Jesus Must Die

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{sot}             [Abdim]                         [Abdim]
Priest 1:       Good Caiaphas, the council waits for you
---------              Abdim                   Abdim{eot}
                The pharisees and priests are here for you!

{sot}             [Abdim]       [Fdim]                            [Fdim]
Caiaphas:       Ah gentlemen, you know why we are here
---------                      Ddim/B                  G7/B     Ddim/B{eot}
                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)

{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]        /

{sot}                [Fm7]/6          [Bb7]            [Fm7]/6             [Bb7]
Annas:          Listen to that howling mob of blockheads in the street!
------            Fm6               Bb7            Fm6                 Bb7{eot}
                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!

                [B] [Ab]  [E]      [C#] [A] [E]                         }(single notes)
Mob:            Jesus Christ Superstar

{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

Priest 2:       The [G/B]man is in [C]town right now to [A/C#]whip up some [D]support

Priest 1:       A [B/D#]rabble rousing [Em]mission that I [Fm]thi[E]nk we must [Em]abort

{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

{chords}        [Bb] [Bb] [E]  [Bb] [Bb]   (chords with no 3rd)
{vocal}         [F]  [F]  [Ab] [F]  [F]    (octave unison)
All:            He is dangerous!

[Key: Fminor = bbbb]
{sot}              [Fm]
Priest 1:       Look, Caiaphas - they're right outside our yard
---------     Fm{eot}
Priest 3:       Quick, Caiaphas - go call the Roman guard...
{sot}---------     Fm      Fm                Ab                         Bb{eot}
Caiaphas:       No wait - we need a more permanent solution to our problem...

{sot}                [Fm]           [C]        [C7]       [Fm]
Annas:          What then to do about Jesus of Nazareth?
------          Ab      Bb          Eb7     Ab{eot}
                Miracle wonderman - hero of fools?
{sot}                [Fm]           [C]        [C7]       [Fm]
Priest 2:       No riots, no army, no fighting, no slogans
---------       Ab             Bb           C7       Fm{eot}
Caiaphas:       One thing I'll say for him: Jesus is cool

{sot}                [Fm]          [C]            [C7]        [Fm]
Priest 1:       We dare not leave him to his own devices
---------           Ab          Bb            Eb7       Ab{eot}
                His half-witted fans will get out of control
{sot}                    [Fm]         [C]               [C7]        [Fm]
Priest 3:       But how can we stop him? - His glamour increases
---------          Ab          Bb            C7         Fm{eot}
                By leaps every minute - he's top of the poll

{sot}                [C#]                [Ab]
Caiaphas:       I see bad things arising
---------           Gb7             Fm             C            Db{eot}
                The crowd crown him King which the Romans would ban
                [C#]I see blood and de[Ab]struction
                Our [F#7]elimi[Fm]nation be[C7]cause of one [Fm]man
                [Fm]Blood and de[C]struction be[C7]cause of one [Fm]man
All:            Be[Ab]cause, be[Bb]cause, be[Eb7]cause of one [Ab]man
{sot}----                Fm   C        C7           Fm
Caiaphas:       Our elimination because of one man
---------         Ab       Bb       C7                                         Fm{eot}
All:            Because, because, because of one, 'cause of one, 'cause of one man

{sot}                [Fm]           [C]        [C7]         [Fm]
Priest 3:       What then to do about this Jesus-mania?
------          Ab        Bb            Eb7       Ab{eot}
Annas:          How do we deal with the carpenter king?
{sot}------          Fm          C            C7         Fm{eot}
Priest 3:       Where do we start with a man who is bigger
{sot}---------       Ab                 Bb           C7      Fm{eot}
                Than John was when John did his Baptism thing?

{sot}                [C#]                    [Ab]
Caiaphas:       Fools! You have no perception
---------           Gb7           Fm           C             Db{eot}
                The stakes we are gambling are frighteningly high!
                [C#]We must crush him [Ab]completely
                So [F#7]like John[Fm] before him, this [C7]Jesus must [Fm]die
                For the [Fm]sake of the [C]nation this [C7]Jesus must di[Fm]e
All:            Must [Ab]die, must [Bb]die, this [Eb7]Jesus must [Ab]die
{sot}----               Fm          C              C7         Fm
Caiaphas:       So like John before him, this Jesus must die
---------            Ab        Bb        C7                                 Fm{eot}
All:            Must die, must die, this Jesus must, Jesus must, Jesus must die!