This Jesus Must Die

Fm7/6
Priest I:   Good Caiaphas, the 
council waits for you,
---------   The pharisees and 

-|priests are here for you!  

          Fm7/6       Ab          
Caiaphas:   Ah gentlemen, you know
                    Fm
 why we are here
---------                   Ab    

-|                    Fm  

            We've not much time and 
quite a problem here




Mob (outside):   Hosanna !  
Superstar !--------------          
Fm
B               Fm                
Annas:   Listen to that howling mob 
B
of blockheads in the street !
------       Fm              B    

-|           Fm  

         A trick or two with lepers 
and the whole town on it's
feet

             Fm
All:   He's dangerous !
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                  C          
Mob (outside):   Jesus Christ 
  F
Superstar -
--------------    Bb           F  

-|             C  

                 Tell us that you've
 who they say you are

             Fm
All:   He's dangerous !
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Priest 2:   The man is in town right now to whip us some support 
---------  


Priest 2:   A rabble rousing mission that I think we must abort 
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All:   He's dangerous ! 
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Mob (outside):   Jesus Christ !  Superstar ! 
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All:   He's dangerous ! 
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Priest 2:   Look, Caiaphas - they're right outside our yard 
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Priest 3 Quick, Caiaphas - go c
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Caiaphas:   No wait - we need a more
 permonent solution to our
problem...
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           Fm         C         
Annas:   What then to do about 
C7       Fm
Jesus of Nazareth
------    Ab      B           Eb  

-|    Ab         Miracle wonderman  

- hero of fools ?Priest 2:   No 
riots, no army, no fighting, no
slogans ...
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Caiaphas ething I'll say for
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Priest 1:   We dare not leave him to his own devices 
---------   His half-whitted 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
---------         Bbm            

-|Fm              C            Db  

            The crowd crown him King
 which the Romanes would ban
            Db             
            I see blood and 
      Ab
destruction
                Bbm   Fm       C7
            Our elimination 
          Fm
because of one man
                           C7    
            Blood and destruction 
                 Fm
because of one man !
          Ab       Bb      Eb    
All:   Because, because, because 
        Ab
of one man
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Caiaphas:   Our elimination because of one man 
---------   Blood and destruction 

-|because of one man  

                            C ...
Fm
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 Jesusmania ? 
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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 
---------  

All:   Must die, must die, this 
Jesus must, Jesus must, Jesus must
die !
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