JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
1.HEAVEN ON THEIR MINDS
2.WHAT'S THE BUZZ / STRANGE THINGS MYSTIFYING
3.EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT
4.THIS JESUS MUST DIE
5.HOSANNA
6.SIMON ZEALOTES / POOR JERUSALEM
7.PILATE'S DREAM
8.TEMPLE
9.EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT (REPRISE)
10.I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM
11.DAMNED FOR ALL TIME / BLOOD MONEY
12.THE LAST SUPPER
13.I ONLY WANT TO SAY (GETHSEMANE)
14.THE ARREST
15.PETER'S DENIAL
16.PILATE AND CHRIST
17.KING HEROD'S SONG (TRY IT AND SEE)
18.JUDAS' DEATH
19.TRIAL BEFORE PILATE (INCLUDING THE 39 LASHES)
20.SUPERSTAR
21.CRUCIFIXION
22.JOHN NINETEEN FORTY ONE
HEAVEN ON THEIR MINDS (Judas)
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
Dm 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
Dm A Bb
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 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 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 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 Bb
It was beautiful but now it's sour
Dm Bbmaj7
Yes it's all gone sour...
2.WHAT'S THE BUZZ / STRANGE THINGS MYSTIFYING
A7
Apostles: What's the buzz ? Tell me what's happening ?
--------- D7
What's the buzz ? Tell me what's happening ?
A(stop)
Jesus: Why should you want to know ?
------ D
Don't you mind about the future,
A
Don't you try to think ahead
D
Save tomorrow for tomorrow,
A7
Think about today instead
A7 D7
Apostles: What's the buzz ? Tell me what's happening ? ETC.
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 ?
A(stop)
Jesus: Why should you want to know ?
D
------ Why are you obsessed with fighting
A
Times and fates you can't defy ?
D
If you knew the path we're riding
A
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: A D
------ Mary that is good - while you prattle through your supper
D A
Where and when and who and how
A D
She alone has tried to give me
A D
What I need right here and now !
Apostles: What's the buzz ? Tell me what's happening ?
G C Cm
Judas: It seems to me a strange thing mystifying
------ G C G
That a man like you can waste his time on women of her kind !
G C CM
Yes I can understand that she amuses,
G C G
But to let her stroke you, kiss your hair is hardly in your line.
F C G
It's not that I object to her profession
F C F G
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
Ab Bb Fm
Jesus: Who are you to criticize her?
------ Who are you to despise her?
Ab Bb Fm
Leave her, Leave her, let her be now
Ab Bb Fm
Leave her, Leave her, she's with me now
C Bbm Abm Gm Fm C Bbm Abm Gm Fm
If your slate is clean - then you can throw stones
C Bbm Abm Gm Fm C Bbm Abm Gm Fm
If your slate is not - then leave her alone
Cm Fm Bbm
I'm amazed that men like you can be so shallow, thick and slow
Bbm7 G C
There's not a man among you who knows or cares if I come or go
Ab Bb Fm
All No you're wro-ong! You're very wrong! (4x)
Cm Bbm Cm Bbm Cm Cm Bbm Cm Bbm Cm
How can you say that? How can you say that?
Cm Bbm Cm Bbm Cm Cm Bbm Cm Bbm Cm
How can you say that? How can you say that?
Jesus: Not one - not one of you !
3.EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT
(Mary, Jesus, Judas)
[in 5/4]
[Mary]
E B C#m A
Try not to get worried, try not to turn on to problems that upset you oh
E A E
Don't you know everything's alright yes, everything's fine
A E A E
And we want you to sleep well tonight
A E A E
Let the world turn without you tonight
A E A E A E
If we try we'll get by so forget about all us tonight
A E A
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
B B B7
Matter more than your feet and hair
[Mary]
E B
Sleep and I shall soothe you, calm you and annoint you
C#m A
Myrrh for your hot forehead oh
E A E
Don't you know everything's alright yes everything's fine
A E A E
And it's cool and the ointment's sweet
A E A E
For the fire in your head and feet
A E A E A E
Close your eyes, close your eyes and relax, think of nothing tonight
A E A
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 (C D C )B B7
You'll be lost, You'll be so so sorry, When I'm gone
[Mary]
E B
Sleep and I shall soothe you, calm you and annoint you
C#m A
Myrrh for your hot forehead oh
E A E
Don't you know everything's alright yes everything's fine
A E A E
And it's cool and the ointment's sweet
A E A E
For the fire in your head and feet
A E A E A
Close your eyes, close your eyes and relax, think of nothing tonight
E A E
Close your eyes, close your eyes and relax (repeat, repeat, et al)
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4.THIS JESUS MUST DIE
Abdim Abdim
Priest I: Good Caiaphas, the council waits for you,
--------- Abdim Abdim
The pharisees and priests are here for you!
Abdim Fm
Caiaphas: Ah gentlemen, you know why we are here
--------- Fm
We've not much time and quite a problem here
Fm
Mob (outside): Hosanna! Superstar! Hosanna! Superstar
--------------
E F B C E F E F B C E F
Hosanna! Superstar! Hosanna! Superstar!
