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Authors for Jesus Christ Superstar was Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics).
I have saved some files with chords for this rock opera that were posted on the Net earlier; here is a repost. Hopefully the original poster's name is still in there somewhere!
The complete lyrics to Jesus Christ Superstar is found on the original 1970 album, with Murray Head as Judas and Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) as Jesus. I think the CD reissue has the lyrics as well, but I am not sure. (The original version lacks one song that was added in the movie, called "Then We are Decided" or something similiar.)
************************************************** SONGS FROM "JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR : A ROCK OPERA" By Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice ~From: [email protected] (Jim Loya) **************************************************
Songs included:
* Heaven on Their Minds * Everything's Alright * Hosanna * Pilate's Dream * I Don't Know How to Love Him * Gethsemane (I Only Want to Say) * The Last Supper * King Herod's Song
These are sketchy and a little "thrown-together" because I don't have the time to be more verbose... perhaps in the future... The songs that I included are in the order that they appear in the show. All Jesus Christ Superstar Music and Lyrics are by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. (C) 1970 by Leeds Music Limited.
Questions and comments welcome. I've done this show about a dozen times in the past 15 years, and I pretty much know it inside and out.
[4/4, Chords played over the Eb-Cm-Dm-Eb-Cm progression/bass riff]
DmFG My mind is clearer now at last all to well FGDm I can see where we all soon will be DmFG If you strip away the myth from the man FGDm You will see where we all soon will be
DmEm Jesus! You've started to believe the things they say of you FGDm You really do believe this talk of God is true DmEm And all the good you've done will soon get swept away FGDm You've begun to matter more than the things you say
DmF Listen Jesus I don't like what I see DmG All I ask is that you listen to me BbCFA And remember I've been your right-hand man all along DmBb You have set them all on fire F They think they've found the new Messiah D/AA+ ABbDm7 And they'll hurt you when they find their wrong
DmF I remember when this whole thing began DmG No talk of God then we called you a man BbCFA And believe me my admiration for you hasn't died DmBb But ev'ry word you say today F Gets twisted 'round some other way D/AA+ ABbDm7 And they'll hurt you if they think you've lied
[in 7/8] BbFGmDm Nazareth your famous son should have stayed a great unknown GmDm/AADm Like his father carving wood he'd have made good BbFGmDm Tables chairs and oaken chests would have suited Jesus best GmDm/AADm He'd have caused nobody harm -- no one alarm
back to 4/4] DmF Listen Jesus do you care for your race? DmG Don't you see we must keep in our place? BbCFA We are occupied -- have you forgotten how put down we are? DmBb I am frightened by the crowd F For we are getting much too loud Dm/AA+ ABbDm7 And they'll crush us if we go too far
[back to 7/8, instrumental break repeating previous 7/8 bridge]
[back to 4/4] DmF Listen Jesus to the warning I give DmG Please remember that I want us to live BbCFA But it's sad to see our chances weakening with every hour DmBb All your followers are blind F Too much heaven on their minds Dm/AA+ ABb It was beautiful but now it's sour DmBbmaj7 Yes it's all gone sour...
