Gethsemane
Am
- Dm
I
only want to say, if there is a
way,
G C
take
this cup away from me for
E Am
I
don’t want to taste its poison,
F - Am
feel
it burn me, I have changed,
B7
E
I’m
not as sure as when we started.
Am
Dm
Then
I was inspired, now I’m sad and tired,
G C E Am
listen, surely I’ve
exceeded expectations, tried for three years,
F
Am E Am
seems like thirty,
could you ask as much from any other man.
AmGF E Am G F E
But if I die, see the
saga through and do the things you ask of me.
Am G F
E
Let them hate me, hit
me, hurt me, nail me to their tree.
Am D7
I’d
wanna know, I’d wanna know, my God !
Am D7
I’d
wanna know, I’d wanna know, my God !
Am D7
I’d
wanna see, I’d wanna see, my God !
Am D7
I’d
wanna see, I’d wanna see, my God !
Am G F E
Why I should die?
Am
G F E
Would I be more
noticed than I ever was before ?
Am
G F E
Would the things I’ve
said and done matter any more?
Am D7
I’d
have to know, I’d have to know, my Lord !
Am D7
I’d
have to know, I’d have to know, my Lord !
Am D7
I’d
have to see, I’d have to see, my Lord !
Am D7
I’d
have to see, I’d have to see, my Lord !
Bm E7
If I
die what would be my reward?
Bm E7
If I
die what would be my reward?
Bm E7
I’d
have to know, I’d have to know, my Lord !
Bm E7
I’d
have to know, I’d have to know, my Lord !
Bm A G F#
Bm A G F#
Why
should I die ? Why should I die ?
Bm A G F#
Can
you show me now that I would not be killed in vain !
Bm A G F#
Show
me just a little of your omnipresent brain !
Bm A G F#
Show
me there’s a reason for your wanting me to die !
Bm A G F#
You’re far to keen on where and how and not to keen on why!
Bm A G F# Bm A
G F#
All
right, I die ! Just watch me die !
Bm A G F# Bm
A G F#
See
how I
die! See how I
die!
Bm
Em
Then I was inspired, now I’m sad
and tired,
A D F#
after all I’ve tried for three years seems like ninety
Bm G Bm
why
then am I scared to finish what I
started,
Db F#
what
you started, I didn’t start it !
Bm
Em
God,
thy will is hard, but you hold every card,
A D F# Bm
I
will drink your cup of poison, nail me to your cross and break me,
G
Bm F#
bleed me, beat me, kill me, take me now
G - Em – F# - Bm
before I change my mind.
(Rice / Webber)