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.)
--
Trond J. Stroem t.j.strom@ub.uio.no
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SONGS FROM "JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR : A ROCK OPERA"
By Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
~From: jloya@World.Std.Com (Jim Loya)
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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. () 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.
-Jim Loya (jloya@world.std.com)
HEAVEN ON THEIR MINDS (Judas)
My mind is clearer now at last all to well
I can see where we all soon will be
If you strip away the myth from the man
You will see where we all soon will be
Jesus! You've started to believe the things they say of you
You really do believe this 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
Listen Jesus I don't like what I see
All I ask is that you listen to me
And remember I've been your right-hand man all along
You have set them all on fire
They think they've found the new Messiah
+
And they'll hurt you when they find their wrong
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 ev'ry word you say today
Gets twisted 'round some other way
+
And they'll hurt you if they think you've lied
[in 7/8]
Nazareth 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?
Don'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 too far
[back to 7/8, instrumental break repeating previous 7/8 bridge]
[back to 4/4]
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 sour
Yes it's all gone sour...
< - , jam and ramble to end>
EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT (Mary, Jesus, Judas)
[in 5/4]
[Mary]
Try not to get worried, try not to turn on to problems that upset you oh
Don't you know everything's alright yes, everything'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 about all us tonight
Everything's alright, yes, everything's fine
[Judas]
Woman your fine ointment -- brand new and expensive
could have been saved for the poor
Why has it been wasted -- we could have raised maybe
Three hundred silver pieces or more
People who are hungry, people who are starving
Matter more than your feet and hair
[Mary]
Sleep and I shall soothe you, calm you and annoint you
Myrrh for your hot forehead oh
Don't you know everything's alright yes everything'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
Everything's alright, yes, everything's fine
[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 so sorry
When I'm gone
[Mary]
Sleep and I shall soothe you, calm you and annoint you
Myrrh for your hot forehead oh
Don't you know everything's alright yes everything'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, close your eyes and relax (repeat, repeat, et al)
HOSANNA (Crowd, Jesus, Caiaphas)
[in 4/4]
[Crowd]
Hosanna Heysanna Sanna Sanna Ho
Sanna Hey Sanna Ho Sanna
Hey J.., J.. won't you smile at me?
Sanna Ho Sanna Hey Superstar
[Caiaphas]
Tell this rabble to be quiet we anticipate a riot
()
This common crowd is much too loud
Tell the mob who sing your song that they are fools and they are wrong
()
They are a curse -- they should disperse
[Crowd]
Hosanna Heysanna Sanna Sanna Ho
Sanna Hey Sanna Ho Sanna
Hey J.., J.. you're alright by me
Sanna Ho Sanna Hey Superstar
[Jesus]
Why waste your breath moaning at the crowd?
Nothing can be done to stop the shouting
If every tongue was still the noise would still continue
The rocks and stones themselves would start to sing
[Jesus & Crowd]
Hosanna Heysanna Sanna Sanna Ho
Sanna Hey Sanna Ho Sanna
Hey J.., J.. won't you fight for me?
Sanna Ho Sanna Hey Superstar
Ending:
PILATE'S DREAM (Pilate)
[4/4]
I dreamed I met a Galilean
A most amazing man
He had that look you very rarely find
The haunting, hunted kind
I asked him to say what had happened
How it all began
I asked again, he never said a word
As if he hadn't heard
And next the room was full
of wild and angry men
they seemed to hate this man
(tacet)
they fell on him and then
(tacet)
they disappeared again
Then I saw thousands of millions
crying for this man
And then I heard them mentioning my name
And leaving me the blame
~From: JLoya@World.Std.Com (Jim Loya)
~Subject: CRD: Jesus Christ Superstar Stuff (Part 2)
~Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 16:53:11 GMT
This post includes:
"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. () 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.
-Jim (jloya@world.std.com)
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM (Mary Magdalene)
Note: The in the last measure of each verse is actually an "A9sus (no
)" 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]
I don't know how to love him
What to do, how to move him
I've been changed, yes really changed
In these past few days when I've seen myself
I seem like someone else
I don't know how to take this
I don't see why he moves me
He's a man, he's just a man
And I've had so many men before
In ve - ry ma - ny ways
He's just one more
[PSEUDOBRIDGE]
Should I bring him down
Should I scream and shout
Should I speak of love
Let my feelings out?
