Misc Musicals – Les Misérables - The Confrontation (Ukulele)

Fm
Valjean, at last,

   Eb
We see each other plain

   Fm
'M'sieur le Mayor,'

       Bb                 Fm
You'll wear a different chain!

Fm
Before you say another word, Javert

Eb
Before you chain me up like a slave again

Fm                                     Bb
Listen to me! There is something I must do

Fm
This woman leaves behind a suffering child

Eb
There is none but me who can intercede,

Fm                                    Bb
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

Fm
Believe of me what you will (Men like me can never change)

Eb
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
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)

Eb
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
done (Jean Valjean is nothing now)

Fm
I am warning you Javert (Dare you talk to me of crime)

Eb
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
My race is not yet run (Every man must choose his way)

Fm
I am warning you Javert (You know nothing of Javert)

Eb
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
I'll do what must be done! (I am from the gutter too!)

Dm7         F              Bb
And this I swear to you tonight

                   Bbmaj7           Gm7
There is no place for you to hide

                 C              F
Your child will live within my care

              Fmaj7      Dm7
Wherever you may hide away

           F                 Bbmaj7
And I will raise her to the light

              C             F
I swear to you, I will be there!