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