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                              Fm
Caiaphas:   Ah gentlemen, you know why we are here
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            We've not much time and quite a problem here




Mob (outside):   Hosanna !  Superstar !--------------          Fm
B               Fm                B
Annas:   Listen to that howling mob 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            F
Mob (outside):   Jesus Christ 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 
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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 call the Roman guard... 
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Caiaphas:   No wait - we need a more permonent solution to our
problem...
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           Fm         C         C7       Fm
Annas:   What then to do about 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 him: Jesus is cool. 
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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                   Ab
            I see blood and destruction
                Bbm   Fm       C7          Fm
            Our elimination because of one man
                           C7                     Fm
            Blood and destruction because of one man !
          Ab       Bb      Eb            Ab
All:   Because, because, because 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 
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All:   Must die, must die, this Jesus must, Jesus must, Jesus must
die !
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