Misc Musicals – Jesus Christ Superstar - Gethsemane I Only Want To Say (Guitar)
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I ONLY WANT TO SAY (GETHSEMANE) (Jesus)
[in 4/4, Bb]
[Verse]
Bbm Bbm/Ab Bbm/Gb Bbm/F I only want to say Ebm Ebm/Db Ebm/C Ebm/Bb If there is a way Ab Absus Ab Dbsus Db Take this cup a - way from me F F+ F Bbsus Bbm Gb For I don't want to taste its poison -- feel it burn me Bbm/F C7 F F+ F7 F I have changed, I'm not as sure as when we started Bbm Bbm/Ab Bbm/Gb Bbm/F Then I was inspired Ebm Ebm/Db Ebm/C Ebm/Bb Now I'm sad and tired Ab Absus Ab Dbsus Db F F+ F Listen, sure - ly I've exceeded expectations Bbsus Bbm Gb Tried for three years -- seems like thirty Bbm/F F Bbm Could you ask as much from any other man?
[sub-verse]
Bbm Ab Gb F But if I die Bbm Ab Gb F See the saga through and do the things you ask of me Bbm Ab Gb F Let them hate me, hit me, hurt me, nail me to their tree Bbm Eb7 I'd wanna know I'd wanna know my God (x2) Bbm Eb7 I'd wanna see I'd wanna see my God (x2) Bbm Ab Gb F Why I should die Bbm Ab Gb F Would I be more noticed than I ever was before? Bbm Ab Gb F Would the things I've said and done matter any more? Bbm Eb7 I'd have to know I'd have to know my Lord (x2) Bbm Eb7 I'd have to see I'd have to see my Lord (x2)
[key change to C]
Cm F7 If I die what would be my reward? (x2) Cm F I'd have to know I'd have to know my Lord (x2) Cm Bb Ab G Cm Bb Ab G Why should I die? Why should I die? Cm Bb Ab G Can you show me now that I would not be killed in vain? Cm Bb Ab G Show me just a little of your omnipresent brain Cm Bb Ab G Show me there's a reason for your wanting me to die Cm Bb Ab G 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]
Cm Cm/Bb Cm/Ab Cm/G Fm Fm/Eb Fm/D Fm/C Then I was inspired, now I'm sad and tired Bb Bbsus Ebsus Eb G G+ G After all, I've tried for three years seems like ninety Cm Ab Cm/G Why then am I scared to finish what I started D7 D7-9 G What you started -- I didn't start it Cm Cm/Bb Cm/Ab Cm/G Fm Fm/Eb Fm/Eb Fm/D Fm7/C God, thy will is hard but you hold every card Bb Bbsus Ebsus Eb I will drink your cup of poison G G+ G Cm Ab Nail me to your cross and break me, bleed me, beat me Cm/G G7 G+ G7 G7sus G7 Ab Fm G7sus Cm Kill me -- take me now before I change my mind