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:   One thing 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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