Misc Musicals – Les Misérables - The Runaway Cart (Guitar)

C
Can this be true?

Em
A man your age

Em                     Am
To be as strong as you are...

A Ab
A memory stirs..

Ab                     B
You make me think of a man

E
From years ago

E                   Em
A man who broke his parole

Em
He disappeared...

Gm
Forgive me, Sir,

Gm
I would not dare!

Fm
Say what you must, don't leave it there.

       Em
I have only known one other

        Em/D
Who can do what you have done

        Em/C#           Em/C
He's a convict from the chain gang

          Bsus4/C   B      Em
He's been ten years on the run

       Em
But he couldn't run forever

        Em/D
We have found his hideaway

         Em/C#        Em/C
And he's just been re-arrested

       Bsus4/C   B     Em
And he comes  to court today.

        D7             G
But Of course he now denies it...

        F              C
You'd expect that of a con

       D7             G
But he couldn't run forever,

    F                B7
No, not even Jean Valjean!

Bbm                                                                  Eb6/B
You say this man denies it all and gives no sign of understanding or repentance?

Bbm                                                                                 Eb/B
You say this man is going to trial And that's he's sure to be returned To serve his sentence?

Gb                Fm               Gb             Am
Come to that, can you be sure, That I am not your man?

       Em
I have known the thief for ages

            Em/D
Tracked him down through thick and thin

       Em/C#           Em/C
And to make the matter certain

            Bsus4/C B        Em
There's the brand   upon his skin

        G/D           Em/C#
He will bend, he will break,

          C        B     Em
This time there is no mistake.