Gethsemane (I Only Want To Say) chords by Ian Gillan, Jesus Christ Superstar (Official Version)
Am
Am/G
Fmaj7
Am/E
Dm
Dm/C
Bm7b5
Dm/A
G
G/F
C/E
E7
B7
F7
F
Am7
D7
A7#9
B7#9
Bm
A
F#7
Bm/A
Gmaj7
Bm/F#
Em
Em/D
C#m7b5
Em/B
A/G
D/F#
C#7
C#/F#
Am
Am/G
Fmaj7
Am/E
Dm
Dm/C
Bm7b5
Dm/A
G
G/F
C/E
E7
B7
F7
F
Am7
D7
A7#9
B7#9
Bm
A
F#7
Bm/A
Gmaj7
Bm/F#
Em
Em/D
C#m7b5
Em/B
A/G
D/F#
C#7
C#/F#
Am
Am/G
Fmaj7
Am/E
Dm
Dm/C
Bm7b5
Dm/A
G
G/F
C/E
E7
B7
F7
F
Am7
D7
A7#9
B7#9
Bm
A
F#7
Bm/A
Gmaj7
Bm/F#
Em
Em/D
C#m7b5
Em/B
A/G
D/F#
C#7
C#/F#
Intro 1
Am
Am
Verse 1
Am
Am/G
Fmaj7
Am/E
I only want to say
Dm
Dm/C
Bm7b5
Dm/A
If there is a way
G
G/F
C/E
Take this cup away from me
E7
Am
For I don't want to taste its poison
Fmaj7
Am/E
Feel it burn me, I have changed
B7
E7
I'm not as sure, as when we started
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Verse 2
Am
Am/G
Fmaj7
Am/E
Then I was inspired
Dm
Dm/C
Bm7b5
Dm/A
Now I'm sad and tired
G
G/F
Listen, surely
C/E
E7
I've exceeded expectations
Am
F7
Tried for three years, seems like thirty
Am/E
E7
Could you ask as much
Am
from any other man?
Chorus 1
Am
G
F
E7
But if I die
Am
G
See the saga through
F
E7
and do the things you ask of me
Am
G
Let them hate me, hit me, hurt me,
F
E7
nail me to their tree
Am7
D7
I'd want to know, I'd want to know, my God
Am7
D7
I'd want to know, I'd want to know, my God
A7#9
D7
Want to see, I'd want to see, my God
A7#9
D7
Want to see, I'd want to see, my God
Chorus 2
Am
G
F
E7
Why I should die
Am
G
Would I be more noticed
F
E7
than I ever was before?
Am
G
Would the things I've said and done
F
E7
matter any more?
Am7
D7
I'd have to know, I'd have to know, my Lord
Am7
D7
Have to know, I'd have to know, my Lord
A7#9
D7
Have to see, I'd have to see, my Lord
A7#9
D7
Have to see, I'd have to see, my Lord
B7
E7
If I die what will be my reward?
B7
E7
If I die what will be my reward?
B7#9
E7
Have to know, I'd have to know, my Lord
B7#9
E7
I'd have to know, I'd have to know, my Lord
Bridge 1
Bm
A
G
F#7
Bm
Why should I die?
A
G
F#7
Oh, why should I die?
Bm
A
Can you show me now
G
F#7
that I would not be killed in vain?
Bm
A
Show me just a little
G
F#7
of your omnipresent brain
Bm
A
Show me there's a reason
G
F#7
for your wanting me to die
Bm
A
You're far too keen on where and how,
G
F#7
but not so hot on why
Bm
A
G
F#7
All right, I'll die!
Bm
A
G
F#7
Oh, just, just watch me die!
Bm
A
G
F#7
See how, see how I die!
Bm
A
G
F#7
Oh yeah, see how I die!
Interlude 1
Bm
A
G
F#7
Bm
A
G
F#7
Bm
A
G
F#7
Bm
A
G
F#7
Bm
A
G
F#7
Bm
A
G
Bm
Bm
Verse 3
Bm
Bm/A
Gmaj7
Bm/F#
Then I was inspired
Em
Em/D
C#m7b5
Em/B
Now I'm sad and tired
A
A/G
D/F#
After all, I've tried for three years,
F#7
seems like ninety
Bm
G
Why then am I scared to finish
Bm/F#
C#7
what I started, what you started,
F#7
I didn't start it
Verse 4
Bm
Bm/A
Gmaj7
Bm/F#
God thy will is hard
Em
Em/D
C#m7b5
Em/B
But you hold every card
A
A/G
D/F#
I will drink your cup of poison
F#7
Bm
Nail me to your cross and break me
G
Bleed me, beat me
Bm/F#
C#/F#
Kill me, take me now!
F#7
G
Before I change my mind
[Strings]
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