Gethsemane (Listen to midi)

 

       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)