Fm7 Bb7 Fm7 Bb7
Annas: Listen to that howling mob of blockheads in the street!
------ Fm Bb7 Fm Bb7
A trick or two with lepers and the whole town on its feet
Bb E Bb
All: He is dangerous!
Mob (outside): Jesus Christ Superstar -
Bb E Bb
All: He is dangerous!
----
Mob (outside): Tell us that you're who they say you are
--------------
G C A D
Priest 2: The man is in town right now to whip up some support
B Em Fm Em
Priest 2: A rabble rousing mission that I think we must abort
Bb E Bb (chords with no 3rd)
All: He is dangerous!
Mob (outside): Jesus Christ Superstar
-------------
Bb E Bb
All: He is dangerous!
---
Fm
Priest 2: Look, Caiaphas - they're right outside our yard
-------- Fm
Priest 3: Quick, Caiaphas - go call the Roman guard...
-------- Fm Ab Bb
Caiaphas: No wait - we need a more permanent solution to our problem...
Fm C C7 Fm
Annas: What then to do about Jesus of Nazareth
------ Ab Bb Eb7 Ab
Miracle wonderman - hero of fools?
Fm C C7 Fm
Priest 2: No riots, no army, no fighting, no slogans...
--------- Ab Bb C7 Fm
Caiaphas: One thing I'll say for him: Jesus is cool.
--------- Fm C C7 Fm
Priest 1: We dare not leave him to his own devices
Ab Bb Eb7 Ab
--------- His half-witted fans will get out of control
Fm C C7 Fm
Priest 3: But how can we stop him? His glamour increases
Ab Bb C7 Fm
--------- By leaps every minute - he's top of the poll.
Db Ab
Caiaphas: I see bad things arising
--------- Gb7 Fm C Fm
The crowd crown him King which the Romans would ban
Db Ab
I see blood and destruction
Gb7 Fm C7 Fm
Our elimination because of one man
Fm C C7 Fm
Blood and destruction because of one man!
Ab Bb Eb7 Ab
All: Because, because, because of one man
---- Fm C C7 Fm
Caiaphas: Our elimination because of one man
--------- Ab Bb C7 Fm
All: Because, because, because of one, 'cause of one, 'cause of one man.
---- Fm C C7 Fm
Priest 3: What then to do about this Jesus-mania?
--------- Ab Bb Eb7 Ab
Annas: How do we deal with the carpenter king?
------ Fm C C7 Fm
Priest 3: Where do we start with a man who is bigger
Ab Bb C7 Fm
--------- Then John was when John did his Baptism thing?
Db Ab
Caiaphas: Fools! You have no perception
Gb7 Fm C Fm
--------- The stakes we are gambling are frighteningly high!
Db Ab
We must crush him completely –
Gb7 Fm C7 Fm
So like John before him, this Jesus must die
Fm C C7 Fm
For the sake of the nation this Jesus must die
Ab Bb Eb7 Ab
All: Must die, must die, this Jesus must die
---- Fm C C7 Fm
Caiaphas: So like John before him, this Jesus must die
--------- Ab Bb C7 Fm
All: Must die, must die, this Jesus must, Jesus must, Jesus must die!
5.HOSANNA
G D7 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 Cm B
Caiaphas: Tell the rabble to be quiet we an-ti-cipate a riot
Fm F#m Fm G
This common crowd is much too loud
Cm B Cm B
Tell the mob who sing your song that they are fools and they are rong
Fm F#m Fm G
They are a curse, they should disperse!
C G7 C
Hosanna Hey Sanna Sanna Sanna Ho
Eb Ab
Sanna Hey Sanna Ho Sanna!
Abm Am
Hey, JC, JC, You're alright by me
Fm Db G C
Sanna Ho Sanna Hey, Superstar!
G D7 G
Jesus: Why waste your breath moaning at the crowd?
------ Bb F Bb BbM7
Nothing can be done to stop the shouting!
Dm A D
If every tongue was still the noise would still continue
A D A D
The rocks and stones themselves would start to sing:
G D7 G
Crowd (with Jesus): Hosanna Hey Sanna Sanna Sanna Ho
------------------- Bb Eb
[with slower tempo] Sanna Hey Sanna Ho Sanna
Ebm Em
Hey JC, JC won't you fight for me?
Cm Ab D G
Sanna Ho Sanna Hey Superstar
G D7 G
Sing me your songs, But not for me alone.
Bb F Bb Bbm7
Sing out for yourselves, For you are bless-ed.
Dm A D
There is not one of you who can not win the kingdom.
A D A D
The slow, the suffering, The quick, the dead.
G D7 G
Hosanna Hey Sanna Sanna Sanna Ho
Bb Eb
Sanna Ho Sanna Hosanna
CROWD
Ebm Em
Hey JC, JC won't you die for me?
Cm Ab D G
Sanna Ho Sanna Hey Superstar
6.SIMON ZEALOTES / POOR JERUSALEM
INTRO Gm F Eb X4
D G C D
G C
Crowd: Christ, you know I love you
G C
------ Did you see I waved?
G C
I believe in you and God
G C
So tell me that I'm saved
G C
Christ, you know I love you!
