Chords with lyrics
Cdim/B x24542
D7/B x24532
Bsus4Bsus4 x24452
Bmadd11 x23432
Gmaj7/B x25422
Bm7#5 x25232
Esus2Esus2 025452
INTRO:
EbmEbm DmDm F minorFm BB
CAIAPHAS:
EbmEbm BB Bb7Bb7
We've been sitting on the fence for far too long.
ANNAS:
F minorFm
Why let him upset us?
DbDb
Caiaphas, let him be.
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
All those imbeciles will see,
E MajorE
He really doesn't matter.
CAIAPHAS:
F minorFm
Jesus is important,
DbDb
We've let him go his way before.
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
And while he starts a major war,
E MajorE
We theorize and chatter.
ANNAS:
BB Cdim/B D7/B Bsus4Bsus4
He's just another scripture thumping hack from Galilee.
CAIAPHAS:
Bmadd11 Gmaj7/B
The difference is they call him King,
Bm7#5 Esus2Esus2
The difference frightens me!
Am7Am7
What about the Romans?
FF
When they see King Jesus crowned,
G+G D MajorD
Do you think they'll stand around,
AbAb A minorAm
Cheering, and applauding?
Am7Am7
What about our people?
FF
If they see we've lost our nerve,
G+G D MajorD
Don't you think that they deserve,
AbAb
Something more rewarding.
ANNAS:
Am7Am7
They've got what they want,
EbmEbm
They think so, anyway.
G minorGm
If he's what they want,
Eb7Eb7
Why take their toy away?
DmDm
He's a craze!
CAIAPHAS:
Am7Am7
Put yourself in my place,
FF
I can hardly step aside.
G+G D MajorD
Can not let my hands be tied.
AbAb A minorAm
I am law and order.
Am7Am7
What about our priesthood?
FF
Don't you see that we could fall?
G+G D MajorD
If we are to last at all,
AbAb A minorAm
We can not be divided.
ANNAS:
Am7Am7
Then say so to the council,
FF
But don't rely on subtlety.
G+G D MajorD
Frighten them, or they won't see.
CAIAPHAS:
AbAb
Then we are decided?
ANNAS:
AbAb F minorFm BB EbmEbm BB Bb7Bb7
Then we are decided.