Jesus On My Mind
J.C. Superstar • Key:
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Jesus On My Mind
J.C. Superstar
Intro: Dm
My mind is
Dm
clearer now
D
at
F
last all too
G
well I can
F
see
where we
G
all soon will
Dm
be
D
If you
Dm
strip away
D
the
F
myth from the
G
man you will
F
see
where we
G
all soon will
Dm
be
D
Dm
Jesus!
D
You're
Dm
starting to believe
the
Em
things they say of you
You
F
really do believe
This
G
talk of god is true_
Dm
__
And
Dm
all the good you've done
will
Em
soon get swept away
You
F
've begun to matter more than the things you say
Dm
Listen Jesus I don't
F
like what I see
Dm
All I ask is that you
G
listen to me
Bb
And remember
C
I've been your right hand man all
F
along
You have
Dm
set them all on fire
B
They think they've
F
found the new Messiah
And they'll
D/A
hurt you when they
A+
find
A
they're
Bb
wrong
Dm
Dm
I remember when this
F
whole thing began
Dm
No talk of God then we
G
called you a man
Bb
And believe me
C
my admiration for you
F
hasn't died
But ev'ry
Dm
word you say today
B
Gets twisted '
F
round some other way
And they'll
D/A
hurt you if they
A+
think
A
you've
Bb
lied
D
BRIDGE #1:
Bb
Nazareth your
F
famous son
Gm
should have stayed a
Dm
great unknown
Gm
Like his father
D/A
carving wood
A
he'd have made
Dm
good
Bb
Tables, chairs and
F
oaken chests
Gm
would have suited
Dm
Jesus best
Gm
He'd have caused nobody harm--No one alarm
(chords as previous verse)
Listen Jesus do you care for your race?
Don't you see we must keep in our place?
we are occupied--have you forgotten how put down we are?
I am frightened by the crowd
For we are getting much too loud
And they'll crush us if we go too far (Dm7 Bb Dm)
Listen Jesus to the warning I give
Please remember that I want us to live
But it's sad to see our chances weakening with ev'ry hour
All your followers are blind
Too much heaven on their minds
It was
Dm/A
beautiful but
A+
now
A
it's
Bb
sour
Yes it's
Dm
all gone
Bbmaj7
sour
Bb
Ah ah ah
Dm
ah ah
(repeat last line to fade)
#------------------------------------------------------------------------
Capo on 1st fret
Am
I only want to say
Dm
If there is a way
G
Take this
Gsus4
cup
G
a -
Csus4
way
C
from me for
E
I don't want to
Asus4
taste
Am
its poison
F
Feel it burn me,
Am/E
I have changed I'm
B7
Not as sure as
E
when
E+
we
E7
start-
E
ed
Am
Then I was in-spired
Dm
Now I'm sad and tired
G
Listen,
Gsus4
sure -
G
ly
Csus4
I've
C
exceeded
E
Expec-ta-tions
Asus4
Tried
Am
for three years
F
Seems like thirty
Am/E
Could you ask
F
As much from any oth
Am
er man?
Am
But
G
if
F
I
E
die
Am
See the saga
G
through and do the
F
things you ask of
E
me
Am
Let them hate me
G
hit me hurt me
F
nail me to their
E
tree
Am
I'd wanna know I'd wanna know my
D7
God
Am
I'd wanna know I'd wanna know my
D7
God
Am
I'd wanna see I'd wanna see my
D7
God
Am
I'd wanna see I'd wanna see my
D7
God
Am
Why
G
I
F
should
E
die
Am
would I be more
G
noticed than I
F
ever was
E
before?
Am
Would the things I've
G
said and done
F
matter any
E
more?
Am
I'd wanna know I'd wanna know m
D7
y Lord
Am
I'd wanna know I'd wanna know my
D7
Lord
Am
I'd wanna see I'd wanna see my
D7
Lord
Am
I'd wanna see I'd wanna see my
D7
Lord
Bm
If I die what will be my re
E7
ward?
Bm
If I die what will be my re
E7
ward?
Bm
I'd have to know I'd wanna know m
E7
y Lord
Bm
I'd have to know I'd wanna know m
E7
y Lord
Bm
Why
A
should
G
I
F#
die?
Bm
Why
A
should
G
I
F#
die?
Bm
Can you show me
A
now that I would
G
not be killed in
F#
vain?
Bm
Show me just a
A
little of your
G
omnipresent
F#
brain
Bm
Show me there's a
A
reason for your
G
wanting me to
F#
die
You're
Bm
far too keen on
A
where and how and
G
not so hot on
F#
why
Bm
Al -
A
right
G
I'll
F#
die!
Bm
Just
A
watch
G
me
F#
die!
Bm
See
A
how
G
I
F#
die!
Bm
See
A
how
G
I d
F#
ie!