G C
Did you see I waved?
G C
I believe in you and God
G C
so tell me that I'm saved.
D7 G/D C/D D
Jesus I am with you - Touch me touch me Jesus
D7 G/D C/D D
Jesus I am on your side - Kiss me kiss me Jesus
----- G
F Eb7
Simon: Christ, what more do you need to convince you
G F Eb7
------ That you've made it and you're easily as strong
G F Eb7
As the filth from Rome who rape our country
Eb7 F Bb
And who've terrorized our people for so long?
G C G C
Crowd: Christ, you know I love you - Did you see I waved?
G C G C
------ I believe in you and God so tell me that I'm saved
D G
Jesus I am with you
C D
Touch me touch me Jesus
D G
Jesus I am on your side
C D
Kiss me kiss me Jesus
G F Eb
Simon: There must be over fifty thousand
G F Eb
------ Screaming love and more for you
G F Eb
And everyone of fifty thousand
G F Eb
Would do whatever you ask him to
Eb7 F7 C
Keep them yelling their devotion
Eb F7 C
But add a touch of hate at Rome
Eb7 F Bb
You will rise to a greater power
Ab Eb/G Bb
We will win ourselves a home
Ab Eb Bb (etc)
You'll get the power and the glory
For ever and ever and ever
For you'll get the power and the glory
For ever and ever and ever
You'll get the power and the glory
For ever and ever and ever (Amen! Amen!)
For ever and ever and ever (Amen! Amen!)
For ever and ever and ever (Amen! Amen!)
For ever and ever and ever (Amen! Amen!)
For ever and ever and ever
(Amen! Amen!)
Gm F Eb
Jesus: Neither you Simon, nor the fifty thousand
Gm F Eb
------ Nor the Romans, nor the Jews,
Gm F Eb Eb7
Nor Judas, nor the Twelve, nor the Priests, nor the Scribes,
Eb F Bb
Nor doomed Jerusalem itself
Ab Eb Bb
Understand what power is,
Ab Eb Bb
Understand what glory is,
Ab Eb Bb
Understand at all
Ab Eb Bb
Understand at all...
Bbm Ebm Ab Bbm
If you knew all that I knew, my poor Jerusalem
B F F#7
You'd see the truth but you close your eyes
Ebm7 F Bbm
But you close your eyes
Bbm Ebm Ab Bbm
While you live your troubles are many, poor Jerusalem
B F F#7 Ebm
To conquer death you only have to die,
F Bbm
You only have to die
7.PILATE'S DREAM
Pontius Pilate's house, Monday
Bbm Ebm Ab
Pilate: I dreamed I met a Galilean -
------- Bbm B
A most amazing man
F Gb
He had that look you very rarely find -
Ebm F Bbm
The haunting, hunted kind
Bbm Ebm Ab
I asked him to say what had happened
Bbm
How it all began
B F Gb Ebm
I asked again - he never said a word
F Bbm
As if he hadn't heard.
Bb Bb7 Ebm
And next the room was full of wild and angry men
Ab
They seemed to hate this man - (they...)
Db [single notes: Ab G Gb]
They fell on him and then
F7
They disappeared again
Bbm Ebm Ab
Then I saw thousands of million
Bbm
Crying for this man.
B F Gb Ebm
And then I heard them mentioning my name
F Bbm
And leaving me the blame
8.TEMPLE
Gm (Sing 2x)
Roll on up - for the price is down
Gm
Come on in - for the best in town
Cm7
Take your pick of the finest wine
Gm
Lay your bets on this bird of mine
Gm
Name your price I got everything
Gm
Come on buy it's going fast
Cm7
Borrow cash on the finest terms
Gm
Hurry now it's going fast
(Twice) Roll on up - for the 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
Gm
Name your price I got everything
Gm
Come and buy it's all going fast
Cm7
Borrow cash on the finest terms
Gm
Hurry now while stocks still last
KEY CHANGE TO Em & Am)
Em
Come on in - for the best in town
Am
Take your pick of the finest wine
Em
Lay your bets on this bird of mine
Roll on up - for the price is down
Come on in - for the best in town
E (stop rhythm - hold chord)
Jesus: My temple should be a house of prayer
----- A
But you have made it a den of thieves
E
GET OUT! Get out
Em
My time is almost through
Am
Little left to do ...
D G
After all I've tried for three years
B7 Em
Seems like thirty, seems like thirty ...
Em (slow tempo gradually increasing)
Crowd: See my eyes I can hardly see
------ See me stand I can hardly walk
Am
I believe you can make me well
Em
See my tongue I can hardly talk
See my skin I'm a mass 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?
Won't you touch will you heal me Christ?
Will you kiss you can heal me Christ?
Won't you kiss won't you pay me Christ?
Em
Crowd: See my eyes I can hardly see
------ See me stand I can hardly walk
Am
I believe you can make me whole
Em
See my tongue I can hardly talk
See my skin I'm a mass 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?
Won't you touch will you heal me Christ?
Will you kiss you can heal me Christ?
Won't you kiss won't you pay me Christ?
