[JAVERT]
Fm (133111@1)Valjean, at last,
   Eb/F
We see each other plain
   Fm`M'sieur (133111@1)le Mayor,'
       Bb/F (102220@1)             FmYou'll (133111@1)wear a different chain!

[VALJEAN]
FmBefore (133111@1)you say another word, Javert
Eb/F
Before you chain me up like a slave again
Fm (133111@1)                                   Bb/FListen (102220@1)to me! There is something I must do.
FmThis (133111@1)woman leaves behind a suffering child.
Eb/F
There is none but me who can intercede,
Fm (133111@1)                                  Bb/FIn (102220@1)Mercy's name, three days are all I need.

AbThen (xx1114@1)I'll return, I pledge my word.
Eb (x43121@3)               [JAVERT]
Then I'll return... You must think me mad!
GbI've (244322@1)hunted you across the years
Dbsus4
A man like you can never change
Db (x43121@1)          CmA (x3101x@1)man such as you.

[VALJEAN and JAVERT (in counterpoint)]
FmBelieve (133111@1)of me what you will (Men like me can never change)
Eb/F
There is a duty that I'm sworn to do (Men like you can never change)
FmYou (133111@1)know nothing of my life (No,)
Bb/F
All I did was steal some bread (24601)
FmYou (133111@1)know nothing of the world (My duty's to the law - you have no rights)
Eb/F
You would sooner see me dead (Come with me 24601)
FmBut (133111@1)not before I see this justice (Now the wheel has turned around)
Bb/F
done (Jean Valjean is nothing now)

FmI (133111@1)am warning you Javert (Dare you talk to me of crime)
Eb/F
I'm a stronger man by far (And the price you had to pay)
FmThere (133111@1)is power in me yet (Every man is born in sin)
Bb/F
My race is not yet run (Every man must choose his way)
FmI (133111@1)am warning you Javert (You know nothing of Javert)
Eb/F
There is nothing I won't dare (I was born inside a jail)
FmIf (133111@1)I have to kill you here (I was born with scum like you)
Bb/F
I'll do what must be done! (I am from the gutter too!)

Fm  Dbsus4

F F/E

Dm7         F/C (133211@1)          BbAnd (x1333x@1)this I swear to you tonight
                   Bb/A             Gm7  
There is no place for you to hide
                 C (x32010@1)            FYour (133211@1)child will live within my care
              F/E (xx2211@1)      Dm7
Wherever you may hide away
           F/C (133211@1)             Bbmaj7And (x13231@1)I will raise her to the light.
              C (x32010@1)           FI (133211@1)swear to you, I will be there!