Bm
B
Bm
Then I was inspired
Em
Now I'm sad and tired
A
After
Asus4
all I've
Dsus4
tried for
D
three years
F#
Seems like nine-ty
Bm
Why then am I
G
Scared to finish
Bm/F#
what I started
C#7
What you started
C#7-9
--
F#
I didn't start it
Bm
God thy will is hard
But
Em
you hold
Em/D
ev'ry
Em/C#
card
A
I will
Asus4
drink your
Dsus4
cup of
D
poison
F#
Nail me to your
Bm
cross and break me
G
Bleed me beat me
Bm/F#
Kill me, take me
F#7
Now be
F#+
fore
F#7
I
F#7sus4
change
F#7
my
G
mind
Em
____
F#7sus4
_________
Bm
__
#------------------------------------------------------------------------
My mind is
Dm
clearer now at
F
last all to
G
well
I can
F
see where we
G
all soon will
Dm
be
If you
Dm
strip away the
F
myth from the
G
man
You will
F
see where we
G
all soon will
Dm
be
Jesus! You've
Dm
started to believe the
Em
things they say of you
You
F
really do believe this
G
talk of God is true
D
And
Dm
all the good you've done will
Em
soon get swept away
F
You've begun to matter more
G
than the things you say
D
Dm
Listen Jesus I don't
F
like what I see
Dm
All I ask is that you
G
listen to me
Bb
And remember
C
I've been your right-hand man
F
all along
You have
Dm
set them all on fire
B
They think they've
F
found the new Messiah
And they'll
D/A
hurt you when they
A+
find
A
their
Bb
wrong
Dm
Dm
I remember when this
F
whole thing began
Dm
No talk of God then we
G
called you a man
Bb
And believe me
C
my admiration for you
F
hasn't died
But ev'ry
Dm
word you say today
B
Gets twisted
F
'round some other way
And they'll
D/A
hurt you if they
A+
think
A
you've
Bb
lied
Dm
Bb
Nazareth your
F
famous son
Gm
should have stayed a
Dm
great unknown
Gm
Like his father
Dm/A
carving wood
A
he'd have made
Dm
good
Bb
Tables chairs and
F
oaken chests
Gm
would have suited
Dm
Jesus best
Gm
He'd have caused no
Dm/A
body harm --
A
no one alarm
D
Dm
Listen Jesus do you
F
care for your race?
Dm
Don't you see we must
G
keep in our place?
Bb
We are occupied --
C
have you forgotten how put
F
down we are?
I am
Dm
frightened by the crowd
B
For we are
F
getting much too loud
And they'll
Dm/A
crush us if we
A+
go t
A
oo
Bb
far
Dm
Dm
Listen Jesus to the
F
warning I give
Dm
Please remember that I
G
want us to live
Bb
But it's sad to see our
C
chances weakening with
F
every hour
All your
Dm
followers are blind
B
Too much
F
heaven on their minds
It was
Dm/A
beautiful but
A+
now i
A
t's
Bb
sour
Yes it's
Dm
all gone
Bbmaj7
sour...
#------------------------------------------------------------------------
#Mary
E
Try not to get worried,
B7
try not to turn on to
C#m
problems that upset you
A
oh
Don't you
B7
know
E
everything's al
A
right
B
yes,
E
everything's fine
A
An
Bsus
d we
E
want you to sleep
A
well
B
to
E
night
A
Le
Bsus
t the
E
world turn without
A
you
B
to
E
night
A
If
Bsus
we t
E
ry we'll get
Am
by so for
Em
get about all
Am
us
Bm
ton
E
ight
Everything's al
A
right,
B
yes,
E
everything's
A
fin
B
e
#Judas
Em
Woman your fine oint
D
ment --
C
brand new and expens
D
ive
Em
could have been
C
saved
D
for the
Em
poor
Em
Why has it been was
D
ted --
C
we could have raised m
D
aybe
Em
Three hundred silver
C
piece
D
s or
Em
more
Am
People who are
D
hungry,
G
people who are st
C
arving
Em
Matter
B
more than your feet and hair
B7sus
B
#Mary
E
Sleep and I shall soothe you,
B7
calm you and annoint you
C#m
Myrrh for your hot forehead
A
oh
Don't you
B7
know
E
everything's al
A
right
B
yes
E
everything's fine
A
An
Bsus
d it's
E
cool and the
A
oint
B
ment's
E
sweet
A
Fo
Bsus
r the
E
fire in your
A
head
B
and
E
feet
A
Cl
Bsus
ose your
E
eyes, close your
Am
eyes and re
Em
lax, think of noth
Am
ing
Bm
toni
E
ght
Everything's al
A
right,
B
yes,
E
everything's
A
fin
B
e
#Jesus
Em
Surely you're not say
D
ing
C
we have the resour
D
ces
Em
to save the poor
C
from
D
their
Em
lot?
