Chords for Steve Balsamo - Gethsemane - Variety Club of Great Britain Awards

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I _ _ _ _ [Db] only want [Gb] to [Bbm] say, _ [Ebm] _ _
[Gb] if there _ [C] is [Ebm] a way, _ [Ab] _ _ take this [Db] cup away from me, [F] for I don't [Bbm] want to
taste its poison, [Gb] _ _ feel it [Bbm] burn me.
I have changed, [C] I'm not as sure [F] as when we started.
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[Db] Then I [Gb] _ was [Bbm] _ _
[Ebm] inspired, _ now I'm sad [Bbm] and [Ab] tired.
Listen, _ [Db] surely _ I've exceeded [F] _ _
_ _ expectations.
[Bbm] _ _ Tried for three [Gb] years, _ it seems like [Bbm] thirty.
Could you [F] ask as much from any [Bbm] other man? _ _ _
But [Ab] _ _ [Gb] if _ [F] I die, [Bbm] _ see the [Ab] saga through, [Gb] and do the things you [F] ask me.
_ [Bbm] Let them [Ab] hate me, hit me, hurt [Gb] me, nail [F] me to their tree.
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I'd have to know, I'd have to _ _ _ know,
my lord.
I'd have to see, I'd have to [Eb] _ [Bbm] _
_ _ [Eb] see, my [C] lord.
If I die, what would be my [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ reward?
I'd have to know, I'd have to know, my lord. _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [G] _ [Cm] Oh, shut up!
[Bb] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] Can you show [Bb] me now, that [Ab] I would not be [G] killed in vain?
[Cm] Show me [Bb] just a little [Ab] of your omnipresent
[G] brain.
[Cm] Show me [Bb] there's a reason [Ab] for you wanting me [G] to die.
[Cm] You're far too keen [Bb] on where and [Ab] how,
but not [G] so hot on [Cm] why.
_ _ [Fm] _ All right, [Ab] _
_ [G] _ I'll [Cm] die.
_ _ [D]
Just [Ab] watch _ [G] me _ [Cm]
die.
_ [Bb] See how [Ab] _ I [G] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] see how.
[Ab] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ _
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Then _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] I _ [Ab] _ was [Cm] _ _ inspired.
[Fm] _ _ _
Now I'm _ sad and tired.
_ [Bb] _ _ After all, _ [Eb] I've tried for three years.
[G] It _ seems like [Cm] ninety. _ _
Why then am [Ab] I _ scared to [Cm] think _ what I started, _
[D] _ _ _ what you [G] started. _
I didn't start [Cm] it.
God, I will.
[Ab] _ _ It's hard, [Fm] _ _ [Ab] but you hold _
[D] every [Ab] card.
_ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] Drink your poison.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ Nail me to [Fm] your _ [Cm] cross and [Ab] break me.
_ Flee me, [Cm] beat me, kill me.
_ [G] Take me now, _ before I change [Ab] my _ _ mind.
[G] _ Now, _ _ _ before [Eb] _ [Gm] _ [Cm] I _ [G] change my mind.
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_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
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_ _ _ Ladies and gentlemen, _ Andrew Lloyd Webber.
_ _ _ [Cm] I _
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think you'd agree that probably is the most impossible act to follow that anybody,
I, that boy, I mean, he came into our theatre and he just sang exactly [N] like that.
And I was
so polaxed when he came into audition.
I just said, can you just sing that again?
_ And I thought it was not possible.
And he did.
And I was really cruel.
I said, come back in three
weeks time and sing it again.
And he did.
And we took him to a recording studio and just said,
do it with the musical director.
And he did it.
And I have to say,
I think that's one of the most exciting talents it's ever been my privilege to discover. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Thank you very much, ladies. _