Gethsemane (I Only Want To Say) chords by Ian Gillan, Jesus Christ Superstar
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I only want to say
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If there is a way
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Take this cup away from me
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For I don't want to taste its poison
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Feel it burn me, I have changed
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I'm not as sure, as when we started
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Verse 2
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Then I was inspired
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Now I'm sad and tired
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Listen, surely
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I've exceeded expectations
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Tried for three years, seems like thirty
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Could you ask as much
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from any other man?
Chorus 1
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But if I die
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See the saga through
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and do the things you ask of me
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Let them hate me, hit me, hurt me,
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nail me to their tree
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I'd want to know, I'd want to know, my God
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I'd want to know, I'd want to know, my God
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Want to see, I'd want to see, my God
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Want to see, I'd want to see, my God
Chorus 2
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Why I should die
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Would I be more noticed
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than I ever was before?
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Would the things I've said and done
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matter any more?
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I'd have to know, I'd have to know, my Lord
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Have to know, I'd have to know, my Lord
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Have to see, I'd have to see, my Lord
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Have to see, I'd have to see, my Lord
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If I die what will be my reward?
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If I die what will be my reward?
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Have to know, I'd have to know, my Lord
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I'd have to know, I'd have to know, my Lord
Bridge 1
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Why should I die?
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Oh, why should I die?
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Can you show me now
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that I would not be killed in vain?
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Show me just a little
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of your omnipresent brain
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Show me there's a reason
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for your wanting me to die
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You're far too keen on where and how,
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but not so hot on why
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All right, I'll die!
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Oh, just, just watch me die!
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See how, see how I die!
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Oh yeah, see how I die!
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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Then I was inspired
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Now I'm sad and tired
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After all, I've tried for three years,
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seems like ninety
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Why then am I scared to finish
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what I started, what you started,
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I didn't start it
Verse 4
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God thy will is hard
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But you hold every card
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I will drink your cup of poison
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Nail me to your cross and break me
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Bleed me, beat me
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Kill me, take me now!
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Before I change my mind
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Gethsemane (I Only Want To Say)
Ian Gillan, Jesus Christ Superstar
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