(repeat 2nd Crowd verse 2 more times.
On the last time Jesus sings the lines
below over top of the Crowd verse.)
Jesus: Ooo, There's too many of you - don't push me
------ Ah, There's too little of me - don't, don't crowd me
Umm, don't crowd me. Ahhhh!___________
Heal yourselves!
9.EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT (REPRISE)
D A
Mary M.: Try not to get worried, try not to turn on to
--------- Bm Bm G
Problems that upset you, well, don't you know
D G G D G
Everything's alright, yes, everythings fine
G D G D G
Jesus: And I think I shall sleep well to--night,
------ G D G D G
Let the world turn without me to---night
G D G
Mary M.: Close your eyes, close your eyes
--------- G D G D
And forget all about us to--night
10.I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM
D G D
Mary M.: I don't know how to love him
--------- G D A
What to do how to move him
D A D A
I've been changed yes really changed
F#m Bm F#m7 Bm
In this past few days when I've seen myself
G D Em D A
I seem like someone else
D G D
I don't know how to take this
G D A
I don't see why he moves me
D A D A
He's a man, he's just a man
F#m Bm F#m Bm
And I've had so many men before
G D Em D A
In very many ways...
A D
He's just one more
(INTERLUDE)
G F#7 Bm
Should I bring him down, should I scream and shout
Bm G D
Should I speak of love, let my feelings out
C G D
I never thought I'd come to this -
G D Em A
What's it all about?
D G D
Don't You think it's rather funny
G D A
I should be in this position
D A D A
I'm the one who's always been
F#m Bm F#m Bm
So calm so cool, no lovers fool
G D Em D A
Running every show ...
A D
He scares me so
(PLAY INSTRUMENTAL INTERLUDE)
C G D
I never thought I'd come to this -
G D Em A
What's it all about?
D G D
Yet if he said he loved me
G D A
I'd be lost I'd be frightened
D A D A
I couldn't cope, just couldn't cope
F#m Bm F#m Bm
I'd turn my head I'd back away
G D Em D A
I wouldn't want to know ...
A D
He scares me so !
A D
I want him so,
A D
I love him so ...
11.DAMNED FOR ALL TIME / BLOOD MONEY
GG FF DD FF G G
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 to do
I weighed the whole thing out before I came to you
I have no thought at all about my own reward
Eb F
I really didn't come here of my own accord
D7 G7 C7 F7
Just don't say I'm
GG FF DD FF G G
Daaaaaaaammmmmmmeeeeeeeeddddddd (Damned)
D7 G7 C7 F7
for all time
GG FF DD FF G G
I came because I had to I'm the one who saw
Jesus can't control it like he did before.
And further more I know that Jesus thinks so too
Jesus wouldn't mind that I was here with you
I have no thought at all about my own reward
Eb
I really didn't come here of my own accord
D7 G7 C7 F7
Just don't say I'm
GG FF DD FF G G
Daaaaaaaammmmmmmeeeeeeeeddddddd (Damned)
D7 G7 C7 F7
for all time
GG FF DD FF G G
Annas, you're a friend, a worldly man and wise,
Caiaphas, my friend I know you sympathize
Why are we the prophets? 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
Eb
I really didn't come here of my own accord
D7 G7 C7 F7
Just don't say I'm
GG FF DD FF G G
Daaaaaaaammmmmmmeeeeeeeeddddddd (Damned)
D7 G7 C7 F7
for all time
Gm D D7 Gm
Annas: Cut the protesting, forget the excuses,
------ Bb C F Bb
We want information, get up off the floor
Gm D D7 Gm
Caiaphas: We have the papers, we need to arrest him
------ Bb C D7 Gm
You know his movement - we know the law
Gm D D7 Gm
Annas: Your help in this matter won't go unrewarded
------ Bb C F Bb
Caiaphas: We'll pay you in silver - cash on the nail!
--------- Gm D D7 Gm
We just need to know where the soldiers can find him
Bb C
Annas: With no crowd around him
------ D7 Gm
Caiaphas: Then we can't fail.
---------
Eb Bb
Judas: I don't need your blood money!
------ Ab Gm D Gm
Caiaphas: Oh that doesn't matter our expenses are good.
-------- Eb Bb
Judas: I don't want your blood money!
------ Ab Gm D7 Gm
Caiaphas: But you might as well take it - we think that you should
---------
Gm D D7 Gm
Annas: Think of the things you can do with that money
Bb C F Bb
------ Chose any charity give to the poor
Gm D D7 Gm
Caiaphas: We've noted your motives - we've noted your feelings
--------- Bb C D7
Annas: This isn't blood money - it's a fee nothing,
------ D7 D7 Gm
Fee nothing, fee nothing more.
Drone F octaves
Judas: On Thursday night you'll find him where you want him
------ Bb
Far from the crowds in the Garden of Gethsemane
[notes] F E C# C F G Ab G Bb Eb Eb
F#
Choir: Well done, Judas,
------ Good old Judas...
12.THE LAST SUPPER
G D Em G
Apostles: Look at all my trials and tribulations
--------- C G Am D
Sinking in a gentle pool of wine
G B7 Em G7
Don't disturb me now I can see the answers
C D G D
Till this evening is this morning life is fine.
