Cdim/B x24542 D7/B x24532 Bsus4 x24452 Bmadd11 x23432 Gmaj7/B x25422 Bm7#5 x25232 Esus2 025452 INTRO: Ebm Dm Fm B CAIAPHAS: Ebm B Bb7 We've been sitting on the fence for far too long.
ANNAS: Fm Why let him upset us? Db Caiaphas, let him be. Eb Bb All those imbeciles will see, E He really doesn't matter. CAIAPHAS: Fm Jesus is important, Db We've let him go his way before. Eb Bb And while he starts a major war, E We theorize and chatter. ANNAS: B Cdim/B D7/B Bsus4 He's just another scripture thumping hack from Galilee. CAIAPHAS: Bmadd11 Gmaj7/B The difference is they call him King, Bm7#5 Esus2 The difference frightens me! Am7 What about the Romans? F When they see King Jesus crowned, G D Do you think they'll stand around, Ab Am Cheering, and applauding? Am7 What about our people? F If they see we've lost our nerve, G D Don't you think that they deserve, Ab Something more rewarding. ANNAS: Am7 They've got what they want, Ebm They think so, anyway. Gm If he's what they want, Eb7 Why take their toy away? Dm He's a craze! CAIAPHAS: Am7 Put yourself in my place, F I can hardly step aside. G D Can not let my hands be tied. Ab Am I am law and order. Am7 What about our priesthood? F Don't you see that we could fall? G D If we are to last at all, Ab Am We can not be divided. ANNAS: Am7 Then say so to the council, F But don't rely on subtlety. G D Frighten them, or they won't see. CAIAPHAS: Ab Then we are decided? ANNAS: Ab Fm B Ebm B Bb7 Then we are decided.
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