EB7C#mA Try not to get worried, try not to turn on to problems that upset you oh B7EABE Don't you know everything's alright yes, everything's fine ABsusEABE And we want you to sleep well tonight ABsusEABE Let the world turn without you tonight ABsusEAmEmAmBmE If we try we'll get by so forget about all us tonight ABEAB Everything's alright, yes, everything's fine
[Judas] EmDCD Woman your fine ointment -- brand new and expensive EmCDEm could have been saved for the poor EmDCD Why has it been wasted -- we could have raised maybe EmCDEm Three hundred silver pieces or more AmDGC People who are hungry, people who are starving EmBB7susB7 Matter more than your feet and hair
[Mary] EB7 Sleep and I shall soothe you, calm you and annoint you C#mA Myrrh for your hot forehead oh B7EABE Don't you know everything's alright yes everything's fine ABsusEABE And it's cool and the ointment's sweet ABsusEABE For the fire in your head and feet ABsusEAmEmAmBmE Close your eyes, close your eyes and relax, think of nothing tonight ABEAB Everything's alright, yes, everything's fine
[Jesus] EmDCD Surely you're not saying we have the resources EmCDEm to save the poor from their lot? EmDCD There will be poor always, pathetically struggling EmCDEm Look at the good things you've got! AmD Think! while you still have me GC Move! while you still see me B You'll be lost BsusB You'll be so so sorry BsusBBsus When I'm gone
[Mary] EB7 Sleep and I shall soothe you, calm you and annoint you C#mA Myrrh for your hot forehead oh B7EABE Don't you know everything's alright yes everything's fine ABsusEABE And it's cool and the ointment's sweet ABsusEABE For the fire in your head and feet ABsusEAmEmAmBm Close your eyes, close your eyes and relax, think of nothing tonight EABEm Close your eyes, close your eyes and relax (repeat, repeat, et al)
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HOSANNA (Crowd, Jesus, Caiaphas)
[in 4/4] [Crowd] GDG Hosanna Heysanna Sanna Sanna Ho BbEb Sanna Hey Sanna Ho Sanna EbmEm Hey J.C., J.C. won't you smile at me? CmAbDG Sanna Ho Sanna Hey Superstar
[Caiaphas] CmB/F#CmB/F# Tell this rabble to be quiet we anticipate a riot BbBb(B5) BbG This common crowd is much too loud CmB/F#CmB/F# Tell the mob who sing your song that they are fools and they are wrong BbBb(B5) BbG They are a curse -- they should disperse
[Crowd] GDG Hosanna Heysanna Sanna Sanna Ho BbEb Sanna Hey Sanna Ho Sanna EbmEm Hey J.C., J.C. you're alright by me CmAbDGC Sanna Ho Sanna Hey Superstar
[Jesus] GDG Why waste your breath moaning at the crowd? BbFBbGm Nothing can be done to stop the shouting DmADA If every tongue was still the noise would still continue DADD/C BmD7/A The rocks and stones themselves would start to sing
[Jesus & Crowd] GDG Hosanna Heysanna Sanna Sanna Ho BbEb Sanna Hey Sanna Ho Sanna EbmEm Hey J.C., J.C. won't you fight for me? CmAbDG Sanna Ho Sanna Hey Superstar
Ending: D7GAmD7G
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PILATE'S DREAM (Pilate)
[4/4] BbmEbmAb7 I dreamed I met a Galilean BbmCb A most amazing man F7F7+GbEbm6 He had that look you very rarely find F7Bbm The haunting, hunted kind
BbmEbmAb7 I asked him to say what had happened BbmCb How it all began F7F7+GbEbm6 I asked again, he never said a word F7Bbm As if he hadn't heard
BbBb7 And next the room was full EbmAb of wild and angry men Ab7 they seemed to hate this man Db (tacet) they fell on him and then F7 (tacet) they disappeared again
BbmEbmAb7 Then I saw thousands of millions BbmCb crying for this man F7GbEbm6 And then I heard them mentioning my name F7Bbm And leaving me the blame
"I Don't Know How To Love Him" "The Last Supper" "I Only Want To Say (Gethsemane)" and "King Herod's Song"
These are sketchy and a little "thrown-together" because I don't have the time to be more verbose... perhaps in the future... The songs that I included are in the order that they appear in the show. All Jesus Christ Superstar Music and Lyrics are by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. (C) 1970 by Leeds Music Limited.
Questions and comments welcome. I've done this show about a dozen times in the past 15 years, and I pretty much know it inside and out.
Note: The A9 in the last measure of each verse is actually an "A9sus (no G)" Try fitting THAT over the word "else". Ah, limitations, limitations. The chord is actually very easy to play if you use some untraditional fingering/positioning across the progression of that line of the verse.
