Les Miserables - Prologue – Chain Gang

artist : les miserables ( claude – michel schonberg & alan boublil )
song : prologue – chain gang
album : les miserables soundtrack [ original 1985 ]

key : F minor

intro ( and aahs ) : Fm – [ ch ] D#/F [ /Ch ] – [ ch ] G#/F [ /Ch ] – A#/F

( chain gang )
Fm
look down , look down
[ ch ] D#/F [ /Ch ]
don’t look ’em in the eye
[ ch ] G#/F [ /Ch ]
look down , look down
A#/F
you’re here until you die

( con 1 )
Fm
the sun , is strong
[ ch ] D#/F [ /Ch ]
it’s hot as hell below

( chain gang )
[ ch ] G#/F [ /Ch ]
look down , look down
A#/F
there’s twenty years to go

( con 2 )
Fm
i’ve done , no wrong
[ ch ] D#/F [ /Ch ]
sweet jesus hear my prayer

( chain gang )
[ ch ] G#/F [ /Ch ]
look down , look down
A#/F
sweet jesus doesn’t care

( con 3 )
G#
i know , she’ll wait
D#
i know that she’ll be true

( chain gang )
F#
look down , look down
C#
they’ve all forgotten you

( con 3 )
C#
when i get free , you won’t see me
C
here for dust

( chain gang )
Fm
look down , look down
[ ch ] D#/F [ /Ch ]
don’t look ’em in the eye

( con 4 )
[ ch ] G#/F [ /Ch ]
how long , oh lord
A#/F
before you let me die?

( chain gang )
Fm
look down , look down
[ ch ] D#/F [ /Ch ]
you’ll always be a slave
[ ch ] G#/F [ /Ch ]
look down , look down
A#/F
you’re standing in your grave

( javert )
Fm
now bring me prisoner 24601
[ ch ] D#/F [ /Ch ]
your time is up and your parole’s begun
[ ch ] G#/F [ /Ch ]
you know what that means

( valjean )
A#/F
yes , it means i’m free

( javert )
no!
Fm
it means you get your yellow ticket of leave
[ ch ] D#/F [ /Ch ]
you are a thief

( valjean )
i stole a loaf of bread

( javert )
[ ch ] G#/F [ /Ch ]
you robbed a house

( valjean )
A#/F
i broke a window pane
G#
my sister’s child was close to death
D#
and we were starving

( javert )
F#
you will starve again
C#
unless you learn the meaning of the law

( valjean )
C#
i know the meaning of those nineteen years
C
a slave , of the law

( javert )
Fm
five years for what you did ,
[ ch ] D#/F [ /Ch ]
the rest because you tried to run
[ ch ] G#/F [ /Ch ]
yes 24601

( valjean )
A#/F
my name is jean valjean

( javert )
Fm
and i’m javert
[ ch ] D#/F [ /Ch ]
do not forget my name
[ ch ] G#/F [ /Ch ]
do not forget me
A#/F
24601

( chain gang )
Fm
look down , look down
[ ch ] D#/F [ /Ch ]
you’ll always be a slave
[ ch ] G#/F [ /Ch ]
look down , look down
A#/F
you’re standing in your grave

outro : Fm – [ ch ] D#/F [ /Ch ] – [ ch ] G#/F [ /Ch ] – A#/F