1 giugno 2019

Andrew Lloyd Webber - Jesus Christ Superstar - Gethsemane

Capo 1
Verse 1

Am      
I only want to say
Dm        
If there is a     way
G                      C
Take this cup away from me
    E               Asus4     Am
For I don’t want to taste its poison
F                Am
Feel it burn me, I have changed
    B7
I’m not as sure as when we started

Am     
Then I was inspired
Dm      
Now I’m sad and tired
G                    C
Listen, surely I’ve exceeded
E             Asus4     Am
Expectations, Tried for three years
F                  Am            E                   Am
Seems like thirty, could you ask as much from any other man?

Am      G       F     E
But     if      I     die
Am           G                  F                 E
See the saga through and do the things you ask of me
Am                G                F                E
Let them hate me, hit me, hurt me, nail me to their tree

Am                               D7    Am                              D7 
I’d wanna know I’d wanna know my God, I’d wanna know I’d wanna know my God,
Am                             D7    Am                            D7 
I’d wanna see I’d wanna see my God, I’d wanna see I’d wanna see my God

Am     G     F   E
Why   should I   die?
Am              G              F        E
Would I be more noticed than I ever was before?
Am                    G             F          E
Would the things I’ve said and done matter any more?

Am                                    D     Am                                  D 
I’d have to know, I’d have to know my Lord, I’d have to know, I’d have to know my Lord
Am                                  D7    Am                                 D7 
I’d have to see, I’d have to see my Lord, I’d have to see, I’d have to see my Lord
Bm                           E7   Bm                         E7
If I die what would be my reward? If I die what would be my reward?
Bm                                   E     Bm                                   E
I’d have to know I’d have to know my Lord, I’d have to know I’d have to know my Lord.
Bm     A        G        F# 
Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy 
Bm         A        G        F#
should I die?
Bm              A                 G               F#
Can you show me now that I would not be killed in vain?
Bm             A              G           F#
Show me just a little of your omnipresent brain
Bm                A              G             F#
Show me there’s a reason for you wanting me to die
Bm                     A                 G             F#
You’re far too keen on where and how and not so hot in why

(pause)

Bm A     G    F#
Alright, I’ll die
Bm   A    G   F#
Just watch me die
Bm  A   G F#
See how I die
Bm  A   G F#
See how I die

Instrumental 

Bm    Asus4   G   F# (five times)

Bm    Asus4   G (quick and muted)

(pause to change capo)

Capo 3

Am      Am

Verse 2  

Am      
Then I was inspired
Dm       
Now I’m sad and tired
G                                   C
After      all,    I’ve tried for three years
E                  Am            F                           
Seems like ninety, why then am I scared to finish
Am              B7                E
What I started, what you started, I didn’t start it


Am          
God, thy will is hard
Dm                  
But you hold every card
G                          C
I will drink your cup of poison,
E               Am                                              
Nail me to your cross and break me
F                  Am            E7                     F
Bleed me, beat me, kill me take me now before I change my mind
Dm      E7              Am       
Now, before I change my mind