(For the most complete and up to date version of this please go to:
*SIDE ONE*
ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
1-1 Overture
-----------------------
(For my tab to "Overture" please go to: http://www.dosguys.com/JCS/overture.htm)
It pretty much consists of:
1. Trial Before Pilate, with no vocals and some chords missing (C# in climbing section) and parts left out (Where are you from Jesus? What do you want Jesus? Tell me...),then
2. The "Superstar Theme" in D (D G/D, C/D, G/D), and then
3. Distant angelic ahhs doing the melody of Judas singing "On Thursday night you'll find him where you want him" twice
4. Soft strings doing "So long Judas. Poor old Judas"
1-2 Heaven On Their Minds
-----------------------
(x means picked the muted G string)
[guitar] G|----7-xx8-x5-x77|----7-xx8-x5-x77| repeat &
D|0-0-(let ring)--|0-0-(let ring)--| repeat
[Piano chords played over guitar riff above
preferably on upper 3 strings with open D string always doing riff]
(first D and G chords are very low voicings. The rest are an octave higher)
Judas: My mind is clearer now - at last all too well
------ REm SOL REm FAI can see where we all soon will be
REm REm FA SOLIf you strip away the myth from the man
You will see where we all soon will be
REm RE7susJesus!
REmYou've started to believe
The things they say of you
FAYou really do believe
SOL REmThis talk of God is true
And all the good you've done
Will soon get swept away
You've begun to matter more
Than the things you say
[guitar covering the horn part]
E|--------------------|------10-11-8--10---|
B|------10-11-8--10---|------10-11-8--10---| |*Note: Fsus4/6 is like a |
G|------7--8--5--7----|------7--8--5--7----| |Bb bar over an F bar chord. |
D|-0-0-(let ring)-----|-0-0-(let ring)-----| |Then release to F and |
|hammer-on the 3rd (Ab to A). |
Dm F *Fsus4/6 F |Gsus4/6 is a C bar over G bar.|
Listen Jesus I don't like what I see |Then release to G and |
Dm G *Gsus4/6 G |hammer-on the 3rd (Bb to B). |
All I ask is that you listen to me |The 4/6 comps the piano parts |
SIb DO FA LA LAsus LAAnd remember - I've been your right hand man all along
You have set them all on fire
SIb FA FAsus4/ FAThey think they've found the new Messiah
REm SIbM7And they'll hurt you when they find they're wrong
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
[piano arranged for guitar] E|10-------10-------10----|8--------8--------8----|
B|10-------10-------------|8--------8-------------|
G|---12-10----12-10----10-|---10-9-----10-9-----9-|
I remember when this whole thing began
No talk of God then - we called you a man
And believe me - my admiration for you hasn't died
But every word you said today
Gets twisted 'round some other way
And they'll hurt you if they'll think you've lied
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
[piano arranged for guitar] E|6--------6--------6-----|5--------5--------5----|
B|6--------6--------------|5--------5-------------|
G|---9--7-----9--7-----7--|---7--5-----7--5-----5-|
[in 7/8]
SIb FA SOLm REmNazareth your famous son should have stayed a great unknown
Like his father carving wood
LA7 REmHe'd have made good!
Tables, chairs and oaken chests would have suited Jesus best
He'd have caused nobody harm
No one alarm!
[back to 4/4]
Listen Jesus do you care for your race,
Can't you see we must keep in our place
We are occupied - Have you forgotten how put down we are?
I am frightened by the crowd
For we are getting much too loud
And they'll crush us if we go to far.
If we go-oh-oh-oh to-oo
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8[piano arranged for guitar] E|10-------10-------10----|8--------8--------8----|
B|10-------10-------------|8--------8-------------|
G|---12-10----12-10----10-|---10-9-----10-9-----9-|
far________________________________________
E|6--------6--------6-----|5--------5--------5----|
B|6--------6--------------|5--------5-------------|
G|---9--7-----9--7-----7--|---7--5-----7--5-----5-|
[notes of melody to previous line]
SIb DO RE FA SOL LA LA LA SOL-A-G FA-G-F MI FA MI-F-E-D MI REIf we go-oh-oh-oh to-oo far________________________
[Instrumental section to "Nazareth your famous son..." chords]
[in 7/8] (Play section below twice)
SIb FA SOLm REm SOLm REm/LA LA7 REm 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B|--6--6--------|--------------|--------------|--5--5--6-----|
G|7--7--7-5-----|--7--7--------|--7--7--------|----------7-7-|
D|----------7---|8--8--8-7-----|8--8--8-------|7--7--7-------|
A|------------8-|----------8---|--------8-7-5-|--------------|
E|--------------|------------10|--------------|--------------|
Listen Jesus to the warning I give,
Please remember that I want us to live
But it's sad to see our chances weakening with every hour....
