Les Miserables - Fantines arrest

Here's something new, I think I'll give it a try ^{Eb/Db Eb/Db}Come closer you, I like to see what I buy! ^Bb/FThe usual price, for just one slice of your pie

^Eb/DbI don't want you, no, no, M'sieur, let me go Bamatabois:

^Eb/DbIs this a trick? I won't pay more! Fantine:

^Eb/DbNo, not at all Bamatabois:

^Eb/DbYou've got some nerve, you little whore ^Eb/DbYou've got some gall

^Dbmaj7It's the same with a tart as it is with a grocer ^Dbmaj7The customer sees what he gets in advance ^Dbmaj7It's not for the whore to say 'yes sir' or 'no sir' ^Dbmaj7It's not for the harlot to pick and to choose ^Dbmaj7Or lead me to a dance!

^Dbmaj7I'll kill you, you bastard, try any of that! ^G/DEven a whore who has ^Em/C#gone to the bad ^CWon't be ^Bhad by a ^Emrat!

^BTell me ^Emquickly what's the story Who saw ^Em/Dwhat and why and where? Let him ^Em/C#give a full des^Em/Ccription Let him ^Bsus4answer ^Bto Ja^Emvert! In this ^Emnest of whores and vipers Let one ^Em/Dspeak who saw it all Who laid ^Em/C#hands on this good ^Em/Cman here? What's the ^Bsus4substance ^Bof this ^Embrawl?

Jav^D7ert, would you believe it^G? I was ^Fcrossing from the ^Cpark When this ^D7prostitute at^Gtacked me You can ^Fsee she left her ^B7mark

She will ^Emanswer for her actions When y^Em/Dou make a full report You may ^Em/C#rest assured, M'^Em/Csieur, That she will ^Bsus4answer ^Bto the ^Emcourt.

There's a ^D7child who sorely ^Gneeds me Please M'^Fsieur, she's but that ^Chigh Holy ^D7God, is there no ^Gmercy? If I ^Fgo to jail she'll ^B7die!

I have ^Emheard such protestations Every ^Em/Dday for twenty years Let's have ^Em/C#no more explai^Em/Cnations Save your ^Bsus4breath,^B save your ^Emtears Honest ^G/Dwork, just re^Em/C#ward, That's the ^Cway to ^Bplease the ^EmLord.

^Fm/C A moment of your ^Gm7/Dtime, Javert ^Fm/C I do be^Gm7/Dlieve this woman's ^Fm/Ctale

But M'sieur ^Dbmaj7Mayor! ^Bbm You've done your duty ^Eb6/BbLet her be ^Bbm She needs a ^Cm7doctor, not a ^Bbmjail.

But M'sieur ^GbMayor! Can this ^Fmbe?

Where ^Gbwill she ^Fmend - This ^Gbchild without a ^Amfriend?

I've seen your face ^Embefore ^Am Show me some way to ^Emhelp you ^F How have you come to ^C/Egrief In ^Gsus4such a place ^Gas ^Cthis?

^Fm M'sieur, don't mock me now, I ^Eb/Gpray ^Abm It's hard enough I've lost my ^Eb/Bbpride ^Cm You let your foreman send me ^Gm/Bbaway Yes, you were ^Fm/Abthere, and turned ^Gsus4aside ^G

^Am I never did no ^Emwrong ^EmIs it true, what I have done?

^Am My daughter's close to ^Emdying ^EmTo an innocent soul?

^F If there's a God a^Cbove ^CHad I only known then...

He'd ^Gsus4let me die in^Cstead [Outro] In His ^Bbname my ^Am7task has just ^Gmbegun^Eb I will ^Dm7take her to the hospital

But M'sieur ^EbMayor! Dm7 Eb Dm7

^EbI will see it ^Fdone!