Gethsemane (I Only Want to Say)

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   Gm                          Eb
Will no-one stay awake with me?
Bb
Peter?  John?  James?
Gm                         Eb
Will none of you wait with me?
Bb
Peter?  John?  James?


Bbm  Bbm       Bbm  Bbm
  I   only want to say
Ebm      Ebm  Ebm  Ebm
If there is a    way
Ab        Ab  Ab  Db  Db
Take this cup    a - way   from me
    F       F   F  Bbm     Bbm           Gb
For I don´t want to taste  its poison -- feel it burn me
Bbm           C7                 F    F  F7   F
I have changed, I´m not as sure as when we started
Bbm    Bbm   Bbm  Bbm
Then I was    inspired
Ebm     Ebm     Ebm  Ebm
Now I´m sad    and tired
Ab      Ab  Ab  Db  Db       F   F  F
Listen, sure - ly I´ve  exceeded expectations
Bbm     Bbm                Gb
Tried  for three years -- seems like thirty
Bbm            F                   Bbm
Could you ask as much from any other man?


Bbm  Ab  Gb  F
But if I  die
Bbm          Ab                 Gb                F
See the saga through and do the things you ask of me
Bbm               Ab               Gb               F
Let them hate me, hit me, hurt me, nail me to their tree
Bbm                              Eb7
I´d wanna know I´d wanna know my God
Bbm                            Eb7
I´d wanna see I´d wanna see my God
Bbm  Ab  Gb     F
Why I  should die


Bbm             Ab             Gb       F
Would I be more noticed than I ever was before?
Bbm                   Ab            Gb         F
Would the things I´ve said and done matter any more?
Bbm                                  Eb7
I´d have to know I´d have to know my Lord
Bbm                                Eb7
I´d have to see I´d have to see my Lord


Cm                        F7
If I die what would be my reward?
Cm                        F7
If I die what would be my reward?
Cm                                   F
I´d have to know I´d have to know my Lord
Cm                                   F
I´d have to know I´d have to know my Lord


Cm  Bb     Ab  G     Cm  Bb     Ab  G
Why should I  die?  Why should I  die?
Cm              Bb               Ab               G
Can you show me now that I would not be killed in vain?
Cm             Bb             Ab          G
Show me just a little of your omnipresent brain
Cm                Bb              Ab            G
Show me there´s a reason for your wanting me to die
       Cm              Bb                Ab            G
You´re far too keen on where and how and not so hot on why

Interlude: Cm  Bb  Ab  G

Alright I´ll die!  Just watch me die

See how I die!  See how I die

Interlude: Cm  Bb  Ab  G

Cm     Cm   Cm   Cm  Fm      Fm     Fm  Fm
Then I was   inspired,       now I´m sad   and tired
Bb    Bb      Eb     Eb          G          G  G
After all,  I´ve tried for three years seems like ninety
Cm            Ab               Cm
Why then am I scared to finish what I started
D7       D7-9       G
What you started -- I didn´t start it
Cm       Cm    Cm  Cm      Fm       Fm  Fm  Fm  Fm7
God, thy will  is hard        but you hold every  card
Bb     Bb      Eb  Eb
I will drink your cup of poison
G       G  G    Cm                  Ab
Nail me to your cross and break me, bleed me, beat me
Cm               G7    G   G7  G7     G7  Ab    Fm  G7     Cm
Kill me -- take me now before I  change my mind
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Rachelb

This is amazing! Thanks:)

Rachelb

This is amazing! Thanks:)
Some lyrics are wrongg….

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