Misc Musicals – Les Misérables - Javerts Suicide (Guitar)

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[Chords] Gm/F(no5) 11x0xx Csus/Db x4301x
          Bbsus/C  x3331x
   Ebadd4(no5)/Cb  7660xx 
Db(no3)(add#4)/Bb 6460xx F7(no3) 131x11 Ab(no3)/Eb x66x44 F(no3) 133x11 C(no3)/F 13x01x D(no3)/F 10023x Eb(no3)/F 1110xx G(no3)/F 1x0033 Bsus/F 122x02
             Db/F  143121
          C7(no5)  x32310
[VALJEAN]
F#m
  It's you, Javert. I knew you wouldn't wait too long.

E/F#
  The faithful servant at his post once more.

F#m7                                               B/F#
  This man's done no wrong and he needs a doctor's care.
[JAVERT]
F#m
  I warned you I would not give in.

E/F#
I won't be swayed.
[VALJEAN] Another hour yet.
F#m7                                       B/F#
  And then I'm yours and all our debts are paid.
[JAVERT]
A
  The man of mercy comes again.

E
  And talks of justice.
[VALJEAN] Come, time is running short.
Em                          D/E
    Look down, Javert, he's standing in his grave.
Fm Gm/F(no5) Give way, Javert, there is a life to save. [JAVERT] (simultaneously) Take him, Valjean, before I change my mind. [JAVERT]
          Fm7          Bb
I will be waiting, 24601.
[Valjean carries Marius off.] Eb/A Csus/Db Bbsus/C Ebadd4(no5)/Cb Db(no3)(add#4)/Bb [JAVERT] F7(no3) Who is this man? What sort of devil is he? Ab(no3)/Eb To have me caught in a trap and choose to let me go free?
           Bb/D
It was his hour at last to put a seal on my fate.

Gm
Wipe out the past and wash me clean off the slate.

Bbm/G
All it would take is a flick of his knife.

Bb/F                     Fsus    F         Bb Bbsus2 Bb Bbsus2
Vengeance was his and he gave me back my life.

Bb               Bbsus2      Bb        Bbsus2
  Damned if I'll live in the debt of a thief.

Bb               Bbsus2       Bb         Bbsus2
  Damned if I'll yield at the end of the chase.

Db         Dbsus2      Db         Dbsus2
  I am the Law and the Law is not mocked.

Db              Dbsus2     Db          
  I'll spit his pity right back in his face.

Dbsus2     Gb         F             Bb
  There is nothing on earth that we share.

      Gb        F         Bb    Bbsus2  Bb
It is either Valjean or Javert!
Dm Dsus2 Dm Fm
F                          Bbm/F
  How can I now allow this man

Bbm/F                   F
  To hold dominion over me?

Dm                               A
  This desperate man whom I have hunted,

   Bb                  Fsus F
He gave me my life, he gave me freedom,

Cm/F                            Bb
  I should have perished by his hand.

Cm             F
    It was his right.

F                           Bbm
  It was my right to die as well,

Cm                            F
  Instead, I live but live in hell.

Db/Eb Eb  Db/Eb Cm/Eb Db/Eb Cm/Eb Db/Eb  Eb
      And my    thoughts          fly    a-

Fm/Ab Gdim/Ab Fm/Ab Eb/Ab Fm/Ab Eb/Ab Fm/Ab Ab
part.

Db/Eb Eb  Db/Eb Cm/Eb Db/Eb Cm/Eb Db/Eb  Eb
      Can this  man               be     be-

Fm/Ab Gdim/Ab Fm/Ab Eb/Ab Fm/Ab Eb/Ab Fm/Ab Ab
lieved?

Bb/C C Bb/C  Am/C Bb/C Am/C Bb/C C
       Shall his  sins      be   for-

Dm/F Edim/F Dm/F C/F Dm/F C/F Dm/F F
gi - ven?

Bb/C C Bb/C  Am/C Bb/C   Am/C Bb/C C F(no3)   
       Shall his  crimes      be   reprieved?
C(no3)/F D(no3)/F Eb(no3)/F Fm G(no3)/F Bsus/F Db/F
F                         Bbm/F
  And must I now begin to doubt

Bbm/F                         F      C/E
  Who never doubted all these years?

Dm                               A
  My heart is stone and still it trembles.

    Bb        C/Bb  Bb    F
The world I have known is lost in shadow.

Cm/F                        Bb
  Is he from heaven or from hell?

C               F
    And does he know

F                            Bbm/F
  That granting me my life today

C                             Dm
  This man has killed me even so?

     Dm
I am reaching, but I fall

        Dm
And the stars are black and cold

     Am/E
As I stare into the void
C7(no5) Of a world that cannot hold.
       Fsus F
I'll escape now from that world.

         Fsus/E F/E
From the world  of Jean Valjean.

         Fsus/Eb F/Eb
There is no  -   where I can turn

         Fsus/D F/D       Eb/C#
There is no     way to go on!
D F#m/C# A/C# Bm D/A F#m/A G Bm/F# Em7 A A Ab/D