G D Em G
Always hoped that I'd be an apostle
C G Am D
Knew that I would make it if I tried
G B7 Em G7
Then when we retire we can write the gospels
C D G
So they'll still talk about us when we've died
Gm
Jesus: The end ...
(chords) Eb B F B Abm Gm
Is just a little harder when brought about by friends
Gm D Gm
For all you care
Cm Eb Gm
this wine could be my blood
D7 Gm
For all you care
Cm B Gm
this bread could be my body
Eb
The end!
Eb Bb
This is my blood you drink
Ab Gm D
This is my body you eat
Gm Cm B Gm
If you would remember me when you eat and drink
Gm F Eb C
I must be mad thinking I'll be remembered - yes
Gm Eb F Gm
I must be out of my head!
Gm F Eb C
Look at your blank faces! My name will mean nothing
Gm Eb F Gm
Ten minutes after I'm dead!
Cm F
One of you denies me!
Bb Eb
One of you betrays me -
Gm F Eb C Gm Eb F Gm
Apostles: Not I! Who would! Impossible! What are you saying?
Cm F Bb Eb
Jesus: Peter will deny me in just a few hours
------ Ab Db C Fm
Three times will deny me - and that's not all I see
Bb/C C Cm Eb Bb
One of you here dining, one of my twelve chosen
Cm Eb Bb
Will leave to betray me -
Cm Eb Bb
Judas: Cut out the dramatics! You know very well who -
------ Cm Eb Bb
Jesus: Why don't you go do it?
------ Cm Eb Bb
Judas: You want me to do it!
------ Cm Eb Bb
Jesus: Hurry they are waiting
------ Cm Eb Bb
Judas: If you knew why I do it...
------ Cm Eb Bb
Jesus: I don't care why you do it
------ Cm Eb Bb
Judas: To think I admired you
------ For now I despise you
Cm Eb Bb
Jesus: You liar - you Judas
------
Judas:(overlaps Jesus) You want me to do it!
------ What if I just stayed here
And ruined your ambition?
Christ you deserve it!
C Fm/C
Jesus: Hurry you fool, hurry and go,
------ Bb/C C
Save me your speeches, I don't want to know -
C Fm/C Bb/C C
GO!
F C Dm F
Apostles: Look at all my trials and tribulations
--------- Bb F Gm C7
Sinking in a gentle pool of wine
F A7 Dm F7
What's that in the bread it's gone to my head
Bb C F C7
Till this morning is this evening life is fine
F C Dm F
Always hoped that I'd be an apostle
Bb F Gm C7
Knew that I would make it if I tried
F A7 Dm F7
Then when we retire we can write the gospels
Bb C F
So they'll still talk about us when we've died
F#m7 D
judas: You sad pathetic man - see where you've brought us to
--------- Bm C#7
Our ideals die around us all because of you
F#m7
And now the saddest cut of all -
D
Someone has to turn you in
Bm C#7
Like a common criminal, like a wounded animal
F#m7
Jaded mandarin
D
A jaded mandarin
Bm C#7
Just A faded, jaded, faded, jaded jaded mandarin
F#m7 D
Jesus: Get out! They're waiting! Get out! They're waiting!
------ Bm C#7
Oh ho ho, They're waiting for you. Ahh..
Judas: F# A
------ Every time I look at you I don't understand
B F#
Why you let the things you did get so out of hand
F# A B F#
You'd have managed better if you'd had it planned - Ahhhh Oo Oo
(Instr. F# A B F#)
(slowly) G D Em G
Apostles: Always hoped that I'd be an apostle
C G Am D
Knew that I would make it if I tried
G B7 Em G7
Then when we retire we can write the gospels
C D G
So they'll still talk about us when we've died
Jesus: Gm Eb
Will no-one stay awake with me?
------ Bb
Peter? John? James?
Gm Eb
Will none of you wait with me?
Bb
Peter? John? James?
13.I ONLY WANT TO SAY (GETHSEMANE)
Bbm
Jesus: I only want to say
------ Ebm
If there is a way
Ab Db/F F Bbm
Take this cup away from me for I don't want to taste - It's poison
Gb Bbm/F
Feel it burn me, I have changed
C7 F F7
I'm not as sure as when we started.
Bbm
Then I was inspired
Ebm
Now I'm sad and tired
Ab Db F
Listen surely I've exceeded expectations
Bbm Gb
Tried for three years seems like thirty
Bbm F Bbm
Could you ask as much from any other man?
Bbm Ab Gb F7
But if I die
Bbm Ab Gb F7
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 (6th FRET) Eb
I'd wanna know I'd wanna know my God (2x)
Bbm Eb
I'd wanna see I'd wanna see my God (2x)
Bbm Ab Gb F7
Why I should die?
Bbm Ab Gb F7
Would I be more noticed than I ever was before?
Bbm Ab Gb F7
Would the things I've said and done matter any more?
