[Intro] Eb/Db  Bb/F  Eb/Db  Db7M  Db7M(5-)
        Em  Em/D  Em/C#  Em/C  B4

B       Em
Tell me quickly what's the story
        Em/D
Who saw what and why and where?
        Em/C#          Em/C
Let him give a full description
        B4     B    Em
Let him answer to Javert!

   D7                       G
Javert, would you believe it?
      F                  C
I was lost here in the dark
          D7           G
When this prostitute attacked me
        F                B7
You can see she left her mark

         Em
She will answer for her actions
     Em/D
If you make a full report
        Em/C#           Em/C
You may rest assured, M'sieur
              B4     B      Em
That she will answer to the court

          D7               G
There's a child who sorely needs me
         F                     C
Please M'sieur, she's but that high
     D7               G
Holy God, is there no mercy?
     F                 B7
If I go to jail she'll die!

       Em
I have heard such protestations
      Em/D
Every day for twenty years
           Em/C#         Em/C
Let's have no more explainations
          B4     B          Em
Save your breath, save your tears
       G/D          Em/C#
Honest work, just reward
           C      B          Em
That's the way to please the Lord

Fm/C                  Gm7/D
     A moment of your time, Javert
Fm/C        Gm7/D              Fm/C
     I do believe this woman's tale

            Db7M
But M'sieur Mayor!

Bbm
   You've done your duty
Eb6/Bb
Let her be
Bbm            Cm7           Bbm
   She needs a doctor, not a jail

            Gb
But M'sieur Mayor!

         Fm
Can this be?

      Gb       Fm
Where will she end -
     Gb              Am
This child without a friend?

                    Em
I've seen your face before
Am                     Em
   Show me some way to help you
F                      C/E
  How have you come to grief
   G4           G  C
In such a place as this?

Fm                               Eb/G
   M'sieur, don't mock me now, I pray
Abm                              Eb/Bb
   It's hard enough I've lost my pride
Cm                              Gm/Bb
   You let your foreman send me away
              Fm/Ab             G4    G
Yes, you were there, and turned aside

Am                Em
   I never did no wrong
Em
Is it true, what I have done?
Am                        Em
   My daughter's close to dying
Em
To an innocent soul?
F                   C
  If there's a God above
C
Had I only known then
     G4           C
He'd let me die instead

       Bb      Am7           Gm   Eb
In His name my task has just begun
       Dm7
I will take her to the hospital
            Eb
But M'sieur Mayor!

( Dm7  Eb  Dm7 )

Eb            F
I will see it done!