[Chorus]
Beggars
            
Look down and 

        
see the beggar


s at your feet
           
Look down and 

         
show some merc

y if you can
            
Look down and 

        
see the sweepi


ngs of the str

eet
           
Look down, loo

        
k down upon yo

ur fellow man!


[Verse 1]
Gavroche

'Ow do you do?

 My name's Gav

roche.

These are my p

eople. Here's 

my patch.

Not much to lo

ok at, nothing

 posh

Nothing that y

ou'd call up t

o scratch.

This is my sch

ool, my high s

ociety

Here in the sl

ums of Saint M

ichele

We live on cru

mbs of humble 

piety

Tough on the t

eeth, but what

 the hell!

Think you're p

oor?

Think you're f

ree?

Follow me! Fol

low me!


[Chorus]
Beggars
           
Look down and 

          
show some merc


y if you can
          
Look down, loo

        
k down, upon y

our fellow man

!


[Verse 2]
Gavroche

There was a ti

me we killed t

he king

We tried to ch

ange the world

 to fast!

Now he have go

t another king

He's no better

 than the last

!

This is the la

nd that fought

 for liberty

Now when we fi

ght, we fight 

for bread

Here is the th

ing about equa

lity

Everyone's equ

al when they'r

e dead

Take your plac

e

Take your chan

ce

Vive la france

! Vive la fran

ce!


[Chorus]
Beggars
           
Look down and 

          
show some merc


y if you can
          
Look down, loo

        
k down, upon y

our fellow man

!


[Bridge]
Beggars
           
When's it gonn

 
a end?
          
When we gonna 

#
live?
           
Something's go

   
tta happen now

 or
              
Something's go

    
nna give
            
It'll come, it

            
'll come, it'l

  
l come
            
It'll come, it

            
'll come, it'l

  
l come


[Verse 3]
Enjolras

Where the lead

ers of the lan

d?
              
Where are the 

             
swells who run

     
 this show?

Marius

Only one man -

 General Lamar

que
              
Speaks for the

             
 people here b

  
elow.

Enjolras

Lamarque is il

l and fading f

ast!

Won't last the

 week out, so 

they say.

Marius

With all the a

nger in the la

nd

How long befor

e the judgemen

t day?

Enjolras
              
Before we cut 

             
the fat ones d

own to size?

Beggars
            
Before the bar

               
ricades arise?