This Jesus must die

 

                     a               E            E7           Am

ANNAS : What then to do about Jesus of Nazareth,

       C          D                 G         C

    miracle wonderman, hero of fools?

                         Am         E           E7               Am

PRIESTS : No riots, no army, no fighting, no slogans.

                       C               D                  E          Am

CAIAPHAS : one thing I say for him : Jesus is cool.

               Am                E                 E7             Am

ANNAS : we dare not leave him to his own devices,

           C              D                  G             C

    his half-witted fans will get out of control.

                         Am                 E                  E7            Am

PRIESTS : But how can we stop him, his glamour increases

           C                 D                   E            Am

    by leaps every minute – he’s top of the poll.

                     F                           C

CAIAPHAS : I see bad things arising –

             E                    Am                       E                     Am

    the crowd call him “King”, which the Romans would ban.

    F                               C

    I see blood and destruction –

           E     Am           E                 Am

    our elimination because of one man.

                C             D             G                 Am

ALL : Because, because, because of one man.

                                     G             E                 Am

CAIAPHAS : Our elimination because of one man.

                C             D

ALL : Because, because,

          E                                           E7                 Am

    because of one, ‘cause of one, ‘cause of one man.

                      Am             E             E7             Am

PRIESTS : What then to do about this Jesus mania ?

                 C                 D                  G              C

ANNAS : How do we deal with the Carpenter King?

 

 

                      Am                E               E7             Am

PRIESTS : Where do we start with a man who is bigger

             C                       D                  E           Am

    than John was when John did his baptism thing.

 

                        F                                 C

CAIAPHAS : Fools, you have no perception !

              E                   Am                  E                 Am

    The stakes we are gambling, are frighteningly high.

     F                                      C

    We must crush him completely,

                 E               Am             E               Am

    for the sake of the nation this Jesus must die.

                   C             D           G               Am

ALL : Must die, must die, this Jesus must die.

                                              G                    E               Am

CAIAPHAS : So like John before him, this Jesus must die.

                   C             D

ALL : Must die, must die,

            E                                     E7              Am

    this Jesus must, Jesus must, Jesus must die.

 

    (Rice / Webber)