Misc Musicals – Les Misérables - Prologue - Chain Gang (Guitar)

Capo 1
Key
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Versions (4)

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Chords

I voice these chords as follows:
  Em     D/E    Em7    A/E
e|-0-| e|-0-| e|-0-| e|-0-|
B|-0-| B|-3-| B|-3-| B|-5-|
G|-0-| G|-2-| G|-4-| G|-6-|
D|-5-| D|-4-| D|-5-| D|-7-|
A|-7-| A|-0-| A|---| A|-0-|
E|-0-| E|-0-| E|-0-| E|-0-|
[Chain Gang]
  Em            D/E     Em7           A/E
Uhhuh, uhhuh, uhhuh.  uhhuh, uhhuh, uhhuh.

   Em             D/E      Em7            A/E
Uh huh, uhhuh, Uh huh.  Uh huh, uhhuh, uh huh.

     Em                     D/E                       Em7                     A/E
Look down, look down. Don't look 'em in the eye. Look down, look down. You're here until you die.
[Convict 1]
    Em                  D/E
The sun is strong. It's hot as hell below.
[Chain Gang]
    Em7                      A/E
Look down, look down, There's twenty years to go.
[Convict 2]
     Em                   D/E
I've done no wrong. Sweet Jesus, hear my prayer.
[Chain Gang]
     Em7                    A/E
Look down, look down. Sweet Jesus, doesn't care.
[Convict 3]
  G                   D
I know she'll wait, I know that she'll be true.
[Chain Gang]
     F                        C
Look down, look down, they've all forgotten you.
[Convict 4]
C                                 Bm
When I get free, you won't see me 'ere for dust.
[Chain Gang]
      Em                          D/E
Look down, look down. Don't look 'em in the eye.
[Convict 5]
    Em7             A/E
How long, O Lord, before you let me die?
[Chain Gang]
Em                           D/E                     Em7                     A/E
Look down, look down, you'll always be a slave. Look down, look down. You're standing in your grave.
[Javert]
Em                              D/E                                          Em7
   Now bring me prisoner 24601.     Your time is up and your parole's begun.     You know what that means.
[Valjean]
                 A/E
Yes it means I'm free.
[Javert]
    Em                                               D/E
No.    It means you get your yellow ticket of leave.     You are a thief.
[Valjean] I stole a loaf of bread. [Javert]
Em7
    You robbed a house.
[Valjean]
                 A/E
I broke a window pane.

G                                       Dm/F
  My sister's child was close to death.      And we we're starving.
[Javert]
                         F
You will starve again. Unless you learn the meaning of the law.
[Valjean]
C                                             C5                B5
  I know the meaning of those nineteen years.    A slave of the law.
[Javert]
     Em                                 D/E                            Em7
Five years for what you did, the rest because you tried to run. Yes, 24601.
[Valjean]
                   A/E
My name is Jean Valjean.
[Javert]
        Em                       D/E             Em7         A/E
And I'm Javert, Do not forget my name, Do not forget me, 24601.
[Chain Gang]
     Em                      D/E                     Em7                     A/E
Look down, look down. You'll always be a slave. Look down, look down. You're standing in your grave.

  Em            D/E     Em7           A/E
Uhhuh, uhhuh, uhhuh.  Uhhuh, uhhuh, uhhuh.