[in 4/4]
DGDGD I don't know how to love him GG6D/AA What to do, how to move him D/F#AD I've been changed, yes really changed AF#m7BmF#m7Bm In these past few days when I've seen myself GD/F#EmDA9 I seem like someone else
DGDGD I don't know how to take this GG6D/AA I don't see why he moves me D/F#AD He's a man, he's just a man AF#m7BmF#m7Bm And I've had so many men before GD/F#EmDA9A In ve - ry ma - ny ways GD/F#Em7D He's just one more
[PSEUDOBRIDGE]
GF#7 Should I bring him down Bm Should I scream and shout Bm/AG Should I speak of love D/A Let my feelings out? CGD I never thought I'd come to this GD/F#EmA9 - A What's it all about?
DGDGD Don't you think it's rather funny GG6D/AA I should be in this position? D/F#AD I'm the one who's always been AF#m7Bm7F#m7Bm7 So calm, so cool, no lover's fool GD/F#EmDA9A Running every show GD/F#Em7D He scares me so
repeat pseudobridge, instrumental to "never thought I'd come to this..."
DGDGD Yet if he said he loved me GG6DA I'd be lost, I'd be frightened D/F#AD I couldn't cope, just couldn't cope F#m7Bm7F#m7Bm7 I'd turn my head, I'd back away GD/F#EmDA9A I wouldn't want to know GD/F#Em7D He scares me so GD/F#Em7D I want him so GD/F#Em7D I love him so
--------------------------- THE LAST SUPPER (Apostles)
[in 4/4]
[verse 1]
GDEmG/D Look at all my trials and tribulations CGsus/BG/BAmD Sinking in a gentle pool of wine GB7/F# Don't disturb me now EmG7/DG9/D I can see the an - swers G7G9CC6Cmaj7D9 Till this evening is this morning GD7 Life is fine
[verse 2]
GDEmG/D Always hoped that I'd be an apostle CGsus/BG/BAmD Knew that I would make it if I tried GB7/F#EmG7/DG9/D Then when we retire we can write the gos - pels G7G9CC6Cmaj7D9G So they'll still talk a - bout us when we've died
Jesus/Apostles/Judas interludes, verse, dialogue
repeat verses 1 and 2
More Jesus/Judas interludes
repeat verse 1
[verse 3]
GDEmG/D Look at all my trials and tribulations CGsus/BG/BAmD Sinking in a gentle pool of wine GB7/F# What's that in the bread? EmG7/DG9/D It's gone to my he - ad G7G9CC6Cmaj7D9 Till this evening is this morning GD7 Life is fine
repeat verse 2, end on G
I ONLY WANT TO SAY (GETHSEMANE) (Jesus)
(IMHO this is probably THE most powerful piece in the entire show. A true perfect blend of Lloyd-Webber and Rice at their finest! This is a difficult tune to put into ASCII, mainly because the bulk of the piece is arranged orchestral, and even on piano it's hard to capture the magic of this work... here goes nothing... ad lib where deemed appropriate)
[in 4/4, Bb]
[verse]
BbmBbm/AbBbm/GbBbm/F I only want to say
EbmEbm/DbEbm/CEbm/Bb If there is a way
Ab Absus Ab Dbsus Db Take this cup a - way from me
FF+ F Bbmsus BbmGb For I don't want to taste its poison -- feel it burn me
Bbm/FC7FF+ F7F I have changed, I'm not as sure as when we started
BbmBbm/AbBbm/GbBbm/F Then I was inspired
EbmEbm/DbEbm/CEbm/Bb Now I'm sad and tired
Ab Absus Ab Dbsus DbFF+ F Listen, sure - ly I've exceeded expectations
Bbmsus BbmGb Tried for three years -- seems like thirty
Bbm/FFBbm Could you ask as much from any other man?
[sub-verse]
BbmAbGbF But if I die
BbmAbGbF See the saga through and do the things you ask of me
BbmAbGbF Let them hate me, hit me, hurt me, nail me to their tree
BbmEb7 I'd wanna know I'd wanna know my God (x2)
BbmEb7 I'd wanna see I'd wanna see my God (x2)
BbmAbGbF Why I should die
BbmAbGbF Would I be more noticed than I ever was before?
