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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