Bbm Eb
I'd have to know I'd have to know my lord (2x)
Bbm Eb
I'd have to see I'd have to see my lord (2x)
C7 F
(But) if I die what will be my reward? (2x)
C7 F
(I'd) have to know I'd have to know my lord (2x)
Cm Bb Ab G7
Why____________ should I die?
Cm Bb Ab G7
Ah oh, Why should I die?
Cm Bb Ab G7
Can you show me now that I would not be killed in vain?
Cm Bb Ab G7
Show me just a little of your omnipresent brain
Cm Bb Ab G7
Show me there's a reason for your wanting me to die
Cm Bb Ab G7
You're far to keen on where and how and not so hot on why
Cm Bb Ab G7 ETC!
Al________right I'll_______ die!
Ah! Just, just watch me die!
See-he-he how, see how I die!
Oh, yea, See how I die!
Cm (softly)
Cm
Then I was inspired
Fm
Now I'm sad and tired
Bb Eb G Cm
After all I've tried for three years seems like ninety why then am I
Ab Cm D G
Scared to finish what I started, what you started - I didn't start it
Cm
God thy will is hard
Fm
But you hold every card (Gdim9= 3-2-0-0-0-4)
Bb Eb G Cm
I will drink your cup of poison nail me to your cross and break me,
Ab Cm/G G Ab
Bleed me, beat me, kill me, take me now - before I change my mind!
------ Gm7 Eb
Jesus: Judas - must you betray me with a kiss!
------ G7 (slowly - then picking up tempo )
Peter: What's the buzz? Tell me what's happening.
C7 G7
What's the buzz? Tell me what's happening.
C7
Tell me what's happening.
G7
Peter and Apostles: Ahh, What's the buzz? Tell me what's happening.
------------------- C7
What's the buzz? Tell me what's happening. (2x thru)
Hang on Lord we're gonna fight for you (4x)
G
Jesus: Put a - way you - r sword!
------ C7
Don't you know that it's all over?
G7
It was nice but now it's gone
C7
Why are you obsessed with fighting?
G
Stick to fishing from now on
14.THE ARREST
Gm
Crowd: Tell me Christ how you feel tonight
------ Gm
Do you plan to put up a fight
Cm
Do you feel that you've had the breaks?
Gm
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 supporters feel?
You'll escape in the final reel
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
Bb C Gm
Now we have him! Now we've got him!
Bb C Gm
Now we have him! Now we've got him!
F G Dm
Now we have him! Now we've got him!
F G Dm
Now we have him! Now we've got him!
Bb C C G G Bb C C G G
Now we have him! Now we have got him, Now!
Am Dm Gm
Caiaphas: Jesus you must realize the serious charges facing you
--------- Gm7 E
You say you're the son of God in all your handouts -
E (F# G#) Am
Well, is it true?
F F G Dm F F G Dm
Jesus: That's what you say - you say that I am
------
Am Dm Gm
Annas: There you have it, gentlemen - what more evidence do we need?
------ Gm E Am
Judas thank you for the victim - stay a while and you'll see it bleed!
Crowd: F G Dm
------ Now we have him! Now we've got him! (4x thru)
F G Dm F G Dm
Take him to Pilate! Take him to Pilate!
F G F F G Dm
Take him to Pilate! Take him to Pilate!
15. Peter’s Denial
G C Cm
I think I've seen you somewhere - I remember
G C G
You were with that man they took away I recognize your face
G C Cm
Peter: You've got the wrong man, lady, I don't know him
G C G
------ And I wasn't where he was tonight - never near the place
F C G
Soldier: That's 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 !
------
Gm Eb
Mary M.: Peter - don't you know what you have said,
--------- Bb
You've gone and cut him dead
Gm Eb
Peter: I had to do it, don't you see?
Bb
------ Or else they'd go for me.
Gm Eb
Mary M.: It's what he told us you would do
Bb
--------- I wonder how he knew...
PILATE AND CHRIST
Gm F# Gm F# Gm Ab D7
Pilate: Who is this broken man cluttering up my hallway?
Gm F# Gm F#
Who is this unfortunate?
Gm F# D Gm
Soldier: Someone Christ - King of the Jews
Cm B7 Cm B7
Pilate: Oh! So this is Jesus Christ! I'm really quite surprised
Bb B Bb G
You look so small - not a king at all
Cm B7 Cm B7
We all know that you are news - but are you king? King of the Jews?
Bb B7 Bb G
Jesus: That's what you say
Cm B7 Cm B7
Pilate: What do you mean by that?
------- Cm Db G7
That is not an an- swer
Cm B7 Cm B7
You're deep in trouble, friend -
Cm B7 G Cm
Someone Christ - King of the Jews
Fm E7 Fm E7
How can someone in your state be so cool about your fate
Eb7 E7 Eb7 C7
An amazing thing - this silent king
Fm7 E7 Fm7 E7
Since you come from Galilee then you need not come to me
Eb7 E7 Eb7 C7
You're Herod's race! You're Herod's case!
F C F
Crowd: Hosanna Hey Sanna Sanna Sanna Ho
------ Ab Db
Sanna Hey Sanna Ho Sanna
Dbm Dm
Hey JC, JC please explain to me?