Em
There will be poor al
D
ways,
C
pathetically strugg
D
ling
Em
Look at the good
C
things
D
you've
Em
got!
Am
Think! while you still
D
have me
G
Move! while you still
C
see me
B
You'll be lost
You'll be
Bsus
so so
B
sorry
Bsus
When I'm
B
gone
Bsus
#Mary
E
Sleep and I shall soothe you,
B7
calm you and annoint you
C#m
Myrrh for your hot forehead
A
oh
Don't you
B7
know
E
everything's al
A
right
B
yes
E
everything's fine
A
An
Bsus
d it's
E
cool and the
A
oint
B
ment's
E
sweet
A
Fo
Bsus
r the
E
fire in your
A
head
B
and
E
feet
A
Cl
Bsus
ose your
E
eyes, close your
Am
eyes and re
Em
lax, think of noth
Am
ing
Bm
tonight
Close your
E
eyes, close your
A
eyes
B
and
Em
relax (repeat, repeat, et al)
#------------------------------------------------------------------------
#Crowd
G
Hosanna
D
Heysanna
G
Sanna Sanna Ho
Sanna
Bb
Hey Sanna Ho San
Eb
na
Hey J.
Ebm
C., J.C. won't you
Em
smile at me?
Sanna
Cm
Ho Sanna
Ab
Hey
D
Super
G
star
#Caiaphas
Tell this
Cm
rabble to be
B/F#
quiet we an
Cm
ticipate a
B/F#
riot
This common
Bb
cro
Bb(b5)
wd is much too
Bb
loud
Tell the
Cm
mob who sing your
B/F#
song that they are
Cm
fools and they are
B/F#
wrong
They are a
Bb
cur
Bb(b5)
se -- they should
Bb
disperse
#Crowd
G
Hosanna
D
Heysanna
G
Sanna Sanna Ho
Sanna
Bb
Hey Sanna Ho San
Eb
na
Hey J.
Ebm
C., J.C. you're alr
Em
ight by me
Sanna
Cm
Ho Sanna
Ab
Hey
D
Super
G
star
#Jesus
G
Why waste your breath
D
moaning at the
G
crowd?
Bb
Nothing can be
F
done to stop the
Bb
shouting
G
If every
Dm
tongue was still the
A
noise would still con
D
tinue
The rocks and
D
stones themselves
A
would start to
D
sing
D/C
Bm
D7
#Jesus & Crowd
G
Hosanna
D
Heysanna
G
Sanna Sanna Ho
Sanna
Bb
Hey Sanna Ho San
Eb
na
Hey J.
Ebm
C., J.C. won't you
Em
fight for me?
Sanna
Cm
Ho Sanna
Ab
Hey
D
Super
G
star
Ending: D7 G Am D7 G
#------------------------------------------------------------------------
I
Bbm
dreamed I
Ebm
met a Gali
Ab7
lean
A
Bbm
most amazing man
C
He
F7
had that
F7+
look you
Gb
very rarely find
Ebm
The
F7
haunting, hunted
Bbm
kind
I
Bbm
asked him to
Ebm
say what had
Ab7
happened
Bbm
How it all began
C
I
F7
asked ag
F7+
ain, he
Gb
never said a word
Ebm
As
F7
if he hadn't
Bbm
heard
Bb
And next the
Bb7
room was full
of
Ebm
wild and angry men
A
they seemed to
Ab7
hate this man
they
Db
fell on him and then
F7
they disappeared again
Bbm
Then I saw
Ebm
thousands of mil
Ab7
lions
Bbm
crying for this man
C
And
F7
then I heard them
Gb
mentioning my name
Ebm
And
F7
leaving me the
Bbm
blame
#------------------------------------------------------------------------
D
I
G
don't
D
know how to
G
love
D
him
G
What to
G6
do, how to
D/A
move
A
him
I've been
D/F#
changed,
A
yes really
D
changed
A
In these
F#m7
past few
Bm
days when I've
F#m7
seen my
Bm
self
I
G
seem
D/F#
like
Em
some
D
one
A9
else
D
I
G
don't
D
know how to
G
take
D
this
G
I don't
G6
see why he
D/A
moves
A
me
He's a
D/F#
man,
A
he's just a
D
man
A
And I've
F#m7
had so
Bm
many
F#m7
men be
Bm
fore
In
G
ve -
D/F#
ry
Em
ma -
D
ny
A9
way
A
s
G
He's
D/F#
just
Em7
one
D
more
G
Should I bring him
F#7
down
Should I scream and
Bm
shout
Should I
Bm/A
speak of
G
love
Let my feelings
D/A
out?
I never
C
thought I'd
G
come to
D
this
G
What's it
D/F#
all a
Em
bout?