All your followers are blind,
Too much heaven on their minds
It was beautiful but now it's
BbM7 Dm Repeat & Fade BbM7 & Dm
sour, Yes it's ah-all... go-ah-one
sour ......................
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh,...
God ah ah ah! Jesus! ,Cause it's
all.... gone sour
Listen Jesus to the warning I give
Can't you know that I'm warning...
C'mon, c'mon listen to
me ahhh! ah ah ah ah
Ahhh! ah ah ah aha ha ha
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Won't you listen to me.
(Click for tab to ending vocal improve)
1-3 What's the Buzz?
----------------------- Bethany, Friday night
misc. chord hints:
o|o|oo |o|o|o
|||o|| ||||||
|o|||| ||o|o|
Apostles: What's the buzz? Tell me what's happening?
--------- D7
What's the buzz? Tell me what's happening? (4x thru)
A (stop)
Jesus: Why should you want to know?
------ RE7Don't you mind about the future,
Don't you try to think ahead
Save tomorrow for tomorrow,
Think about today instead
Apostles: What's the buzz? Tell me what's happening? (4x)
Jesus: Oo yeah, I could give you facts and figures -
Apostles: When do we ride into Jerusalem? (4x)
Jesus: I could give you plans and forecasts
------ Even tell you where I'm going - yea, alright
Apostles: When do we ride into Jerusalem? (4x)
Jesus: Why should you want to know?
------ Why are you obsessed with fighting?
Times and fates you can't defy?
If you knew the path we're riding
You'd understand it less than I!
Apostles: What's the buzz? Tell me what's happening? (4x)
Mary M.: Let me try to cool down your face a bit ... (8x)
Jesus: Oo yeah, that feels nice, Oh oh oh so nice... AHHHHH! Oh My my my...
------ Mary oo-oo that is good - while you prattle through your supper
Where and when and who and how
She alone has tried to give me
Umm, What I need right here and now!
Apostles: What's the buzz? Tell me what's happening? (12x)
1-4 Strange Thing Mystifying
[misc. chord hints for section below:]
x35543 x55433 x5O553
|o|||o ||||oo |||||o
||||o| |||o|| ||||||
||oo|| |oo||| |o|oo|
Judas: It seems to me a strange thing mystifying
------ SOL/RE / / / / / / /That a man like you
DO/RE / / / / / / /can waste his time
on women of her kind!
Yes I can understand that she amuses,
But to let her stroke you, kiss your hair is hardly in your line.
FA DO SOL
It's not that I object to her profession
[guitar lick] 1 2 3 4 [played to G above]
E|------------------|
B|---3--------------|
G|-----3b4-0-------0|
D|------------------|
A|-----------3-2-3--|
E|-3----------------|
FA DO FA SOL
But she doesn't fit in well with what you teach and say
It doesn't help us if you're inconsistent
FA DO FA SOLThey only need a small excuse to put us all away.
SOL# SIb FAmJesus: Who are you to criticise her?
------ Who are you to despise her?
SOL# SIb FAmLeave her, Leave her, let her be now
Leave her, Leave her, she's with me now
SOL# SIb FAm / / SOL# SIb FAm / /If your slate is clean - then you can throw stones
If your slate is not - then leave her alone
[Instrumental guitar Riff in C]- C / / / | C / / / | C / / / | G / / C |
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
G|--------5-----3-|5-3-5-3---------|--------5-----3-|5-3-5-3-----3---|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------5-|
A|3---------------|--------6-------|3---------------|--------6-------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|--------5-----3-|5-3-5-3---------|----------------|2-4-5-----------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------2-4-5-|----------------|
A|3---------------|--------6-------|----2-3-5-------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|3-5-------------|----------------|
I'm amazed that men like you can be so shallow, thick and slow
Bbm7 G (G G G G A B C - single notes)
There's not a man among you who knows or cares if I come or go
SOL# SIb FAmAll No you're wro-ong! You're very wrong! (4x)
How can you say that? How can you say that?
SOL# SIb SOL# / / SOL# SIb SOL# / /How can you say that? How can you say that?
Cm / / / | Fm / / Bb | Bbm7 / / / | G / / C | (with guitar lead below)
Jesus: Not one - not one of you !
