the Christ yes the great Jesus Christ

F6                     F             Bb (tacet)
Feed my household with this bread -- you can do it on your head

       Bb                           C7
Or has something gone wrong? Why do you take so long?

F6 F7 F6      F9  Bb
C'mon King of the Jews

[stop, mood shift]

G    D7     G7  C                           D7
Hey! Aren't you scared of me Christ? Mister Wonderful Christ!

G6                            G      C (tacet)
You're a joke, you're not the Lord!  You're nothing but a fraud!

C                      D7
Take him away he's got nothing to say

G6          B/G     G7 (tacet)
Get out you king of the -- GET OUT!

G6          B/G     G7  C
Get out you king of the Jews!

                        D7
Get out you king of the Jews!

G7            C
Get out of my life!

I don't Know How To Love Him

C                                       G                   Am
Try not to get worried, try not to turn on to problems that upset you oh
        F               C
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