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Abdim Abdim
Priest I: Good Caiaphas, the council waits for you,
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The pharisees and priests are here for you!
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Caiaphas: Ah gentlemen, you know why we are here
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We've not much time and quite a problem here
Ddim/B Ddim/B
(single notes) E F B C E F 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
E F B C E F E F B C E F
Hosanna! Superstar! Hosanna! Superstar!
Fm7/6 Bb7 Fm7/6 Bb7
Annas: Listen to that howling mob of blockheads in the street!
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A 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!
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(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!
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(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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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 2: A rabble rousing mission that I think we must abort
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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!
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(single notes) B Ab E C# A E
Mob (outside): Jesus Christ Superstar
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All: He is dangerous!
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Fm
Priest 2: Look, Caiaphas - they're right outside our yard
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Priest 3: Quick, Caiaphas - go call the Roman guard...
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Caiaphas: No wait - we need a more permanent solution to our problem...
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(with tempo and COOL bass line)
Fm C C7 Fm
Annas: What then to do about Jesus of Nazareth
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Miracle wonderman - hero of fools?
Fm C C7 Fm
Priest 2: No riots, no army, no fighting, no slogans...
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Caiaphas: One thing I'll say for him: Jesus is cool.
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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.
Db Ab
Caiaphas: I see bad things arising
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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
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Caiaphas: Our elimination because of one man
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All: Because, because, because of one, 'cause of one, 'cause of one man.
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Priest 3: What then to do about this Jesus-mania?
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Annas: How do we deal with the carpenter king?
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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
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Caiaphas: So like John before him, this Jesus must die
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All: Must die, must die, this Jesus must, Jesus must, Jesus must die!
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----------------------- Jerusalem, Sunday
Written by Andrew Lloyd Webber / Tim Rice