I never thought I'd come to this
->
What's it all about?
Don't you think it's rather funny
I should be in this position?
I'm the one who's always been
So calm, so cool, no lover's fool
Running every show
He scares me so
Yet if he said he loved me
I'd be lost, I'd be frightened
I couldn't cope, just couldn't cope
I'd turn my head, I'd back away
I wouldn't want to know
He scares me so
I want him so
I love him so
THE LAST SUPPER (Apostles)
[in 4/4]
Look at all my trials and tribulations
Sinking in a gentle pool of wine
Don't disturb me now
I can see the an - swers
Till this evening is this morning
Life is fine
Always hoped that I'd be an apostle
Knew that I would make it if I tried
Then when we retire we can write the gos - pels
So they'll still talk a - bout us when we've died
Look at all my trials and tribulations
Sinking in a gentle pool of wine
What's that in the bread?
It's gone to my he - ad
Till this evening is this morning
Life is fine
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, ]
I only want to say
If there is a way
Take this cup a - way from me
+ Bbmsus
For I don't want to taste its poison -- feel it burn me
+
I have changed, I'm not as sure as when we started
Then I was inspired
Now I'm sad and tired
+
Listen, sure - ly I've exceeded expectations
Bbmsus
Tried for three years -- seems like thirty
Could you ask as much from any other man?
[sub-verse]
But if I die
See the saga through and do the things you ask of me
Let them hate me, hit me, hurt me, nail me to their tree
I'd wanna know I'd wanna know my God (x2)
I'd wanna see I'd wanna see my God (x2)
Why I should die
Would I be more noticed than I ever was before?
Would the things I've said and done matter any more?
I'd have to know I'd have to know my Lord (x2)
I'd have to see I'd have to see my Lord (x2)
If I die what would be my reward? (x2)
I'd have to know I'd have to know my Lord (x2)
Why should I die? Why should I die?
Can you show me now that I would not be killed in vain?
Show me just a little of your omnipresent brain
Show me there's a reason for your wanting me to die
You're far too keen on where and how and not so hot on why
[repeat - - - progression]
Alright I'll die! Just watch me die!
See how I die! See how I die!
[Instrumental orchestra break in 5/8 -- ]
[Break last round at - Tacet - return to initial tempo in ]
Then I was inspired, now I'm sad and tired
+
After all, I've tried for three years seems like ninety
Why then am I scared to finish what I started
-9
What you started -- I didn't start it
God, thy will is hard but you hold every card
I will drink your cup of poison
+
Nail me to your cross and break me, bleed me, beat me
+
Kill me -- take me now before I change my mind
KING HEROD'S SONG (Herod)
[in 4/4]
NOTE: The floating about is actually an (no ), and likewise
the floating about is actually an (no ), and likewise
the floating about is actually a (no ). Aren't key
changes wonderful? Feel like this is a Barry Manilow tune. :>
Jesus I am overjoyed to meet you face to face
You've been getting quite a name all around the place
Healing cripples, raising from the dead
And now I understand you're God -- at least that's what you've said
So you are the Christ you're the great Jesus Christ
(tacet)
Prove to me that you're divine -- change my water into wine
That's all you need do and I'll know it's all true
'mon King of the Jews
Jesus you just won't believe the hit you've made 'round here
You are all we talk about, the wonder of the year
Oh what a pity if that's all a lie
Still I'm sure that you can rock the cynics if you try
So you are the Christ you're the great Jesus Christ
(tacet)
Prove to me that you're no fool -- walk across my swimming pool
If you do that for me then I'll let you go free
'mon King of the Jews
[Instrumental Break (follow chorus progression)]
I only ask things I'd ask any superstar
What is it that you have got that puts you where you are?
I am waiting, yes I'm a captive fan
I'm dying to be shown that you are not just any man
So you are the Christ yes the great Jesus Christ
(tacet)
Feed my household with this bread -- you can do it on your head
Or has something gone wrong? Why do you take so long?
'mon King of the Jews
[stop, mood shift]
Hey! Aren't you scared of me Christ? Mister Wonderful Christ!
(tacet)
You're a joke, you're not the Lord! You're nothing but a fraud!
Take him away he's got nothing to say
(tacet)
Get out you king of the -- GET OUT!
Get out you king of the Jews!
Get out you king of the Jews!
Get out of my life!