Prologue - Chain Gang ukulele

Prologue - Chain Gang

• Fm

INTRO: Fm  Eb/F  Ab/F  Bb/F 

 Fm 
Look down, look down 
 Eb/F 
Don't look 'em in the eye 
 Ab/F 
Look down, look down 
 Bb/F 
You're here until you die 


 Fm 
The sun, is strong 
 Eb/F 
It's hot as hell below 

 Ab/F 
Look down, look down 
 Bb/F 
There's twenty years to go 

 Fm 
I've done, no wrong 
 Eb/F 
Sweet Jesus hear my prayer 


 Ab/F 
Look down, look down 
 Bb/F 
Sweet Jesus doesn't care 


 Ab 
I know, she'll wait 
 Eb 
I know that she'll be true 

 Gb 
Look down, look down 
 Db 
They've all forgotten you 


 Db 
When I get free, you won't see me 
 C 
Here for dust 

 Fm 
Look down, look down 
 Eb/F 
Don't look 'em in the eye 
 
 Ab/F 
How long, oh lord 
 Bb/F 
Before you let me die? 

 
 Fm 
Look down, look down 
 Eb/F 
You'll always be a slave 
 Ab/F 
Look down, look down 
 Bb/F 
You're standing in your grave 


 Fm 
Now bring me prisoner 24601 
 Eb/F 
Your time is up and your parole's begun 
 Ab/F 
You know what that means 

 
 Bb/F 
Yes, it means I'm free 

 
No! 
 Fm 
It means you get your yellow ticket of leave 
 Eb/F 
You are a thief 


I stole a loaf of bread 

(JAVERT) 
             Ab/F 
You robbed a house 


                 Bb/F 
I broke a window pane 
 Ab 
My sister's child was close to death 
 Eb 
And we were starving 
 
                Gb 
You will starve again 
                                    Db 
Unless you learn the meaning of the law 


 Db 
I know the meaning of those nineteen years 
                C 
A slave, of the law 

 
 Fm 
Five years for what you did, 
 Eb/F 
The rest because you tried to run 
 Ab/F 
Yes 24601 

 
                  Bb/F 
My name is Jean Valjean 

 Fm 
And I'm Javert 
                 Eb/F 
Do not forget my name 
              Ab/F 
Do not forget me 
    Bb/F 
24601 


 Fm 
Look down, look down 
 Eb/F 
You'll always be a slave 
 Ab/F 
Look down, look down 
 Bb/F 
You're standing in your grave 

OUTRO: Fm  Eb/F  Ab/F  Bb/F  

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