Jesus Christ Superstar Theme chords by Soundtracks

Chords with lyrics

SONGS FROM "JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR : A augmentedA ROCK OPERA"
By Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice


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. (C majorC) 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 ([email protected])


HEAVEN ON THEIR MINDS (Judas)

[4/4, Chords played over the Eb-Cm-Dm-Eb-Cm progression/bass riff]

      DmDm       FF      G+G
My mind is clearer now at last all to well
   FF      G+G       DmDm
I can see where we all soon will be
    DmDm       FF       G+G
If you strip away the myth from the man
     FF      G+G       DmDm
You will see where we all soon will be

       DmDm           E minorEm
Jesus! You've started to believe the things they say of you
  FF           G+G         DmDm
You really do believe this talk of God is true
  DmDm              E minorEm
And all the good you've done will soon get swept away
FF              G+G           DmDm
You've begun to matter more than the things you say

DmDm          FF
Listen Jesus I don't like what I see
DmDm          G+G
All I ask is that you listen to me
Bb majorBb      C majorC               FF    A augmentedA
And remember I've been your right-hand man all along
     DmDm         Bb majorBb
You have set them all on fire
          FF
They think they've found the new Messiah
      D/AD/A        A augmentedA+  A augmentedA   Bb majorBb  Dm7Dm7
And they'll hurt you when they find their wrong

DmDm          FF
I remember when this whole thing began
DmDm           G+G
No talk of God then we called you a man
Bb majorBb       C majorC           FF     A augmentedA
And believe me my admiration for you hasn't died
     DmDm        Bb majorBb
But ev'ry word you say today
       FF
Gets twisted 'round some other way
      D/AD/A       A augmentedA+  A augmentedA   Bb majorBb Dm7Dm7
And they'll hurt you if they think you've lied

[in 7/8]
Bb majorBb      FF     G minorGm          DmDm
Nazareth your famous son should have stayed a great unknown
G minorGm       Dm/A     A augmentedA       DmDm
Like his father carving wood he'd have made good
Bb majorBb        FF      G minorGm        DmDm
Tables chairs and oaken chests would have suited Jesus best
G minorGm         Dm/A     A augmentedA      DmDm
He'd have caused nobody harm -- no one alarm

back to 4/4]
DmDm         FF
Listen Jesus do you care for your race?
DmDm          G+G
Don't you see we must keep in our place?
Bb majorBb         C majorC             FF      A augmentedA
We are occupied -- have you forgotten how put down we are?
   DmDm           Bb majorBb
I am frightened by the crowd
      FF
For we are getting much too loud
      Dm/A      A augmentedA+ A augmentedA Bb majorBb Dm7Dm7
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]
DmDm         FF
Listen Jesus to the warning I give
DmDm           G+G
Please remember that I want us to live
Bb majorBb           C majorC           FF     A augmentedA
But it's sad to see our chances weakening with every hour
     DmDm         Bb majorBb
All your followers are blind
     FF
Too much heaven on their minds
    Dm/A     A augmentedA+  A augmentedA  Bb majorBb
It was beautiful but now it's sour
     DmDm    Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
Yes it's all gone sour...

----------------
EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT (Mary, Jesus, Judas)

[in 5/4]
[Mary]

E MajorE            B7B7          C# minorC#m           A augmentedA
Try not to get worried, try not to turn on to problems that upset you oh
     B7B7  E MajorE       A augmentedA   BB  E MajorE
Don't you know everything's alright yes, everything's fine
A augmentedA BsusBsus E MajorE         A augmentedA  BB E MajorE
And we want you to sleep well tonight
A augmentedA BsusBsus E MajorE         A augmentedA  BB E MajorE
Let the world turn without you tonight
A augmentedA BsusBsus E MajorE      A minorAm    E minorEm      A minorAm B minorBm E MajorE
If we try we'll get by so forget about all us tonight
        A augmentedA   BB  E MajorE      A augmentedA BB
Everything's alright, yes, everything's fine

[Judas]
E minorEm         D MajorD    C majorC          D MajorD
Woman your fine ointment -- brand new and expensive
E minorEm       C majorC   D MajorD    E minorEm
could have been saved for the poor
E minorEm         D MajorD   C majorC           D MajorD
Why has it been wasted -- we could have raised maybe
E minorEm          C majorC  D MajorD  E minorEm
Three hundred silver pieces or more
A minorAm       D MajorD    G+G        C majorC
People who are hungry, people who are starving
E minorEm   BB              B7sus B7B7
Matter more than your feet and hair