BbmAbGbF Would the things I've said and done matter any more?
BbmEb7 I'd have to know I'd have to know my Lord (x2)
BbmEb7 I'd have to see I'd have to see my Lord (x2)
[key change to C]
CmF7 If I die what would be my reward? (x2)
CmF I'd have to know I'd have to know my Lord (x2)
CmBbAbGCmBbAbG Why should I die? Why should I die?
CmBbAbG Can you show me now that I would not be killed in vain?
CmBbAbG Show me just a little of your omnipresent brain
CmBbAbG Show me there's a reason for your wanting me to die
CmBbAbG You're far too keen on where and how and not so hot on why
[repeat Cm - Bb - Ab - G progression]
Alright I'll die! Just watch me die!
See how I die! See how I die!
[Instrumental orchestra break in 5/8 -- Cm Bbsus Ab G] [Break last round at Ab - Tacet - return to initial tempo in Cm]
CmCm/BbCm/AbCm/GFmFm/EbFm/DFm/C Then I was inspired, now I'm sad and tired
Bb Bbsus Ebsus EbGG+ G After all, I've tried for three years seems like ninety
CmAbCm/G Why then am I scared to finish what I started
D7D7-9G What you started -- I didn't start it
CmCm/BbCm/AbCm/GFmFm/EbFm/EbFm/DFm7/C God, thy will is hard but you hold every card
Bb Bbsus Ebsus Eb I will drink your cup of poison
GG+ GCmAb Nail me to your cross and break me, bleed me, beat me
Cm/GG7G+ G7G7susG7AbFmG7susCm Kill me -- take me now before I change my mind KING HEROD'S SONG (Herod)
[in 4/4]
NOTE: The E6 floating about is actually an E6 (no B), and likewise the F6 floating about is actually an F6 (no C), and likewise the G6 floating about is actually a G6 (no D). Aren't key changes wonderful? Feel like this is a Barry Manilow tune. :
F#mF#m/EDA Jesus I am overjoyed to meet you face to face
F#mF#m/EDA You've been getting quite a name all around the place
F#mC#mDA Healing cripples, raising from the dead
DA/C#BmADA/C#Bm7E7 And now I understand you're God -- at least that's what you've said
AB7 So you are the Christ you're the great Jesus Christ
E6EA (tacet) Prove to me that you're divine -- change my water into wine
AB7E6 That's all you need do and I'll know it's all true
E7E6E9A C'mon King of the Jews
F#mF#m/EDA Jesus you just won't believe the hit you've made 'round here
F#mF#m/EDA You are all we talk about, the wonder of the year
F#mC#mDA Oh what a pity if that's all a lie
DA/C#BmADA/C#Bm7E9E7 Still I'm sure that you can rock the cynics if you try
AB7 So you are the Christ you're the great Jesus Christ
E6EA (tacet) Prove to me that you're no fool -- walk across my swimming pool
AB7E6 If you do that for me then I'll let you go free
E7E6E9A C'mon King of the Jews [Instrumental Break (follow chorus progression)]
[key change]
GmGm/FEbBb I only ask things I'd ask any superstar
GmGm/FEbBb What is it that you have got that puts you where you are?
GmDmEbBb I am waiting, yes I'm a captive fan
EbBb/DCmBbEbBb/DCm7F9 I'm dying to be shown that you are not just any man
F7BbC7 So you are the Christ yes the great Jesus Christ
F6FBb (tacet) Feed my household with this bread -- you can do it on your head
BbC7 Or has something gone wrong? Why do you take so long?
F6F7F6F9Bb C'mon King of the Jews
[stop, mood shift]
GD7G7CD7 Hey! Aren't you scared of me Christ? Mister Wonderful Christ!
G6GC (tacet) You're a joke, you're not the Lord! You're nothing but a fraud!
CD7 Take him away he's got nothing to say
G6B/GG7 (tacet) Get out you king of the -- GET OUT!