DOm FAm SIbm 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4E|-------------------|-------------------|----------13---13--|15---13------------|
B|16-----15-13---13--|-----13------------|-------13----------|-------------------|
G|-------------------|15--------17---17--|------13-----------|----------15-------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|15---15------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
SIbm7 SOL DO 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|13-----------------|-------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
B|-------16-14-------|-------------------|-----------------------|10-12-13----------|
G|---------------15--|13---15------------|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|------------------|
D|-------------------|----------15---15--|-----------------------|------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
(2nd guitar - played with line above)
G|-----------------------|2--4--5-----------|
D|---------------2--4--5-|------------------|
A|------2--3--5----------|------------------|
E|3--5-------------------|------------------|
1-5 Everything's Alright
-----------------------In 5/4
intro (organ melody)
MI LA MI LA 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5E|---12-----12------------|17-16-------------------|
B|------------------------|-----17---17---15---14--|
G|13------13-----14---16--|--------16--16----------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
MI LA MI LA 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
E|-------------------------|----------17-16--------|
B|-------------------------|-------17------17---15-|
G|16-----16---16-----------|------16----------16---|
D|---14-----18--14---------|-----14----------------|
A|---------------17---16---|16-14------------------|
E|-------------------------|-----------------------|
[misc. chord hints]
[Slash chords (in parentheses) are for playing the chords and bass on one guitar]
[They are not necessary otherwise just use E, B7, C#m, and A]
MI /SOL#) /LA) SI7 /DO) DO#m /SI) LA /SI)022100 4x2100 x02100 x24242 x34242 x46654 746454 x02220 x22220|||o|| |||o|| |||o|| |o|o|o |||o|o |o|o|o |o|o|o |||||| ||||||
|oo||| ||o||| ||o||| |||||| |o|||| ||||o| ||||o| ||ooo| |oooo|
|||||| |||||| |||||| ||o|o| ||o|o| ||oo|| ||o||| |||||| ||||||
o||||| o|||||
MI SI7
[bass gtr.- E Ab A B B C]
Mary M.: Try not to get worried, try not to turn on to
--------- C#m A
[bass gtr.- C# C# B A A B]
Problems that upset you ah, don't you know
MI LA LA/SI MI LA LA/SIEv'rything's alright, yes, ev'rything's fine
And we want you to sleep well tonight
Let the world turn without you tonight
If we try we'll get by so forget all about us tonight.
Apostles' women: Ev'rything's alright, yes, ev'rything's alright, yes
MI SI7
Mary M.: Sleep and I shall soothe you, calm you and anoint you
--------- C#m A
Myrrh for your hot forehead ah, then you'll feel
MI LA LA/SI MI LA LA/SIEv'rything's alright, yes, ev'rything's fine
And it's cool and the ointment's sweet
For the fire in your head and feet
Close your eyes, close your eyes
And relax think of nothing tonight.
Apostles' women: Ev'rything's alright, yes, ev'rything's alright, yes
----------------
[misc. chord hints:]
OPEN or BARRED
Csus9 and C/D Csus9 and C/D
|||||| ||||o| 8th o|||o| ||||oo
||o||| |||||| |||o|| |||o||
|o||o| |||||| |o|||o 10th o|o|||
MIm RE DO LAm
Judas: Woman your fine ointment - brand new and expensive
------ MIm DOsus9 DO/RE MIm SI7Could have been saved for the poor.
Why has it been wasted? We could have raised maybe
MIm DO9 DO/RE MImThree hundred silver pieces or more.
LAm RE SOL DOPeople who are hungry, people who are starving
Matter more than your feet and hair!
Mary M.: Try not to get worried, try not to turn on to
--------- Problems that upset you ah, don't you know
Ev'rything's alright, yes, ev'rything's fine
And we want you to sleep well tonight
Let the world turn without you tonight
If we try we'll get by so forget all about us tonight.
Apostles' women: Ev'rything's alright, yes, ev'rything's alright, yes
Jesus: Surely you're not saying we have the resources
------ To save the poor from their lot?
There will be poor always, pathetically struggling -
Look at the good things you've got!
Think! While you still have me
Move! While you still see me
You'll be lost, you'll be so sorry when I'm gone
Mary M.: Sleep and I shall soothe you, calm you and anoint you
--------- Myrrh for your hot forehead, ah, then you'll feel
Ev'rything's alright yes ev'rything's fine
And it's cool and the ointment's sweet
For the fire in your head and feet
Close your eyes, close your eyes
And relax think of nothing tonight
Close your eyes and relax, close your eyes and relax...
All: Ev'rything's alright, yes, ev'rything's alright, yes...
