title: Valjean’s Confession (Les Miserables)
key: General
harp type: Chromatic
genre: Any
skill: Any

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Monsieur, this is a day I never can forget
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Is gratitude enough for giving me Cosette
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Your home will be with us and not a day shall pass
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But we will prove our love to you whom we shall call
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A father to us both, a father to us all
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Not another word, my son
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There’s something now that must be done
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You’ve spoken from the heart and I must do the same
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There is a story, sir, of slavery and shame
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That you alone must know
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I never told Cosette, she had enough of tears
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She’s never known the truth, the story you must hear
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Of years ago
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There lived a man whose name was Jean Valjean
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He stole some bread to save his sister’s son
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For nineteen winters served his time
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In sweat he washed away his crime
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Years ago, he broke parole and lived a life apart
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How could he tell Cosette and break her heart
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It’s for Cosette this must be faced
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If he is caught she is disgraced
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The time has come to journey on, and from this day he must be gone
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Who am I? Who am I?
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You’re Jean Valjean
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What can I do that would turn you from this
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Monsieur, you cannot leave
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Whatever I tell my beloved Cosette, she will never believe
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Make her believe I have gone on a journey a long way away
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Tell her my heart was too full for farewells, it is better this way
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Promise me, Monsieur, Cosette will never know
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I give my word
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What I have spoken, why I must go
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For the sake of Cosette, it must be so