Sunday, July 29, 2012

chords

I am so excited about the new Les Miserables movie - the trailer looks awesome, and if it's half as good as what the actors claim the movie is going to be, then we're in for a blast.


Anyway, in memory of the lovely musical, and in fact this year's the 150th anniversary of the book, here's the chords for "Epilogue".


Dm - Am - Dm - Am - Bb F/A Gm C D
F#m
Alone I wait in the shadows
Fmaj#5
I count the hours till I can sleep

A/E                                          D
I dreamed a dream Cosette stood by

                                                A
It made her weep to know I die.

Fmaj#5
Alone at the end of the day
D
Upon this wedding night I pray

A/C#                                                D
Take these children, my Lord, to thy embrace

                            C#m                D      E
And show them grace.
             A     Bm C#m   D
God on high

               A    Bm   C#  D
Hear my prayer

                C#
Take me now

           F#m    A/E
To thy care

                      D      C#m
Where You are

             Bm        E
Let me be

                A   Bm C#m D
Take me now

              A   Bm C#m D
Take me there

                A   Bm C#m E
Bring me home

                  A
Bring me home.

(Fantine's spirit appears to Valjean)

FANTINE

Dm                                Am
M'sieur, I bless your name

Dm                                    Am
M'sieur, lay down your burden

Bb                                     F/A   
You raised my child in love

       Gm          C            D
And you will be with god.

COSETTE



Gm       Eb       Gm     Eb


Gm
Papa, Papa, I do not understand!
Are you alright? They said you'd gone away.

VALJEAN

Am
Cosette, my child, am I forgiven now?
Thank God, thank God, I've lived to see this day.
F#m
MARIUS

F#m                                                            Am
It's you who must forgive a thoughtless fool

F#m                                                            Am
It's you who must forgive a thankless man

     Gm                                      Eb
It's thanks to you that I am living

       Gm                                                  Eb
And again I lay down my life at your feet.

                         Ab              Db
Cosette, your father is a saint.

 Ab                                Db
When they wounded me

                       F#                     B
He took me from the barricade

 F#                     B
Carried like a babe

                               E           D#
And brought me home to you!

VALJEAN(to Cosette)

G#m                  D#m
Now you are here

G#m                  D#m
Again beside me

E                             B/D#
Now I can die in peace

      F#                            Ab
For now my life is blessed...

COSETTE

               Db     Gbm                            Db   Ab/C
You will live, Papa, you're going to live

            Bbm          Ab                Gb
It's too soon, too soon to say goodbye!

VALJEAN

       Gm                                          D
Yes, Cosette, forbid me now to die

     Cm
I'll obey,

            C7
I will try.

                F
On this page

  Bb/F               F             C/E
I write my last confession.

              Dm
Read it well

          G                     C
When I at last am sleeping.

              Bb 
It's the story

        A                          Dm
Of those who always loved you.

          Gm         
Your mother gave her life for you

         Gm/F                  C
Then gave you to my keeping.

(The other spirits, including Eponine appear)

FANTINE

                    F
Come with me

           Bb/F                       F            C/E
Where chains will never bind you

                 Dm
All your grief

      G                       C
At last, at last behind you.

               Bb
Lord in Heaven,

            A                       Dm
Look down on him in mercy.

VALJEAN

 Gm       
Forgive me all my trespasses

           Gm/F                   C
And take me to your glory.

FANTINE & EPONINE

F
Take my hand

       Bb/F                     F      C/E
And lead me to salvation.

                 Dm
Take my love,

       G                    C           C/Bb
For love is everlasting.

VALJEAN, FANTINE & EPONINE

        Bb
And remember

        A                                  Dm
The truth that once was spoken

      Gm
To love another person

                                     C
Is to see the face of God!




             Ab                        
Do you hear the people sing?
                    Db/Ab            Ab
Lost in the valley of the night

               Fm              Bb                       Eb
It is the music of a people who are climbing to the light

              Ab                                                    Db                          Ab
For the wretched of the earth there is a flame that never dies

                  Fm                       Bbm               Eb             Ab
Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.

                  Fm                                            Cm
They will live again in freedom in the garden of the Lord

                 Bbm                                                      Fm
They will walk behind the ploughshed, they will put away the sword.

       Db                                             Bbm                             Eb
The chain will be broken and all men will have their reward! 

                Ab                  Ab/C                           Db                                   Ab
Will you join in our crusade? Who will be strong and stand with me?

                                          Fm     Bb                      Eb
Somewhere beyond the barricade is there a world you long to see?

             Ab                        Ab/C                     Db                               Ab
Do you hear the people sing? Say do you hear the distant drums

               Fm                      Bbm                  Eb                 Ab
It is the future that they bring when tomorrow comes



                Ab                  Ab/C                           Db                                   Ab
Will you join in our crusade? Who will be strong and stand with me?

                                          Fm     Bb                      Eb
Somewhere beyond the barricade is there a world you long to see?

             Ab                        Ab/C                     Db                               Ab
Do you hear the people sing? Say do you hear the distant drums

               Fm                      Bbm                  Eb                 Ab
It is the future that they bring when tomorrow comes



F#      Fm      E

                       Ab
Tomorrow comes!




chord transcription by shawn poon 

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