1-6 This Jesus Must Die
----------------------- Jerusalem, Sunday
[misc. chord hints:]
Abdim Fdim or Fdim Ddim/B G7/B
4201xx 1234xx 123131 789797 789787|||o|| o||||| o||o|o o||o|o o||o|o
|o|||| |o|||| |o|||| |o|||| |o||o|
|||||| ||o||| ||o|o| ||o|o| ||o|||
o||||| |||o||
SOL#dim SOL#dim
Priest I: Good Caiaphas, the council waits for you,
--------- Abdim Abdim
The pharisees and priests are here for you!
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
REdim/SI REdim/SI
(single notes) E F B C E F E F B C E F
Mob (outside): Hosanna! Superstar! Hosanna! Superstar
--------------
[horn] Ab_____Bb___B___ Ab_____Bb___B
(2 part vocal) C# C Ab Bb E F C# C Ab Bb
MI FA MI FA MI FA MI FA MI FA MI FAHosanna! Superstar! Hosanna! Superstar!
FAm6 SIb7
o|oo|o |o|o|o
|o||o| ||o|o|
FAm6 SIb7 FAm6 SIb7
Annas: Listen to that howling mob of blockheads in the street!
------ FAm6 SIb7 FAm6 SIb7A trick or two with lepers and the whole town on its feet
[vocal] F F Ab F F (octave unison)
[chords] Bb Bb E Bb Bb (chords best played low with no 3rd)
All: He is dangerous!
----(single notes) B Ab E C# A E
Mob (outside): Jesus Christ Superstar -
-------------
[vocal] F F Ab F F (octave unison)
[chords] Bb Bb E Bb Bb (chords with no 3rd)
All: He is dangerous!
----(single notes) D B D C# B A B Ab E
Mob (outside): Tell us that you're who they say you are
--------------
SOL/SI DO LA/DO# RE SI/MIb MIm FA/MIx20003 x32010 x4222x x57775 x6444x x79987 08 x
|||||| ||||o| ||ooo| |o|||o ||ooo| |o|||o |o||||
|o|||| ||o||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||o| ||||||
|||||o |o|||| |o|||| ||ooo| |o|||| ||oo|| ||ooo|
SOL/SI DO LA/DO# RE
Priest 2: The man is in town right now to whip up some support
--------
SI/MIb MIm FA/MI MImPriest 2: A rabble rousing mission that I think we must abort
--------
(vocal) F F Ab F F (octave unison)
[chords] Bb Bb E Bb Bb (chords with no 3rd)
All: He is dangerous!
----(single notes) B Ab E C# A E
Mob (outside): Jesus Christ Superstar
-------------
All: He is dangerous!
Priest 2: 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...
---------
(with tempo) (and COOL bass line)
Annas: What then to do about Jesus of Nazareth
------ SOL# SIb MIb7 SOL#Miracle wonderman - hero of fools?
FAm DO DO7 FAmPriest 2: No riots, no army, no fighting, no slogans...
--------- Ab Bb C7
Caiaphas: One thing I'll say for him: Jesus is cool.
---------
Priest 1: We dare not leave him to his own devices
--------- His half-witted fans will get out of control
Priest 3: But how can we stop him? His glamour increases
--------- By leaps every minute - he's top of the poll.
Caiaphas: I see bad things arising
--------- Gb7 Fm C Db
The crowd crown him King which the Romans would ban
DO# SOL#
I see blood and destruction
FA#7 FAm DO7 FAmOur elimination because of one man
Blood and destruction because of one man!
SOL# SIb MIb7 SOL#All: Because, because, because of one man
---- FAm DO DO7 FAmCaiaphas: Our elimination because of one man
--------- Ab Bb C7 Fm
All: Because, because, because of one, 'cause of one, 'cause of one man.
----Priest 3: What then to do about this Jesus-mania?
---------
Annas: How do we deal with the carpenter king?
Priest 3: Where do we start with a man who is bigger
--------- Then John was when John did his Baptism thing?
Caiaphas: Fools! You have no perception
--------- The stakes we are gambling are frighteningly high!
We must crush him completely -
So like John before him, this Jesus must die
For the sake of the nation this Jesus must die
All: Must die, must die, this Jesus must die
----Caiaphas: So like John before him, this Jesus must die
---------
All: Must die, must die, this Jesus must, Jesus must, Jesus must die!
