Jesus Christ Superstar (with chords)
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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
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Heaven on Their Minds
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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
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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 *
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Hosanna
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
