Jesus Must Die

Chords

Standard

             Abdim                         Abdim
Priest 1:       Good Caiaphas, the council waits for you
---------              Abdim                   Abdim
                The pharisees and priests are here for you!

             Abdim       Fdim                            Fdim
Caiaphas:       Ah gentlemen, you know why we are here
---------                      Ddim/B                  G7/B     Ddim/B
                We've not much time and quite a problem here



{piano}           Ddim/B              Ddim/B
Mob:            Hosanna! Superstar! Hosanna! Superstar
{1st vocal}     E F  B   C E  F     E F  B   C E  F        }(single notes)
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{piano}           Ddim/B              Ddim/B
{horns}           Ab_____Bb___B___    Ab_____Bb___B       \
Mob:            Hosanna! Superstar! Hosanna! Superstar!    }(single notes)
{1st vocal}     E F  B   C E  F     E F  B   C E  F       /
{2nd vocal}       C#  C Ab Bb    E F  C#  C Ab Bb        /
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                Fm7/6          Bb7            Fm7/6             Bb7
Annas:          Listen to that howling mob of blockheads in the street!
------            Fm6               Bb7            Fm6                 Bb7
                A trick or two with lepers and the whole's town on its feet!



{chords}        Bb Bb E  Bb Bb   (chords best played low with no 3rd)
{vocal}         F  F  Ab F  F    (octave unison)
All:            He is dangerous!
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                B Ab  E      C# A E                         }(single notes)
Mob:            Jesus Christ Superstar
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{chords}        Bb Bb E  Bb Bb   (chords with no 3rd)
{vocal}         F  F  Ab F  F    (octave unison)
All:            He is dangerous!
---- 
                D    B  D    C#     B   A    B   Ab  E      }(single notes)
Mob:            Tell us that you're who they say you are
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                    G/B       C                 A/C#         D
Priest 2:       The man is in town right now to whip up some support
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                  B/Eb           Em             Fm/E          Em
Priest 1:       A rabble rousing mission that I think we must abort
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{chords}        Bb Bb E  Bb Bb   (chords with no 3rd)
{vocal}         F  F  Ab F  F    (octave unison)
All:            He is dangerous!
---- 
                D    B  D    C#     B   A    B   Ab  E      }(single notes)
Mob:            Tell us that you're who they say you are
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{chords}        Bb Bb E  Bb Bb   (chords with no 3rd)
{vocal}         F  F  Ab F  F    (octave unison)
All:            He is dangerous!
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[Key: Fminor = bbbb]
              Fm
Priest 1:       Look, Caiaphas - they're right outside our yard
---------     Fm
Priest 3:       Quick, Caiaphas - go call the Roman guard...
---------     Fm      Fm                Ab                         Bb
Caiaphas:       No wait - we need a more permanent solution to our problem...
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                Fm           C        C7       Fm
Annas:          What then to do about Jesus of Nazareth?
------          Ab      Bb          Eb7     Ab
                Miracle wonderman - hero of fools?
                Fm           C        C7       Fm
Priest 2:       No riots, no army, no fighting, no slogans
---------       Ab             Bb           C7       Fm
Caiaphas:       One thing I'll say for him: Jesus is cool
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                Fm          C            C7        Fm
Priest 1:       We dare not leave him to his own devices
---------           Ab          Bb            Eb7       Ab
                His half-witted fans will get out of control
                    Fm         C               C7        Fm
Priest 3:       But how can we stop him? - His glamour increases
---------          Ab          Bb            C7         Fm
                By leaps every minute - he's top of the poll


                Db                Ab
Caiaphas:       I see bad things arising
---------           Gb7             Fm             C            Db
                The crowd crown him King which the Romans would ban
                Db                Ab
                I see blood and destruction
                    Gb7  Fm       C7           Fm
                Our elimination because of one man
                Fm          C           C7           Fm
                Blood and destruction because of one man
                  Ab       Bb       Eb7          Ab
All:            Because, because, because of one man
----                Fm   C        C7           Fm
Caiaphas:       Our elimination because of one man
---------         Ab       Bb       C7                                         Fm
All:            Because, because, because of one, 'cause of one, 'cause of one man
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                Fm           C        C7         Fm
Priest 3:       What then to do about this Jesus-mania?
------          Ab        Bb            Eb7       Ab
Annas:          How do we deal with the carpenter king?
------          Fm          C            C7         Fm
Priest 3:       Where do we start with a man who is bigger
---------       Ab                 Bb           C7      Fm
                Than John was when John did his Baptism thing?


                Db                    Ab
Caiaphas:       Fools! You have no perception
---------           Gb7           Fm           C             Db
                The stakes we are gambling are frighteningly high!
                Db                Ab
                We must crush him completely
                   Gb7      Fm                C7         Fm
                So like John before him, this Jesus must die
                        Fm          C           C7           Fm
                For the sake of the nation this Jesus must die
                     Ab        Bb        Eb7        Ab
All:            Must die, must die, this Jesus must die
----               Fm          C              C7         Fm
Caiaphas:       So like John before him, this Jesus must die
---------            Ab        Bb        C7                                 Fm
All:            Must die, must die, this Jesus must, Jesus must, Jesus must die!