Bbm F# C7 F
You had everything where is it now?
16. HEROD’S SONG
(slowly) F#m D A
Herod: Jesus I am overjoyed to meet you face to face
------ F#m D A
You've been getting quite a name all around the place.
F#m C#m7 D A
Healing cripples raising from the dead
D A Bm A D A Bm7 E7
And now I understand you're God... at least that's what you've said
(up-tempo) A B7
So you are the Christ you're the great Jesus Christ
E E A (stop)
Prove to me that you're divine -- change my water into wine
A B7
That's all you need do and I'll know it's all true
E E A
Come on, King of the Jews!
F#m D A
Jesus you just won't believe the hit you've made round here
F#m D A
You are all we talk about, the wonder of the year
F#m C#m D A
Oh, what a pity if it's all a lie
D A D 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
E A
Prove to me that you're no fool - walk across my swimming pool
A B7
If you do that for me then I'll let you go free
E A F7
Come on, King of the Jews!
[Instrumental Break | Bb C7 F Bb(stop) | Bb C7 F Bb |
Gm Eb Bb
I only ask things I'd ask any superstar
Gm 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 Cm Bb Eb Bb Cm7 F7
I'm dying to be shown that you are not just any man
Bb C7
So if you are the Christ yes the great Jesus Christ
F Bb
Feed my household with this bread, you can do it - on you head!
Bb C7
Or has something gone wrong? Why do you take so long?
F Bb
Come on, King of the Jews!
[stop, mood shift] G7
G7 D7 G7 C D7
Hey! Aren't you scared of me, Christ? Mr. Wonderful Christ!
G C
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
G G(stop)
Get out you King of the... Get out!
G(stop) C
Get out you King of the Jews! Get out you King of the Jews!
D7 G6 C
Get out of my life!
18.JUDAS' DEATH
GG FF DD F G G
Judas: My God! I saw him - he looked three-quarters dead!
------ And he was so bad I had to turn my head
You beat him so hard that he was bent and lame
And I know who everybody's gonna blame
I don't believe he knows I acted for our good
Eb
I'd save to him all this suffering if I could
D7 G7 C7 F7 D7 G7 C7 F7
Don't believe... our good... save him... if I could...
Gm D D7 Gm
Priest 3: Cut the confessions forget the excuses
--------- Bb C F Bb
I don't understand why you're filled with remorse
Gm D D7 Gm
All that you've said has come true with a vengeance
Bb C D7 Gm
The mob turned against him - you backed the right horse
Gm D D7 Gm
Caiaphas: What you have done will be saving of Israel
Bb C F Bb
--------- You'll be remembered forever for this
Gm D D7 Gm
And not only that you've been paid for your efforts
Bb C D7 Gm
Pretty good wages for one little kiss
Eb Bb
Judas: Christ! I know you can't hear me
------ Ab7 Gm D Eb
But I only did what you wanted me to
Eb Bb
Christ! I'd sell out the nation
Ab7 Gm D Gm
For I have been saddled with the murder of you
Gm D D7 Gm
I have been splattered with innocent blood,
Bb C F Bb
I shall be dragged through the slime and the mud.
Gm D D7 Gm
I have been splattered with innocent blood,
Bb C D7
I shall be dragged through the slime and the...
D7 D7 Gm
slime and the... slime and the mud!
G C G
I don't know how to love him
C G/D D
I don't know why he moves me
G D G D
He's a man - he's just a man
Bm Em Bm Em
He is not a King - he is just the same
C G Am G D
As any- one I know
D G
He scares me so
C7 B7 Em
When he's cold and dead will he let me be?
Em C G F
Does he love, does he love me too? Does he care for me?
[music like "Heaven On Their Minds"]
My mind is in darkness now - My God, I'm sick
I've been used and you knew ah, all the time
God! I'll never ever knows why you chose me for your crime...
Your foul bloody crime
You have murdered me! You have murdered me! Murdered me! Murdered me!
Murdered me! Murdered me!
F# (Stacked harmony = F# F# C# A#)
Choir: Poor old Judas
19.TRIAL BEFORE PILATE
Ddim Ddim
Pilate: And so the King is once again my guest
------- Ddim Ddim Ddim
And why is this? Was Herod unimpressed?
Fm
Caiaphas: We turn to Rome to sentence Nazareth
--------- Fm
We have no law to put a man to death
Fm Fm
We need him crucified - it's all you have to do
Fm Fm
We need him crucified - it's all you have to do
[guitar notes: B Bb-Ab F-Eb B-Bb-Ab-Eb (Fm)]
Fm
Pilate: Talk to me Jesus Christ
------- You have been brought here - manacled,
Beaten by your own people -
Do you have the first idea why you deserve it?
Listen King of the Jews
Where is your kingdom?
Look at me - am I a Jew?