(For the most complete and up to date version of this please go to:
(For the most complete and up to
..date version of this please go
..to:
*SIDE ONE*
ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
1-1 Overture
-----------------------
(For my tab to "Overture" please
..go to:
..http://www.dosguys.com/JCS/overture.htm)
It pretty much consists of:
1. Trial Before Pilate, with no
..vocals and some chords missing
..(C# in climbing section) and
..parts left out (Where are you
..from Jesus? What do you want
..Jesus? Tell me...),then
2. The "Superstar Theme" in D (D
..G/D, C/D, G/D), and then
3. Distant angelic ahhs doing the
..melody of Judas singing "On
..Thursday night you'll find him
..where you want him" twice
4. Soft strings doing "So long
..Judas. Poor old Judas"
1-2 Heaven On Their Minds
-----------------------
(x means picked
..the muted G string)
[guitar] G|----7-xx8-x5-x77|----7-xx8-x5-x77| repeat &
D|0-0-(let ring)--|0-0-(let ring)--| repeat
[Piano chords played over guitar
..riff above
preferably on upper 3 strings with
..open D string always doing riff]
(first D and G chords are very low
..voicings. The rest are an octave
..higher)
RE SOLJudas: My mind is clearer now -
..at last all too well
------ REm SOLI can see where we all
REm FA..soon will be
If you strip away the
FA SOL..myth from the man
REm MImYou will see where we all
..soon will be
REm RE7susJesus!
REmYou've started to believe
The things they say of
..you
You really do believe
SOLThis talk of God is true
REm
And all the good you've
..done
Will soon get swept away
You've begun to matter
..more
Than the things you say
[guitar covering the horn part]
E|--------------------|----
B|------10-11-8--10---|----
G|------7--8--5--7----|----
D|-0-0-(let ring)-----|-0-0
...
-|--10-11-8--10--
-|--10-11-8--10--
-|--7--8--5--7---
-|-(let ring)----
...
-|-|
-|-| |*Note: Fsus4/6 is like a |
-|-| |Bb bar over an F bar chord. |
-|-| |Then release to F and |
.. |hammer-on
..the 3rd (Ab to A). |
Dm F
.. *Fsus4/6 F |Gsus4/6
..is a C bar over G bar.|
Listen Jesus I don't
..like what I see |Then
..release to G and |
Dm
..G *Gsus4/6 G
..|hammer-on the 3rd (Bb to B). |
All I ask is that you
..listen to me |The 4/6
..comps the piano parts |
SIb DOAnd remember - I've
FA..been your right hand man all
..along
REmYou have set them all
REm/DO..on fire
They think they've
FA FAsus4/ FA..found the new Messiah
REmAnd they'll hurt you
..when they find they're wrong
[piano arranged for guitar] E|10-------10-------10----|8--------8--------8----|
B|10-------10-------------|8--------8-------------|
G|---12-10----12-10----10-|---10-9-----10-9-----9-|
I remember when this
..whole thing began
No talk of God then -
..we called you a man
And believe me - my
..admiration for you hasn't died
But every word you
..said today
Gets twisted 'round
..some other way
And they'll hurt you
..if they'll think you've lied
1 2
[piano arranged for guitar] E|6--------6--------6-----|5--------5--------5----|
B|6--------6--------------|5--------5-------------|
G|---9--7-----9--7-----7--|---7--5-----7--5-----5-|
[in 7/8]
SIb FANazareth your famous
..son should have stayed a great
..unknown
Like his father
..carving wood
He'd have made good!
Tables, chairs and
..oaken chests would have suited
..Jesus best
He'd have caused
..nobody harm
No one alarm!
[back to 4/4]
Listen Jesus do you
..care for your race,
Can't you see we must
..keep in our place
We are occupied - Have
..you forgotten how put down we
..are?
I am frightened by the
..crowd
For we are getting
..much too loud
And they'll crush us
..if we go to far.
.. If we go-oh-oh-oh
.. to-oo
[piano arranged for guitar] E|10-------10-------10----|8--------8--------8----|
B|10-------10-------------|8--------8-------------|
G|---12-10----12-10----10-|---10-9-----10-9-----9-|
..far________________________________________
E|6--------6--------6-----|5--------5--------5----|
B|6--------6--------------|5--------5-------------|
G|---9--7-----9--7-----7--|---7--5-----7--5-----5-|
[notes of melody to previous line]
SIb DO RE FA SOL LA LA LAIf we go-oh-oh-oh to-oo
SOL-A-G FA-G-F MI FA MI-F-E-D MI RE..far________________________
[Instrumental section to "Nazareth
..your famous son..." chords]
[in 7/8] (Play section below
..twice)
E|--------------|--------------|-
B|--6--6--------|--------------|-
G|7--7--7-5-----|--7--7--------|-
D|----------7---|8--8--8-7-----|8
A|------------8-|----------8---|-
E|--------------|------------10|-
...
-|-------------|--------------|
-|-------------|--5--5--6-----|
-|-7--7--------|----------7-7-|
-|--8--8-------|7--7--7-------|
-|-------8-7-5-|--------------|
-|-------------|--------------|
Listen Jesus to the warning I
..give,
Please remember that I
..want us to live
But it's sad to see
..our chances weakening with every
..hour....
