Gethsemane (I Only Want To Say) chords
by Ian Gillan, Jesus Christ SuperstarYear: 1970
Genre: Rock
- Guitar
- TuningE A D G B E
- CapoFret 1
- Am
- Dm
- G
- C
- E
- F
- B
- D
- A
- Bm
- F#
- Em
- C#
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Intro 1
Am
Am
Verse 1
Am
I
only
want to
say
Dm
If there
is a
way
G
Take
this
cup a
C
way from
me
For
E
I
don't want to
Am
taste its poison
F
Feel it
burn me,
Am
I have
changed
I'm
B
not
as sure,
as
E
when we
started
Verse 2
Am
Then
I
was
in
spired
Dm
Now
I'm
sad and
tired
G
Listen,
surely
C
I've ex
ceeded
E
expectations
Am
Tried for
three years,
F
seems like
thirty
Am
Could you
ask as
E
much from any
other
Am
man?
Chorus 1
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 want to know,
I'd want to
know, my
D
God
Am
I'd want to know,
I'd want to
know, my
D
God
A
Want to see,
I'd want
to see, my
D
God
A
Want to see,
I'd want
to see, my
D
God
Chorus 2
Am
Why
G
I
F
should
E
die
Am
Would I be more
G
noticed than
I
F
ever was be
E
fore?
Am
Would the things I've
G
said and done
F
matter any
E
more?
Am
I'd have to know,
I'd have to
know, my
D
Lord
Am
Have to know,
I'd have to
know, my
D
Lord
A
Have to see,
I'd have to
see, my
D
Lord
A
Have to see,
I'd have to
see, my
D
Lord
B
If I die
what will
be my re
E
ward?
B
If I die
what will be
my re
E
ward?
B
Have to know,
I'd have to
know, my
E
Lord
B
I'd have to know,
I'd have to
know, my
E
Lord
Bridge 1
Bm
Why
A
G
F#
should I
Bm
die?
A
Oh,
G
why should 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,
but
G
not so hot on
F#
why
Bm
All
A
right,
G
I'll
F#
die!
Bm
A
Oh,
just,
G
just watch
me
F#
die!
Bm
See
A
how,
G
see
F#
how I die!
Bm
Oh
A
yeah,
G
see how
F#
I die!
Interlude 1
Bm
A
G
F#
Bm
A
G
F#
Bm
A
G
F#
Bm
A
G
F#
Bm
A
G
F#
Bm
A
G
Bm
Bm
Verse 3
Bm
Then
I
was
in
spired
Em
Now
I'm
sad
and
tired
A
After
all,
I've
D
tried for
three years,
F#
seems
like nine
ty
Bm
Why
then am
I
G
scared
to finish
Bm
what
I started,
C#
what
you started,
F#
I didn't
start it
Verse 4
Bm
God
thy
will
is
hard
But
Em
you
hold
every
card
A
I
will
drink
your
D
cup of
poison
F#
Nail me
to your
Bm
cross and break me
G
Bleed me,
beat me
Bm
Kill me,
take me
C#
now!
Be
F#
fore I change my
G
mind
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