A música é de Les Misérables, um musical baseado no romance de Victor Hugo de 1862. Foi composta por Claude-Michel Schönberg com letras de Alain Boublil e Jean-Marc Natel. A história ambientada na França do século 19, fala de Jean Valjean, um prisioneiro que foge e é perseguido ao longo de décadas pelo implacável policial Javert.
Tom: D
Introdução:
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G
D
G
D
Em7
D
C#m7
On my own, pretending he's beside me,
Bm7
E7
A
G#m7
All alone, I walk with him till morning,
G
F#7
Bm7
Without him, I feel his arms around me,
Em7
G
A
And when I lose my way I close my eyes and he has found me.
D
Em7
D
C#m7
In the rain, the pavement shines like silver,
Bm7
E7
A
G#m7
All the lights are misty in the river,
G
F#7
Bm7
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight,
Em7
G
A
And all I see is him and me forever and forever.
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Cm7
A#
A#m7
And I know it's only in my mind,
Gm
Gm7
Eb
That I'm talking to myself and not to him,
Em
B
B7
And although I know that he is blind,
Am7
C
Still I say there's a way for us.
F
Gm
F
Em7
I love him, but when the night is over,
Dm
G
C
Bm7
He is gone, the river's just a river,
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A7
Dm
Without him the world around me changes,
Gm
C
The trees are bare and everywhere the streets are full of strangers.
F
Gm
F
Em7
I love him, but every day I'm learning,
Dm
G
C
Bm7
All my life I've only been pretending,
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A7
Dm
Without me his world will go on turning,
Gm
C
A world that's full of happiness that I have never known.