All your followers are
..blind,
Too much heaven on
..their minds
It was beautiful but
..now it's
BbM7 Dm
.. Repeat & Fade
..BbM7 & Dm
sour, Yes it's
..ah-all... go-ah-one
sour
........................
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh,
..oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh,...
God ah ah ah! Jesus!
.. ,Cause it's
all.... gone sour
Listen Jesus to the
..warning I give
Can't you know that
..I'm warning...
C'mon,
..c'mon listen to
me ahhh! ah ah ah ah
Ahhh! ah ah ah aha ha
..ha
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Won't you listen to
..me.
(Click for tab to
..ending vocal improve)
1-3 What's the Buzz?
----------------------- Bethany, Friday night
misc. chord hints:
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Apostles: What's the buzz? Tell
..me what's happening?
--------- D7
What's the buzz? Tell
..me what's happening? (4x thru)
A (stop)
Jesus: Why should you want to
..know?
------Don't you mind about the
..future,
Don't you try to think
LA7..ahead
Save tomorrow for
..tomorrow,
Think about today instead
Apostles: What's the buzz? Tell
..me what's happening? (4x)
Jesus: Oo yeah, I could give you
..facts and figures -
Apostles: When do we ride into
..Jerusalem? (4x)
Jesus: I could give you plans
..and forecasts
------ Even tell you where I'm
..going - yea, alright
Apostles: When do we ride into
..Jerusalem? (4x)
Jesus: Why should you want to
..know?
------ Why are you obsessed with
..fighting?
Times and fates you can't
..defy?
If you knew the path
..we're riding
You'd understand it less
..than I!
Apostles: What's the buzz? Tell
..me what's happening? (4x)
Mary M.: Let me try to cool down
..your face a bit ... (8x)
Jesus: Oo yeah, that feels nice,
..Oh oh oh so nice... AHHHHH! Oh
..My my my...
------ Mary oo-oo that is good - while you prattle through your supper
Where and when and who
..and how
She alone has tried to
..give me
Umm, What I need right
..here and now!
Apostles: What's the buzz? Tell
..me what's happening? (12x)
1-4 Strange Thing Mystifying
[misc. chord hints for section
..below:]
DOm SOL/RE DO/REx35543 x55433 x5O553
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SOL SOL7
Judas: It seems to me a strange
..thing mystifying
------ SOL/RE / / / / /That a man like you
/ /
can waste his time
DO/RE / / / / / / /on women of her
SOL..kind!
Yes I can understand that
..she amuses,
But to let her stroke
..you, kiss your hair is hardly in
..your line.
It's not that I object to
SOL..her profession
[guitar lick] 1 2 3 4
..[played to G above]
E|------------------|
B|---3--------------|
G|-----3b4-0-------0|
D|------------------|
A|-----------3-2-3--|
E|-3----------------|
FA DO FA
But she doesn't fit in
SOL..well with what you teach and say
It doesn't help us if
DO SOL..you're inconsistent
FAThey only need a small
..excuse to put us all away.
SOL# SIb FAmJesus: Who are you to
..criticise her?
------ Who are you to despise
..her?
SOL# SIb FAmLeave her, Leave her, let
..her be now
Leave her, Leave her,
..she's with me now
If your slate is clean -
SOL# SIb FAm / /..then you can throw stones
If your slate is not -
..then leave her alone
[Instrumental guitar Riff in C]- C
../ / / | C / / / | C / / / | G /
../ C |
1 2 3 4 1 2 3
G|--------5-----3-|5-3-5-3--------
D|----------------|---------------
A|3---------------|--------6------
E|----------------|---------------
...
-|-|--------5-----3-|5-3-5-3-----3
-|-|----------------|-------------
-|-|3---------------|--------6----
-|-|----------------|-------------
...
-|---|
-|-5-|
-|---|
-|---|
G|--------5-----3-|5-3-5-3--------
D|----------------|---------------
A|3---------------|--------6------
E|----------------|---------------
...
-|-|----------------|2-4-5--------
-|-|----------2-4-5-|-------------
-|-|----2-3-5-------|-------------
-|-|3-5-------------|-------------
...
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DOm
I'm amazed that men like you
FAm SIbm7.. can be so shallow, thick and
..slow
Bbm7
.. G (G G G G A B C
..- single notes)
There's not a man among you
..who knows or cares if I come or
..go
SOL# SIb FAmAll No you're wro-ong! You're
..very wrong! (4x)
---- SOL# SIb FAm / / SOL#How can you say that? How
..can you say that?
