Tono: E
Introducción:
E
Eponine
E
'Parnasse, what are you doing
E
So far out of our patch?
Montparnasse
E
This house, we're going to do it
E
Rich man, plenty of scratch
E
You remember he's the one
E
Who got away the other day
G
Got a number on his chest
Cm B E
Perhaps a fortune put away!
Eponine
E
Oh Lord, somebody help me!
E
Dear God, what'll I do?
E
He'll think this is an ambush
E
He'll think I'm in it too!
Gb
What'll I do, what'll I say?
Eb
I've got to warn them here
B
I've got to find a way.
CmA AbA Db
(Thenardier arrives with the rest of his gang.)
Thenardier
Db
This is his lair
Db
I've seen the old fox around
Db
He keeps himself to himself
Db
He's staying close to the ground
Gb
I smell profit here!
Ab
Ten years ago
Db
He came and paid for Cosette
Db
I let her go for a song
Db
It's time we settled the debt
G
This'll cost him dear
Brujon
A
What do I care
A
Who you should rob
A
Give me my share
A
Finish the job!
Thenardier
A Gb
You shut your mouth
G
Give me your hand
(He notices Eponine but doesn't recognize her.)
Gb
What have we here?
Thenardier
Db
Who is this hussy?
Babet
Db
It's your brat Eponine
Db
Don't you know your own kid
A
Why's she hanging about you?
Thenardier
Db
'Ponine, get on home
Db
You're not needed in this
Gb
We're enough here without you
Eponine
Db
I know this house
E
I tell you there's nothing here for you
Fm Gb
Just the old man and the girl
A Ab
They live ordinary lives
Thenardier
Ab Cm
Don't interfere
Cm
You've got some gall
Cm
Take care, young miss,
Db
You've got a lot to say!
Brujon
Db
She's going soft
Claquesous
Cm
Happens to all
Montparnasse
Gºhome,
Eponine
Ab Db
I'm gonna scream, I'm gonna warn them here.
Thenardier
Db Bb
One little scream and you'll regret it for a year.
Claquesous
Eb
What a palaver
Eb
What an absolute treat
Eb
To watch a cat and it's father
Eb
Pick a bone in the street
Brujon
Eb Ab
Not a sound out of you!
Eponine
Ab Cm Eb Ab
Well I told you I'd do it, told you I'd do it...
(She screams.)
B
You wait my girl, you'll rue this night
B
I'll make you scream, you'll scream all right
B
Leave her to me, don't wait around
B
Make for the sewers, go underground!
(The gang scatters.)
Ab
It was your cry sent them away
A
Once more 'Ponine saving the day
E
Dearest Cosette, my friend 'Ponine
Eb
Brought me to you, showed me the way!
Eb
Someone is near
Eb
Let's not be seen
B EbA
Somebody's here...
(Marius leaves quickly as Valjean enters.)
A
My God, Cosette
A
I heard a cry in the dark
A
I heard the shout of angry voices in the street.
Cosette
Fm Eb
That was my cry you heard, Papa.
Ab Cm Eb
I was afraid of what they'd do.
Db Ab
They ran away when they heard my cry
Valjean
Ab G
Cosette, my child, what will become of you?
Cosette
Cm Fm Cm
Three men I saw beyond the wall
Cm Bb Cm
Three men in shadow moving fast
Valjean
Ab Cm
This is a warning to us all
Fm G Cm
These are the shadows of the past
A
Must be Javert!
A
He's found my cover at last!
A
I've got to get Cosette away
Ab
Before they return!
Ab
We must get away from shadows
Ab
They will never let us be
Fm
Tomorrow to Calais
Bb G
Then a ship across the sea!
G
Hurry, Cosette, prepare to leave and say no more
Eb
Tomorrow we'll away!
B
Hurry, Cosette, it's time to close another door
B
And live another day!