Les Misérables - Prologue - Chain Gang - Misc Musicals
Tuning: , E A D G B E
Artist: Les Miserables (Claude-Michel Schonberg & Alan Boublil)
Song: Prologue - Chain Gang
Album: Les Miserables Soundtrack [Original 1985]
Key: F minor
INTRO (and aahs): - - -
(CHAIN GANG)
Look down, loo
k down
Don't look 'em
in the eye
Look down, loo
k down
You're here un
til you die
(CON 1)
The sun, is st
rong
It's hot as he
ll below
(CHAIN GANG)
Look down, loo
k down
There's twenty
years to go
(CON 2)
I've done, no
wrong
Sweet Jesus he
ar my prayer
(CHAIN GANG)
Look down, loo
k down
Sweet Jesus do
esn't care
(CON 3)
I know, she'll
wait
I know that sh
e'll be true
(CHAIN GANG)
Look down, loo
k down
They've all fo
rgotten you
(CON 3)
When I get fre
e, you won't s
ee me
Here for dust
(CHAIN GANG)
Look down, loo
k down
Don't look 'em
in the eye
(CON 4)
How long, oh l
ord
Before you let
me die?
(CHAIN GANG)
Look down, loo
k down
You'll always
be a slave
Look down, loo
k down
You're standin
g in your grav
e
(JAVERT)
Now bring me p
risoner 24601
Your time is u
p and your par
ole's begun
You know what
that means
(VALJEAN)
Yes, it means
I'm free
(JAVERT)
No!
It means you g
et your yellow
ticket of lea
ve
You are a thie
f
(VALJEAN)
I stole a loaf of bread
(JAVERT)
You robbed a h
ouse
(VALJEAN)
I broke a wind
ow pane
My sister's ch
ild was close
to death
And we were st
arving
(JAVERT)
You will starv
e again
Unless you lea
rn the meaning
of the law
(VALJEAN)
I know the mea
ning of those
nineteen years
A slave, of th
e law
(JAVERT)
Five years for
what you did,
The rest becau
se you tried t
o run
Yes 24601
(VALJEAN)
My name is Jea
n Valjean
(JAVERT)
And I'm Javert
Do not forget
my name
Do not forget
me
24601
(CHAIN GANG)
Look down, loo
k down
You'll always
be a slave
Look down, loo
k down
You're standin
g in your grav
e
OUTRO: - - -