Gethsemane [Jesus Christ Superstar] chords by Michael Crawford
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Verse 1
(A minor) I only want to say (F major) (A minor) (D minor)
If there is a way (Bdim) (D minor) (G major)
Take this cup away (F major) (C major) from me
For (E major) I don't want to taste (A minor) its poison
(F major) Feel it burn me, (A minor)
I have changed I'm (B major) not as sure
As (E major) when we started
(A minor) Then I was in (F major) spired (A minor) (D minor)
Now I'm sad an (Bdim) d tired (D minor) (G major)
Listen surely I've (C major) exceeded (E major)
Expectations
(A minor) Tried for three (F major) years
Seems like thirty (A minor)
Could you ask as much (E major)
From any other man? (A minor)
Verse 2
(A minor) But (G major) if (F major) I (E major) die
See (A minor) the saga through
(G major) And do the thing (F major) s you ask of me (E major)
Let (A minor) them hate me, (G major) hit me, hurt me
(F major) Nail me to their (E major) tree
(A major) I'd want to know
I'd want to know my God
(A minor) I'd want to (A major) know
I'd want to know (A minor) my God
I'd want to see
I'd want to see my God
I'd want to see
I'd want to see my God
Why (G major) I (F major) should (E major) die
(A minor) Would I be more no (G major) ticed
Than I (F major) ever was before?
(E major) (A minor) Would the things I've (G major) said and done
(F major) Matter any (E major) more?
(A major) I'd have to know
I'd have to know (A minor) my Lord
I'd have to (A major) know
I'd have to know my Lord
(A minor) I'd have to see
I'd have to see my Lord
(A major) I'd have to see
I'd have to see (A minor) my Lord
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Verse 3
(B minor) If I (B major) die what will be my (E major) reward?
If I (B major) die what will be my (E major) reward?
I'd have to (B major) know
I'd have to know (E major) my Lord
I'd have to (B major) know
I'd have to know (E major) my Lord
Why, (B minor) why (A major) should
Verse 4
(G major) I (F sharp major) die?
(B minor) Oh, why should (A major) (G major) I die? (F sharp major)
(B minor) Can you show me now (A major)
That I would (G major) not be killed in vain? (F sharp major)
(B minor) Show me just a (A major) little
Of your (G major) omnipresent brain (F sharp major)
Show (B minor) me there's a (A major) reason
For your (G major) wanting me to die (F sharp major)
You're far (B minor) too keen on
(A major) where and how
(G major) But not so hot on (F sharp major) why (B minor)
Alright (E major) (B major) (B minor) I'll die! (F sharp major) (B minor)
Just watch me (G major) (E minor) die! (F sharp major)
(B minor) See (A major) how, see how (G major)
(B minor) I (F sharp major) die! (B minor) (A major) (B minor)
Oh, (F sharp major) just (B major) (B minor) (A major) (G major) (F sharp major) (B minor) (A major) (G major) (B minor)
(G major) (F sharp major) (B minor) (A major) (G major)
watch me die! (F sharp major) (B minor)
Interlude 1
(A major) (G major) (F sharp major) (B minor) (A major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (B minor)
Then I (A major) was (D major) in
Verse 5
(G major) spired (B minor) (E minor)
Now I'm (D major) sad (E minor) (C sharpdim) an d tired (E minor) (A major)
After all I've (D major) tried for three years
(F sharp major) Seems like ninety (B minor)
Why then am I (G major) scared
To finish (B minor) what I started (C sharp major)
What you started (F sharp major)
I didn't start it
(B minor) God thy (A major) will is (G major) hard
(E minor) But you hold every (C sharpdim) card (E minor) (A major)
I will drink your (D major) cup of poison
(F sharp major) Nail me to your cross (B minor) and break me
(G major) Bleed me, beat me
(B minor) Kill me, (F sharp major) take me (G major) now (G major) (F sharp major)
Before I change my mind (B minor)
Gethsemane [Jesus Christ Superstar]
Michael Crawford
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