A9
D
Don't you
G
think
D
it's rather
G
fun
D
ny
G
I should
G6
be in this
D/A
posit
A
ion?
I'm the
D/F#
one
A
who's always
D
been
A
So
F#m7
calm, so
Bm7
cool,
F#m7
no lover's
Bm7
fool
G
Run
D/F#
ning
Em
eve
D
ry
A9
show
G
He
D/F#
scares
Em7
me
D
so
D
Yet
G
if
D
he said he
G
loved
D
me
G
I'd be
G6
lost, I'd be
D
frigh
A
tened
I couldn't
D/F#
cope,
A
just couldn't
D
cope
I'd
F#m7
turn my
Bm7
head,
F#m7
I'd back
Bm7
away
I
G
woul
D/F#
dn't
Em
want
D
to
A9
know
G
He
D/F#
scares
Em7
me
D
so
G
I
D/F#
want
Em7
him
D
so
G
I
D/F#
love
Em7
him
D
so
#------------------------------------------------------------------------
G
Look at all my
D
trials and tribul
Em
ations
G
C
Sinking in a
Gsus/B
gentle
G/B
pool of
Am
wine
G
Don't disturb me
B7/F#
now
I can
Em
see the
G7/D
an -
G9/D
swers
G7
Till
G9
this
C
evening
C6
is
Cmaj7
this
D9
morning
Life is
G
fine
D
G
Always hoped that
D
I'd be an a
Em
postle
G
C
Knew that I would
Gsus/B
make it
G/B
if I
Am
tried
G
Then when we
B7/F#
retire we can
Em
write the
G7/D
gos -
G9/D
pels
G7
So
G9
they'll
C
still
C6
talk
Cmaj7
a -
D9
bout us when we've
G
died
<repeat verses 1 and 2>
G
Look at all my
D
trials and tribul
Em
ations
G
C
Sinking in a
Gsus/B
gentle
G/B
pool of
Am
wine
G
What's that in the
B7/F#
bread?
It's gone
Em
to my
G7/D
he -
G9/D
ad
G7
Till
G9
this
C
evening
C6
is
Cmaj7
this
D9
morning
Life is
G
fine
D
<repeat verse 2, end on G>
#------------------------------------------------------------------------
F#m
Jesus I am
F#m/E
overjoyed to
D
meet you face to
A
face
F#m
You've been getting
F#m/E
quite a name
D
all around the
A
place
F#m
Healing
C#m
cripples,
D
raising from the
A
dead
And
D
now I
A/C#
unders
Bm
tand you're
A
God -- at
D
least that's
A/C#
what you've
Bm7
said
E
So
A
you are the Christ you're the
B7
great Jesus Christ
E6
Prove to me that you're
E
divine --
A
change my water into wine
That's
A
all you need do and I'll
B7
know it's all true
E
E7
C'mon
E6
King of
E9
the
A
Jews
F#m
Jesus you just
F#m/E
won't believe the
D
hit you've made 'round
A
here
F#m
You are all we
F#m/E
talk about, the
D
wonder of the
A
year
F#m
Oh what a
C#m
pity
D
if that's all a
A
lie
D
Still I'm
A/C#
sure that
Bm
you can
A
rock the
D
cynics
A/C#
if you
Bm7
try
E9
E
So
A
you are the Christ you're the
B7
great Jesus Christ
E6
Prove to me that you're
E
no fool --
A
walk across my swimming pool
If you
A
do that for me then I'll
B7
let you go free
E
E7
C'mon
E6
King of
E9
the
A
Jews
Gm
I only
Gm/F
ask things I'd ask
Eb
any
Bb
superstar
Gm
What is it that
Gm/F
you have got that
Eb
puts you where you
Bb
are?
Gm
I am
Dm
waiting, yes
Eb
I'm a captive
Bb
fan
I'm
Eb
dying
Bb/D
to be
Cm
shown that
Bb
you are
Eb
not just
Bb/D
any
Cm7
man
F
F7
So
Bb
you are the Christ yes the
C7
great Jesus Christ
F6
Feed my household with
F
this bread --
Bb
you can do it on your head
Or has
Bb
something gone wrong? Why do
C7
you take so long?
F6
C'm
F7
on
F6
King of
F9
the
Bb
Jews
G
Hey!
D7
Aren't
G7
you
C
scared of me Christ? Mister
D7
Wonderful Christ!
G6
You're a joke, you're not the
G
Lord!
C
You're nothing but a fraud!
C
Take him away he's got
D7
nothing to say
G6
Get out you
B/G
king of
G7
the -- GET OUT!
G6
Get out you
B/G
king of
G7
the
C
Jews!
Get out you king of the
D7
Jews!
G7
Get out of my
C
life!
Speed