[Mary]
E MajorE               B7B7
Sleep and I shall soothe you, calm you and annoint you
C# minorC#m             A augmentedA
Myrrh for your hot forehead oh
     B7B7  E MajorE       A augmentedA   BB  E MajorE
Don't you know everything's alright yes everything's fine
A augmentedA BsusBsus  E MajorE      A augmentedA  BB   E MajorE
And it's cool and the ointment's sweet
A augmentedA BsusBsus E MajorE      A augmentedA  BB  E MajorE
For the fire in your head and feet
A augmentedA BsusBsus   E MajorE        A minorAm     E minorEm        A minorAm B minorBm E MajorE
Close your eyes, close your eyes and relax, think of nothing tonight
        A augmentedA   BB  E MajorE      A augmentedA BB
Everything's alright, yes, everything's fine

[Jesus]
E minorEm          D MajorD  C majorC         D MajorD
Surely you're not saying we have the resources
E minorEm        C majorC  D MajorD   E minorEm
to save the poor from their lot?
E minorEm          D MajorD   C majorC         D MajorD
There will be poor always, pathetically struggling
E minorEm        C majorC   D MajorD   E minorEm
Look at the good things you've got!
A minorAm           D MajorD
Think! while you still have me
G+G           C majorC
Move! while you still see me
BB
You'll be lost
     BsusBsus BB
You'll be so so sorry
BsusBsus   BB  BsusBsus
When I'm gone

[Mary]
E MajorE               B7B7
Sleep and I shall soothe you, calm you and annoint you
C# minorC#m             A augmentedA
Myrrh for your hot forehead oh
     B7B7  E MajorE       A augmentedA   BB  E MajorE
Don't you know everything's alright yes everything's fine
A augmentedA BsusBsus  E MajorE      A augmentedA  BB   E MajorE
And it's cool and the ointment's sweet
A augmentedA BsusBsus E MajorE      A augmentedA  BB  E MajorE
For the fire in your head and feet
A augmentedA BsusBsus   E MajorE        A minorAm     E minorEm        A minorAm B minorBm
Close your eyes, close your eyes and relax, think of nothing tonight
      E MajorE        A augmentedA  BB  E minorEm
Close your eyes, close your eyes and relax (repeat, repeat, et al)

------------

HOSANNA (Crowd, Jesus, Caiaphas)

[in 4/4]
[Crowd]
G+G    D MajorD    G+G
Hosanna Heysanna Sanna Sanna Ho
   Bb majorBb       Eb MajorEb
Sanna Hey Sanna Ho Sanna
   EbmEbm        E minorEm
Hey J.C., J.C. won't you smile at me?
   C minorCm    AbAb D MajorD  G+G
Sanna Ho Sanna Hey Superstar

[Caiaphas]
     C minorCm      B/F#    C minorCm     B/F#
Tell this rabble to be quiet we anticipate a riot
      Bb majorBb Bb(b5)     Bb majorBb G+G
This common crowd is much too loud
     C minorCm        B/F#        C minorCm         B/F#
Tell the mob who sing your song that they are fools and they are wrong
      Bb majorBb Bb(b5)      Bb majorBb   G+G
They are a curse -- they should disperse

[Crowd]
G+G    D MajorD    G+G
Hosanna Heysanna Sanna Sanna Ho
   Bb majorBb       Eb MajorEb
Sanna Hey Sanna Ho Sanna
   EbmEbm        E minorEm
Hey J.C., J.C. you're alright by me
   C minorCm    AbAb D MajorD  G+G  C majorC
Sanna Ho Sanna Hey Superstar

[Jesus]
G+G           D MajorD       G+G
Why waste your breath moaning at the crowd?
Bb majorBb       FF        Bb majorBb   G minorGm
Nothing can be done to stop the shouting
     DmDm          A augmentedA          D MajorD  A augmentedA
If every tongue was still the noise would still continue
       D MajorD         A augmentedA       D MajorD  D/C B minorBm D7/A
The rocks and stones themselves would start to sing

[Jesus & Crowd]
G+G    D MajorD    G+G
Hosanna Heysanna Sanna Sanna Ho
   Bb majorBb       Eb MajorEb
Sanna Hey Sanna Ho Sanna
   EbmEbm        E minorEm
Hey J.C., J.C. won't you fight for me?
   C minorCm    AbAb D MajorD  G+G
Sanna Ho Sanna Hey Superstar

Ending: D7D7 G+G A minorAm D7D7 G+G

--------------------

PILATE'S DREAM (Pilate)

