Gethsemane (I Only Want To Say) original guitar chords by
Ian Gillan
Jesus Christ Superstar 
Key: Bb minor
Intro 1
Bbm
Bbm
Verse 1
Bbm
Bbm/Ab
Gbmaj7
Bbm/F
I only want to say
Ebm
Ebm/Db
Cm7b5
Ebm/Bb
If there is a way
Ab
Ab/Gb
Db/F
Take this cup away from me
F7
Bbm
For I don't want to taste its poison
Gbmaj7
Bbm/F
Feel it burn me, I have changed
C7
F7
I'm not as sure, as when we started
Verse 2
Bbm
Bbm/Ab
Gbmaj7
Bbm/F
Then I was inspired
Ebm
Ebm/Db
Cm7b5
Ebm/Bb
Now I'm sad and tired
Ab
Ab/Gb
Listen, surely
Db/F
F7
I've exceeded expectations
Bbm
Gb7
Tried for three years, seems like thirty
Bbm/F
F7
Could you ask as much
Chorus 1
Bbm
Ab
Gb
F7
But if I die
Bbm
Ab
See the saga through
Gb
F7
and do the things you ask of me
Bbm
Ab
Let them hate me, hit me, hurt me,
Gb
F7
nail me to their tree
Bbm7
Eb7
I'd want to know, I'd want to know, my God
Bbm7
Eb7
I'd want to know, I'd want to know, my God
Bb7#9
Eb7
Want to see, I'd want to see, my God
Bb7#9
Eb7
Want to see, I'd want to see, my God
Chorus 2
Bbm
Ab
Gb
F7
Why I should die
Bbm
Ab
Would I be more noticed
Gb
F7
than I ever was before?
Bbm
Ab
Would the things I've said and done
Gb
F7
matter any more?
Bbm7
Eb7
I'd have to know, I'd have to know, my Lord
Bbm7
Eb7
Have to know, I'd have to know, my Lord
Bb7#9
Eb7
Have to see, I'd have to see, my Lord
Bb7#9
Eb7
Have to see, I'd have to see, my Lord
C7
F7
If I die what will be my reward?
C7
F7
If I die what will be my reward?
C7#9
F7
Have to know, I'd have to know, my Lord
C7#9
F7
I'd have to know, I'd have to know, my Lord
Bridge 1
Cm
Bb
Ab
G7
Cm
Why should I die?
Bb
Ab
G7
Oh, why should I die?
Cm
Bb
Can you show me now
Ab
G7
that I would not be killed in vain?
Cm
Bb
Show me just a little
Ab
G7
of your omnipresent brain
Cm
Bb
Show me there's a reason
Ab
G7
for your wanting me to die
Cm
Bb
You're far too keen on where and how,
Ab
G7
but not so hot on why
Cm
Bb
Ab
G7
All right, I'll die!
Cm
Bb
Ab
G7
Oh, just, just watch me die!
Cm
Bb
Ab
G7
See how, see how I die!
Cm
Bb
Ab
G7
Oh yeah, see how I die!
Interlude 1
Cm
Bb
Ab
G7
Cm
Bb
Ab
G7
Cm
Bb
Ab
G7
Cm
Bb
Ab
G7
Cm
Bb
Ab
G7
Cm
Bb
Ab
Cm
Cm
Verse 3
Cm
Cm/Bb
Abmaj7
Cm/G
Then I was inspired
Fm
Fm/Eb
Dm7b5
Fm/C
Now I'm sad and tired
Bb
Bb/Ab
Eb/G
After all, I've tried for three years,
Cm
Ab
Why then am I scared to finish
Cm/G
D7
what I started, what you started,
Verse 4
Cm
Cm/Bb
Abmaj7
Cm/G
God thy will is hard
Fm
Fm/Eb
Dm7b5
Fm/C
But you hold every card
Bb
Bb/Ab
Eb/G
I will drink your cup of poison
G7
Cm
Nail me to your cross and break me
Cm/G
D/G
Kill me, take me now!
G7
Ab
Before I change my mind
[Strings]
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Bbm
Bbm/Ab
Gbmaj7
Bbm/F
Ebm
Ebm/Db
Cm7b5
Ebm/Bb
Ab
Ab/Gb
Db/F
F7
C7
Gb7
Gb
Bbm7
Eb7
Bb7#9
C7#9
Cm
Bb
G7
Cm/Bb
Abmaj7
Cm/G
Fm
Fm/Eb
Dm7b5
Fm/C
Bb/Ab
Eb/G
D7
D/G
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Bbm
Bbm/Ab
Gbmaj7
Bbm/F
Ebm
Ebm/Db
Cm7b5
Ebm/Bb
Ab
Ab/Gb
Db/F
F7
C7
Gb7
Gb
Bbm7
Eb7
Bb7#9
C7#9
Cm
Bb
G7
Cm/Bb
Abmaj7
Cm/G
Fm
Fm/Eb
Dm7b5
Fm/C
Bb/Ab
Eb/G
D7
D/G
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