SOL# SIb SOL# / / SOL#How can you say that? How
SIb SOL# / /..can you say that?
Cm / / / | Fm / / Bb | Bbm7 /
../ / | G / / C | (with guitar
..lead below)
Jesus: Not one - not one of you
..!
E|-------------------|------------
B|16-----15-13---13--|-----13-----
G|-------------------|15--------17
D|-------------------|------------
A|-------------------|------------
E|-------------------|------------
...
-|-------|----------13---13--|15--
-|-------|-------13----------|----
-|---17--|------13-----------|----
-|-------|15---15------------|----
-|-------|-------------------|----
-|-------|-------------------|----
...
-|-13------------|
-|---------------|
-|------15-------|
-|---------------|
-|---------------|
-|---------------|
E|13-----------------|------------
B|-------16-14-------|------------
G|---------------15--|13---15-----
D|-------------------|----------15
A|-------------------|------------
E|-------------------|------------
...
-|-------|--------------------
-|-------|--------------------
-|-------|12-12-12-12-12-12-12
-|---15--|--------------------
-|-------|--------------------
-|-------|--------------------
...
-|---|------------------|
-|---|10-12-13----------|
-|-12|------------------|
-|---|------------------|
-|---|------------------|
-|---|------------------|
.. (2nd guitar - played
..with line above)
G|-----------------------|2--4--5-
D|---------------2--4--5-|--------
A|------2--3--5----------|--------
E|3--5-------------------|--------
...
-|----------|
-|----------|
-|----------|
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1-5 Everything's Alright
-----------------------In 5/4
intro (organ melody)
MI LA MI LAE|---12-----12------------|17-16--
B|------------------------|-----17
G|13------13-----14---16--|-------
D|------------------------|-------
A|------------------------|-------
E|------------------------|-------
...
-|-----------------|
-|---17---15---14--|
-|-16--16----------|
-|-----------------|
-|-----------------|
-|-----------------|
MI LA MI LA
E|-------------------------|--
B|-------------------------|--
G|16-----16---16-----------|--
D|---14-----18--14---------|--
A|---------------17---16---|16
E|-------------------------|--
...
-|--------17-16--------|
-|-----17------17---15-|
-|----16----------16---|
-|---14----------------|
-|-14------------------|
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[misc. chord hints]
[Slash chords (in parentheses) are
..for playing the chords and bass
..on one guitar]
[They are not necessary otherwise
..just use E, B7, C#m, and A]
MI /SOL#) /LA) SI7 /DO) DO#m /SI) LA|||o|| |||o|| |||o|| |o|o|o
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MI SI7
[bass gtr.- E Ab A
.. B B C]
Mary M.: Try not to get
..worried, try not to turn on to
--------- C#m A
[bass gtr.- C# C# B
.. A A B]
Problems that upset
..you ah, don't you know
MI LAEv'rything's alright,
LA/SI MI LA LA/SI..yes, ev'rything's fine
And we want you to
..sleep well tonight
Let the world turn
..without you tonight
If we try we'll get by
..so forget all about us tonight.
Apostles' women: Ev'rything's
..alright, yes, ev'rything's
..alright, yes
MI
Mary M.: Sleep and I shall
SI7..soothe you, calm you and anoint
..you
--------- C#m A
Myrrh for your hot
..forehead ah, then you'll feel
MI LAEv'rything's alright,
..yes, ev'rything's fine
And it's cool and the
..ointment's sweet
For the fire in your
..head and feet
Close your eyes, close
..your eyes
And relax think of
..nothing tonight.
Apostles' women: Ev'rything's
..alright, yes, ev'rything's
..alright, yes
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[misc. chord hints:]
OPEN or BARRED
Csus9 and C/D Csus9 and
.. C/D
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MIm RE
Judas: Woman your fine ointment
DO LAm..- brand new and expensive
Could have been saved for
MIm SI7..the poor.
MIm REWhy has it been wasted?
..We could have raised maybe
MImThree hundred silver
DO9 DO/RE MIm..pieces or more.
People who are hungry,
SOL DO..people who are starving
SI SI/MIm LA/SIMatter more than your
..feet and hair!
Mary M.: Try not to get
..worried, try not to turn on to
--------- Problems that upset you ah, don't you know
Ev'rything's alright,
..yes, ev'rything's fine
And we want you to
..sleep well tonight
Let the world turn
..without you tonight
If we try we'll get by
..so forget all about us tonight.
Apostles' women: Ev'rything's
..alright, yes, ev'rything's
..alright, yes
Jesus: Surely you're not saying
..we have the resources
------ To save the poor from
..their lot?
There will be poor
..always, pathetically struggling
..-
Look at the good things
..you've got!