[4/4]
 BbmBbm    EbmEbm    Ab7Ab7
I dreamed I met a Galilean
 BbmBbm       CbCb
A augmentedA most amazing man
 F7F7    F7F7+   GbGb       Ebm6Ebm6
He had that look you very rarely find
  F7F7        BbmBbm
The haunting, hunted kind

 BbmBbm     EbmEbm     Ab7Ab7
I asked him to say what had happened
BbmBbm       CbCb
How it all began
 F7F7   F7F7+   GbGb        Ebm6Ebm6
I asked again, he never said a word
 F7F7      BbmBbm
As if he hadn't heard

Bb majorBb      Bb7Bb7
And next the room was full
  EbmEbm        AbAb
of wild and angry men
        Ab7Ab7
they seemed to hate this man
   DbDb (tacet)
they fell on him and then
F7F7 (tacet)
they disappeared again

BbmBbm    EbmEbm       Ab7Ab7
Then I saw thousands of millions
BbmBbm        CbCb
crying for this man
  F7F7        GbGb        Ebm6Ebm6
And then I heard them mentioning my name
  F7F7       BbmBbm
And leaving me the blame

~From: [email protected] (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. (C majorC) 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 ([email protected])


I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM (Mary Magdalene)

Note: The A9A9 in the last measure of each verse is actually an "A9sus (no
G+G)" 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]

D MajorD G+G   D MajorD      G+G  D MajorD
I don't know how to love him
G+G    G6G6     D/AD/A A augmentedA
What to do, how to move him
     D/F#D/F#   A augmentedA     D MajorD
I've been changed, yes really changed
A augmentedA    F#m7F#m7   B minorBm       F#m7F#m7  B minorBm
In these past few days when I've seen myself
 G+G  D/F#D/F# E minorEm D MajorD  A9A9
I seem like someone else

D MajorD G+G   D MajorD      G+G  D MajorD
I don't know how to take this
G+G    G6G6     D/AD/A  A augmentedA
I don't see why he moves me
    D/F#D/F# A augmentedA      D MajorD
He's a man, he's just a man
A augmentedA    F#m7F#m7  B minorBm  F#m7F#m7  B minorBm
And I've had so many men  before
  G+G  D/F#D/F# E minorEm  D MajorD A9A9 A augmentedA
In ve - ry ma - ny ways
G+G  D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7 D MajorD
He's just one more


[PSEUDOBRIDGE]

G+G         F#7F#7
Should I bring him down
          B minorBm
Should I scream and shout
     Bm/ABm/A   G+G
Should I speak of love
        D/AD/A
Let my feelings out?
    C majorC      G+G    D MajorD
I never thought I'd come to this
G+G     D/F#D/F# E minorEm  A9A9 -> A augmentedA
What's it all about?

D MajorD     G+G   D MajorD      G+G D MajorD
Don't you think it's rather funny
G+G    G6G6     D/AD/A A augmentedA
I should be in this position?
    D/F#D/F# A augmentedA      D MajorD
I'm the one who's always been
A augmentedA F#m7F#m7   Bm7Bm7  F#m7F#m7    Bm7Bm7
So calm, so cool, no lover's fool
G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm D MajorD A9A9  A augmentedA
Running every show
G+G D/F#D/F#  E minor 7Em7 D MajorD
He scares me so





D MajorD  G+G D MajorD     G+G   D MajorD
Yet if he said he loved me
G+G   G6G6      D MajorD  A augmentedA
I'd be lost, I'd be frightened
      D/F#D/F# A augmentedA       D MajorD
I couldn't cope, just couldn't cope
  F#m7F#m7  Bm7Bm7  F#m7F#m7   Bm7Bm7
I'd turn my head, I'd back away
 G+G  D/F#D/F# E minorEm  D MajorD A9A9  A augmentedA
I wouldn't want to know
G+G D/F#D/F#  E minor 7Em7 D MajorD
He scares me so
G+G D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7 D MajorD
I want him so
G+G D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7 D MajorD
I love him so

---------------------------
THE LAST SUPPER (Apostles)

[in 4/4]


[verse 1]

 G+G       D MajorD        E minorEm   G/DG/D
 Look at all my trials and tribulations
 C majorC      Gsus/B G/BG/B   A minorAm  D MajorD
 Sinking in a gentle pool of wine
 G+G        B7/F#
 Don't disturb me now
    E minorEm   G7/D G9/D
 I can see the an - swers
 G7G7  G9G9  C majorC    C6C6 Cmaj7Cmaj7 D9D9
 Till this evening is this morning
     G+G  D7D7
 Life is fine


