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 - Eb/F - Ab/F - Bb/F

(CHAIN GANG)
 FmLook (133111@1)down, look down
 Eb/F
Don't look 'em in the eye
 Ab/F
Look down, look down
 Bb/F
You're here until you die

(CON 1)
 FmThe (133111@1)sun, is strong
 Eb/F
It's hot as hell below

(CHAIN GANG)
 Ab/F
Look down, look down
 Bb/F
There's twenty years to go

(CON 2)
 FmI've (133111@1)done, no wrong
 Eb/F
Sweet Jesus hear my prayer

(CHAIN GANG)
 Ab/F
Look down, look down
 Bb/F
Sweet Jesus doesn't care

(CON 3)
 AbI (xx1114@1)know, she'll wait
 EbI (x43121@3)know that she'll be true

(CHAIN GANG)
 GbLook (244322@1)down, look down
 DbThey've (x43121@1)all forgotten you

(CON 3)
 DbWhen (x43121@1)I get free, you won't see me
 CHere (x32010@1)for dust

(CHAIN GANG)
 FmLook (133111@1)down, look down
 Eb/F
Don't look 'em in the eye

(CON 4)
 Ab/F
How long, oh lord
 Bb/F
Before you let me die?

(CHAIN GANG)
 FmLook (133111@1)down, look down
 Eb/F
You'll always be a slave
 Ab/F
Look down, look down
 Bb/F
You're standing in your grave

(JAVERT)
 FmNow (133111@1)bring me prisoner 24601
 Eb/F
Your time is up and your parole's begun
 Ab/F
You know what that means

(VALJEAN)
 Bb/F
Yes, it means I'm free

(JAVERT)
No!
 FmIt (133111@1)means you get your yellow ticket of leave
 Eb/F
You are a thief

(VALJEAN)
I stole a loaf of bread

(JAVERT)
             Ab/F
You robbed a house

(VALJEAN)
                 Bb/FI (102220@1)broke a window pane
 AbMy (xx1114@1)sister's child was close to death
 EbAnd (x43121@3)we were starving

(JAVERT)
                GbYou (244322@1)will starve again
                                    DbUnless (x43121@1)you learn the meaning of the law

(VALJEAN)
 DbI (x43121@1)know the meaning of those nineteen years
                CA (x32010@1)slave, of the law

(JAVERT)
 FmFive (133111@1)years for what you did,
 Eb/F
The rest because you tried to run
 Ab/F
Yes 24601

(VALJEAN)
                  Bb/FMy (102220@1)name is Jean Valjean

(JAVERT)
 FmAnd (133111@1)I'm Javert
                 Eb/F
Do not forget my name
              Ab/F
Do not forget me
    Bb/F24601 (102220@1)
(CHAIN GANG)
 FmLook (133111@1)down, look down
 Eb/F
You'll always be a slave
 Ab/F
Look down, look down
 Bb/F
You're standing in your grave

OUTRO: Fm - Eb/F - Ab/F - Bb/F