[JAVERT]
Fm 
Valjean, at last,
   [ch]Eb/F[/ch]
We see each other plain
   Fm
`M'sieur le Mayor,'
       Bb/F               Fm
You'll wear a different chain!

[VALJEAN]
Fm
Before you say another word, Javert
[ch]Eb/F[/ch]
Before you chain me up like a slave again
Fm                                     Bb/F
Listen to me! There is something I must do.
Fm
This woman leaves behind a suffering child.
[ch]Eb/F[/ch]
There is none but me who can intercede,
Fm                                    Bb/F
In Mercy's name, three days are all I need.

Ab
Then I'll return, I pledge my word.
Eb                 [JAVERT]
Then I'll return... You must think me mad!
Gb
I've hunted you across the years
Dbsus4
A man like you can never change
Db            Cm
A man such as you.

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

Fm
I am warning you Javert (Dare you talk to me of crime)
[ch]Eb/F[/ch]
I'm a stronger man by far (And the price you had to pay)
Fm
There 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)
Fm
I am warning you Javert (You know nothing of Javert)
[ch]Eb/F[/ch]
There is nothing I won't dare (I was born inside a jail)
Fm
If 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            Bb
And this I swear to you tonight
                   [ch]Bb/A[/ch]             Gm7  
There is no place for you to hide
                 C              F
Your child will live within my care
              F/E        Dm7
Wherever you may hide away
           F/C               Bbmaj7
And I will raise her to the light.
              C             F
I swear to you, I will be there!