[verse 2]

 G+G         D MajorD     E minorEm   G/DG/D
 Always hoped that I'd be an apostle
 C majorC         Gsus/B G/BG/B  A minorAm  D MajorD
 Knew that I would make it if I tried
 G+G      B7/F#     E minorEm    G7/D G9/D
 Then when we retire we can write the gos - pels
 G7G7 G9G9   C majorC   C6C6  Cmaj7Cmaj7 D9D9         G+G
 So they'll still talk a - bout us when we've died








[verse 3]

 G+G       D MajorD        E minorEm   G/DG/D
 Look at all my trials and tribulations
 C majorC      Gsus/B G/BG/B   A minorAm  D MajorD
 Sinking in a gentle pool of wine
 G+G         B7/F#
 What's that in the bread?
      E minorEm  G7/D G9/D
 It's gone to my he - ad
 G7G7  G9G9  C majorC    C6C6 Cmaj7Cmaj7 D9D9
 Till this evening is this morning
     G+G  D7D7
 Life is fine


I ONLY WANT TO SAY (GETHSEMANE) (Jesus)

(IMHO this is probably THE most powerful piece in the entire show. A augmentedA 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, Bb majorBb]


[verse]

 BbmBbm Bbm/Ab    Bbm/Gb Bbm/F
 I  only want to say

 EbmEbm   Ebm/Db Ebm/C Ebm/Bb
 If there is a  way

 AbAb    Absus AbAb Dbsus DbDb
 Take this cup  a - way  from me

   FF    FF+  FF Bbmsus BbmBbm      GbGb
 For I don't want to taste its poison -- feel it burn me

 Bbm/F      C7C7         FF  FF+ F7F7  FF
 I have changed, I'm not as sure as when we started


 BbmBbm  Bbm/Ab  Bbm/Gb Bbm/F
 Then I was  inspired

 EbmEbm   Ebm/Db   Ebm/C Ebm/Bb
 Now I'm sad  and tired

 AbAb   Absus AbAb Dbsus DbDb    FF  FF+ FF
 Listen, sure - ly I've exceeded expectations

 Bbmsus BbmBbm        GbGb
 Tried for three years -- seems like thirty

 Bbm/F      FF          BbmBbm
 Could you ask as much from any other man?


[sub-verse]


 BbmBbm AbAb GbGb FF
 But if I die

 BbmBbm     AbAb         GbGb        FF
 See the saga through and do the things you ask of me

 BbmBbm        AbAb        GbGb        FF
 Let them hate me, hit me, hurt me, nail me to their tree

 BbmBbm               Eb7Eb7
 I'd wanna know I'd wanna know my God  (x2)

 BbmBbm              Eb7Eb7
 I'd wanna see I'd wanna see my God   (x2)


 BbmBbm AbAb GbGb   FF
 Why I should die

 BbmBbm       AbAb       GbGb    FF
 Would I be more noticed than I ever was before?

 BbmBbm          AbAb      GbGb     FF
 Would the things I've said and done matter any more?

 BbmBbm                 Eb7Eb7
 I'd have to know I'd have to know my Lord  (x2)

 BbmBbm                Eb7Eb7
 I'd have to see I'd have to see my Lord   (x2)


[key change to C majorC]


 C minorCm            F7F7
 If I die what would be my reward?     (x2)

 C minorCm                  FF
 I'd have to know I'd have to know my Lord (x2)

 C minorCm Bb majorBb   AbAb G+G   C minorCm Bb majorBb   AbAb G+G
 Why should I die? Why should I die?

 C minorCm       Bb majorBb        AbAb        G+G
 Can you show me now that I would not be killed in vain?

 C minorCm       Bb majorBb       AbAb     G+G
 Show me just a little of your omnipresent brain

 C minorCm        Bb majorBb       AbAb      G+G
 Show me there's a reason for your wanting me to die

     C minorCm       Bb majorBb        AbAb      G+G
 You're far too keen on where and how and not so hot on why

[repeat C minorCm - Bb majorBb - AbAb - G+G progression]

 Alright I'll die! Just watch me die!

 See how I die! See how I die!


