Key: E
Introduction:
Em D
Cosette, it's turned so cold
Em Bm
Cosette, it's past your bedtime
C G
You've played the day away
Am B
And soon it will be night.
E A E
Come to me, Cosette, the light is fading
C#m F# B
Don't you see the evening star appearing?
A Abm C#m
Come to me, and rest against my shoulder
F#m F#m/E B
How fast the minutes fly away and every minute colder.
E A E
Hurry near, another day is dying
C#m F# B
Don't you hear, the winter wind is crying?
A Abm C#m
There's a darkness which comes without a warning
F#m F#m/E B
But I will sing you lullabies and wake you in the morning.
Valjean
C F C C/B
Oh, Fantine, our time is running out
Am Am/G F F/E
But Fantine, I swear this on my life
Fantine
F#m C#
Look, M'sieur, where all the children play
Valjean
D B
Be at peace, be at peace evermore.
Fantine
E
My Cosette...
Valjean
A E E/D#
Shall live in my protection
Fantine
C#m
Take her now
Valjean
F# B
Your child will want for nothing
Fantine
A Abm C#m
Good M'sieur, you come from God in Heaven.
Valjean
F#m
And none will ever harm Cosette
F#m/E B
As long as I am living.
Fantine
E
Take my hand,
A E E/D#
The night grows ever colder.
Fantine
C#m F# B
Take my child, I give her to your keeping.
Fantine
A Abm C#m
For God's sake, please stay till I am sleeping
F#m
And tell Cosette I love her
F#m/E B
And I'll see her when I wake...