[guitar]D|4-5-
A|--- repeatedly
E|2---
[guitar]E 2-1----0---4--3---2---6--5----4-----5---6--------6--------6------
Jesus: I have got no kingdom in this world I'm through, through, through
[notes]B C D B C D
Mob: Talk to me Jesus Christ
[guitar]E 2-----1--0--4-3---2---6---5--4---5-------6-
Jesus: There maybe a kingdom for me somewhere - if I only knew
[horns] G F E D
F# F E Eb D Db C B
[guitar]D|5-4- G F# G Bb G F# G E D C#
A|---- [repeat with "opening" melody (1 M7 1 m3 | 1 M7 1 M6 5 b5) in Gm]
E|3---
Pilate: Then you're a King?
Jesus: It's you that say I am
------ I look for truth and find that I get damned
[bass] Ab [guitar]
D|6-7- G F# G Bb G F# G E D C#
A|---- [repeat with "opening" melody (1 M7 1 m3 | 1 M7 1 M6 5 b5) in Gm]
E|4---
G#
Pilate: But what is truth? Is truth unchanging law?
------- We both have truths - are mine the same of yours?
F# F E Eb D Db C B
Mob: Crucify him! Crucify him!
[guitar]D|9-8- A G# A C A G# A F# E D#
A|---- [repeat with "opening" melody (1 M7 1 m3 | 1 M7 1 M6 5 b5) in Am]
E|7---
Bb
Pilate: What do you mean - you'd crucify your King?
Mob: We have no King but Caesar!
Pilate: He's done no wrong - no not the slightest thing
Mob: We have no King but Caesar! Crucify him!
Pilate: I see no reason - I find no evil
------- This man is harmless so why does he upset you?
[bass] C#
He's just misguided - thinks he's important
But to keep you vultures happy I shall flog him
Mob: Crucify him! Crucify him! Crucify! Crucify! Crucify! Crucify!
Crucify him! Crucify him! Crucify! Crucify! Crucify! Crucify!
Crucify him! Crucify him! Crucify! Crucify! Crucify! Crucify!
--------- Thirty-nine Lashes
Fm
Pilate: Where are you from Jesus? What do you want Jesus? Tell me
------- You've got to be careful - you could be dead soon - could well be
C7aug9 C7aug9 Fm
x3234x Why do you not speak when I have your life in my hands?
||o||| How can you stay quiet? I don't believe you understand
|o|o||
||||o|
Fm
Jesus: You have nothing in your hands
------ Fm
Any power you have
Fm
Comes to you from far beyond
Everything is fixed and you can't change it
Fm
Pilate: You're a fool Jesus Christ.
------- Fm
How can I help you?
[notes] F G Ab C B Eb D F# F
Mob: Pilate, crucify him, cruci-fy...
Remember Caesar, you have a duty,
To keep the peace, so crucify him!
Remember Caesar, You'll be demoted,
You'll be deported, crucify him!
Remember Caesar, you have a duty,
To keep to peace, so crucify him!
Remember Caesar, You'll be demoted,
You'll be deported, crucify him!
Remember Caesar, you have a duty,
To keep to peace, so crucify him!
Remember Caesar, You'll be demoted,
You'll be deported, crucify him!
Em D
Pilate: Don't let me stop your great self-destruction
------- C7 C#7
Die if you want to, you, misguided martyr!
G Bb
I wash my hands of your demolition
F B
Die, if you want to, you innocent puppet!
20.SUPERSTAR
Voice of Judas:
---------------
E G7
Everytime I look at you I don't understand
A7 E7
Why you let the things you did get so out of hand
E G7
You'd have managed better if you'd had it planned
A7 E7
Why'd you choose such a backward time and such a strange land?
E G7
If you'd come today you would have reached a whole nation
E E7
Israel in 4 B.C. had no mass communication
Girls: Don't you get me wrong
Judas: Don't you get me wrong
Girls: Don't you get me wrong now
Judas: Don't you get me wrong
Girls: Don't you get me wrong
Judas: Don't you get me wrong
Girls: Don't you get me wrong now
Judas: Don't you get me wrong
Girls: Only want to know
Judas: Only want to know
Girls: Only want to know now
Judas: Only want to know
Girls: Only want to know
Judas: Only want to know
Girls: Only want to know now
Judas: Only want to know
E A
Choir: Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ
------ D A E
Who are you? What have you sacrificed?
E A
Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ
D A
Who are you? What have you sacrificed?
Jesus Christ Superstar
Do you think you're what they say you are?
Jesus Christ Superstar
Do you think you're what they say you are?
Voice of Judas:
E G7
Tell me what you think about your friends at the top
A7 E7
Who d'you think besides your self's the pick of the crop?
E G
Buddha was he where it's at? Is he where you are?
A7 E7
Could Mohammed move a mountain or was that just PR?
E G7
Did you mean to die like that? Was that a mistake or
A7 E7
Did you know your messy death would be a record-breaker?
Girls: Don't you get me wrong, Don't you get me wrong now {2 times}
Judas: Don't you get me wrong {4 times}
Girls: Only want to know, Only want to know now {2 times}
Judas: Only want to know {4 times}
E A
Choir: Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ
D A
------ Who are you? What have you sacrificed?
E A
Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ
D A
Who are you? What have you sacrificed?
Jesus Christ Superstar
Do you think you're what they say you are?
Jesus Christ Superstar
Do you think you're what they say you are?
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!
Edited by Will Corvino 2/16