[Instrumental orchestra break in 5/8 -- C minorCm Bbsus AbAb G+G]
[Break last round at AbAb - Tacet - return to initial tempo in C minorCm]


 C minorCm   Cm/BbCm/Bb  Cm/Ab  Cm/G F minorFm   Fm/Eb   Fm/D Fm/C
 Then I was  inspired,    now I'm sad  and tired

 Bb majorBb  Bbsus   Ebsus   Eb MajorEb     G+G     G+G+ G+G
 After all, I've tried for three years seems like ninety

 C minorCm      AbAb        Cm/G
 Why then am I scared to finish what I started

 D7D7    D7-9    G+G
 What you started -- I didn't start it

 C minorCm    Cm/BbCm/Bb  Cm/Ab Cm/G   F minorFm    Fm/Eb Fm/Eb Fm/D Fm7/C
 God, thy will is hard    but you hold every card

 Bb majorBb   Bbsus   Ebsus Eb MajorEb
 I will drink your cup of poison

 G+G    G+G+ G+G  C minorCm         AbAb
 Nail me to your cross and break me, bleed me, beat me

 Cm/G        G7G7  G+G+  G7G7 G7sus G7G7 AbAb  F minorFm G7sus C minorCm
 Kill me -- take me now before I change my mind
KING HEROD'S SONG (Herod)

[in 4/4]

NOTE: The E6E6 floating about is actually an E6E6 (no BB), and likewise
   the F6F6 floating about is actually an F6F6 (no C majorC), and likewise
   the G6G6 floating about is actually a G6G6 (no D MajorD). Aren't key
   changes wonderful? Feel like this is a Barry Manilow tune. :>

F# minorF#m    F#m/E    D MajorD        A augmentedA
Jesus I am overjoyed to meet you face to face

F# minorF#m         F#m/E    D MajorD       A augmentedA
You've been getting quite a name all around the place

F# minorF#m   C# minorC#m    D MajorD        A augmentedA
Healing cripples, raising from the dead

  D MajorD   A/C#A/C# B minorBm     A augmentedA     D MajorD      A/C#A/C#    Bm7Bm7  E7E7
And now I understand you're God -- at least that's what you've said


  A augmentedA               B7B7
So you are the Christ you're the great Jesus Christ

E6E6           E MajorE     A augmentedA (tacet)
Prove to me that you're divine -- change my water into wine

    A augmentedA            B7B7         E6E6
That's all you need do and I'll know it's all true

E7E7  E6E6   E9E9 A augmentedA
C'mon King of the Jews


F# minorF#m      F#m/E       D MajorD           A augmentedA
Jesus you just won't believe the hit you've made 'round here

F# minorF#m      F#m/E      D MajorD       A augmentedA
You are all we talk about, the wonder of the year

F# minorF#m    C# minorC#m D MajorD        A augmentedA
Oh what a pity if that's all a lie

D MajorD     A/C#A/C#   B minorBm   A augmentedA    D MajorD   A/C#A/C#   Bm7Bm7 E9E9 E7E7
Still I'm sure that you can rock the cynics if  you try


  A augmentedA               B7B7
So you are the Christ you're the great Jesus Christ

E6E6           E MajorE     A augmentedA (tacet)
Prove to me that you're no fool -- walk across my swimming pool

    A augmentedA            B7B7       E6E6
If you do that for me then I'll let you go free

E7E7  E6E6   E9E9 A augmentedA
C'mon King of the Jews
[Instrumental Break (follow chorus progression)]

[key change]

G minorGm   Gm/F        Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
I only ask things I'd ask any superstar

G minorGm       Gm/F        Eb MajorEb         Bb majorBb
What is it that you have got that puts you where you are?

G minorGm  DmDm      Eb MajorEb      Bb majorBb
I am waiting, yes I'm a captive fan

  Eb MajorEb  Bb/DBb/D  C minorCm     Bb majorBb   Eb MajorEb    Bb/DBb/D Cm7Cm7 F9F9
I'm dying to  be shown that you are not just any man


F7F7 Bb majorBb             C7C7
So you are the Christ yes the great Jesus Christ

F6F6           FF       Bb majorBb (tacet)
Feed my household with this bread -- you can do it on your head

    Bb majorBb              C7C7
Or has something gone wrong? Why do you take so long?

F6F6 F7F7 F6F6   F9F9 Bb majorBb
C'mon King of the Jews


[stop, mood shift]

G+G  D7D7   G7G7 C majorC              D7D7
Hey! Aren't you scared of me Christ? Mister Wonderful Christ!

G6G6              G+G   C majorC (tacet)
You're a joke, you're not the Lord! You're nothing but a fraud!

C majorC           D7D7
Take him away he's got nothing to say

G6G6     B/G   G7G7 (tacet)
Get out you king of the -- GET OUT!

G6G6     B/G   G7G7 C majorC
Get out you king of the Jews!

            D7D7
Get out you king of the Jews!

G7G7      C majorC
Get out of my life!