Think! While you still
..have me
Move! While you still
..see me
You'll be lost, you'll be
..so sorry when I'm gone
Mary M.: Sleep and I shall
..soothe you, calm you and anoint
..you
--------- Myrrh for your hot forehead, ah, then you'll feel
Ev'rything's alright
..yes ev'rything's fine
And it's cool and the
..ointment's sweet
For the fire in your
..head and feet
Close your eyes, close
..your eyes
And relax think of
..nothing tonight
Close your eyes and
..relax, close your eyes and
..relax...
All: Ev'rything's alright, yes,
..ev'rything's alright, yes...
----
1-6 This Jesus Must Die
----------------------- Jerusalem, Sunday
[misc. chord hints:]
Abdim Fdim or Fdim Ddim/B
.. G7/B
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SOL#dim
Priest I: Good Caiaphas, the
..council waits for you,
--------- Abdim Abdim
The pharisees and
..priests are here for you!
Caiaphas: Ah gentlemen, you know
FAdim..why we are here
--------- Ddim/B G7/B Ddim/B
We've not much time
..and quite a problem here
REdim/SI
(single notes) E F B C E F
REdim/SI.. E F B C E F
Mob (outside): Hosanna!
..Superstar! Hosanna! Superstar
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[horn]
..Ab_____Bb___B___
..Ab_____Bb___B
(2 part vocal) C# C Ab Bb
.. E F C# C Ab Bb
MI FA MIHosanna!
FA MI FA MI FA MI FA MI FA..Superstar! Hosanna! Superstar!
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FAm6 SIb7
Annas: Listen to that howling
..mob of blockheads in the street!
------ FAm6A trick or two with
SIb7 FAm6..lepers and the whole town on its
..feet
[vocal] F F Ab F F (octave
..unison)
[chords] Bb Bb E Bb Bb (chords
..best played low with no 3rd)
All: He is dangerous!
----(single notes) B Ab E C#
..A E
Mob (outside): Jesus Christ
..Superstar -
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[vocal] F F Ab F F (octave
..unison)
[chords] Bb Bb E Bb Bb (chords
..with no 3rd)
All: He is dangerous!
----(single notes) D B D C#
.. B A B Ab E
Mob (outside): Tell us that
..you're who they say you are
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SOL/SI DO LA/DO# RE
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SOL/SI DO
Priest 2: The man is in town
..right now to whip up some
..support
--------
SI/MIbPriest 2: A rabble rousing
..mission that I think we must
..abort
--------
(vocal) F F Ab F F (octave
..unison)
[chords] Bb Bb E Bb Bb (chords
..with no 3rd)
All: He is dangerous!
(single notes) B Ab E C#
..A E
Mob (outside): Jesus Christ
..Superstar
-------------
All: He is dangerous!
--- FAmPriest 2: 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...
---------
(with tempo) (and COOL bass
..line)
Annas: What then to do about
DO7 FAm..Jesus of Nazareth
------ SOL# SIbMiracle wonderman -
..hero of fools?
FAm DOPriest 2: No riots, no army, no
DO7 FAm..fighting, no slogans...
--------- Ab Bb C7
Caiaphas: One thing I'll say for
..him: Jesus is cool.
---------
Priest 1: We dare not leave him
..to his own devices
--------- His half-witted fans will get out of control
Priest 3: But how can we stop
..him? His glamour increases
--------- By leaps every minute - he's top of the poll.
Caiaphas: I see bad things
..arising
--------- Gb7 Fm C Db
The crowd crown him
..King which the Romans would ban
DO# SOL#
I see blood and
..destruction
FA#7 FAmOur elimination
..because of one man
FAm DOBlood and destruction
DO7 FAm..because of one man!
All: Because, because,
MIb7 SOL#..because of one man
---- FAm DOCaiaphas: Our elimination
..because of one man
--------- Ab Bb C7 Fm
All: Because, because,
..because of one, 'cause of one,
..'cause of one man.
Priest 3: What then to do about
..this Jesus-mania?
---------
Annas: How do we deal with
..the carpenter king?
Priest 3: Where do we start with
..a man who is bigger
--------- Then John was when John did his Baptism thing?
Caiaphas: Fools! You have no
..perception
--------- The stakes we are gambling are frighteningly high!
We must crush him
..completely -
So like John before
..him, this Jesus must die
For the sake of the
..nation this Jesus must die
All: Must die, must die,
..this Jesus must die
----Caiaphas: So like John before
..him, this Jesus must die
---------
All: Must die, must die,
..this Jesus must, Jesus must,
..Jesus must die!
(For the most complete and up to
..date version of this please go
..to:
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