Key: D
Introduction:
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/F
I only want to say
Ebm Ebm/C Ebm
If there is a way
Ab Db
Take this cup a - way from me
F F+ F Bbm Gb
For I don´t want to taste its poison -- feel it burn me
Bbm/F C7 F F+ F7 F
I have changed, I´m not as sure as when we started
Bbm Bbm/F
Then I was inspired
Ebm Ebm/C Ebm
Now I´m sad and tired
Ab Db F F+ F
Listen, sure - ly I´ve exceeded expectations
Bbm Gb
Tried for three years -- seems like thirty
Bbm/F 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
Cm Bb Ab G)
Alright I´ll die! Just watch me die
See how I die! See how I die
Cm Cm/G Fm Fm/D Fm/C
Then I was inspired, now I´m sad and tired
Bb Eb G G+ G
After all, I´ve tried for three years seems like ninety
Cm Ab Cm/G
Why then am I scared to finish what I started
D7 G
What you started -- I didn´t start it
Cm Cm/G Fm Fm/D Fm7/C
God, thy will is hard but you hold every card
Bb 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/G G7 G+ G7 Ab Fm Cm
Kill me -- take me now before I change my mind