Another Les Miserables song for you to enjoy, this is Javert’s song, “Stars” – a lovely piece and not quite as tricky as the others 🙂 I hope you enjoy the letter notes below, let me know how you get on!
G# F# G# A B-G#
There, out in the darkness
G# F#-G#-A B-E
A fugitive running
C#-D# E C#-.B
Fallen from God
A-G# F# G#
Fallen from grace
F# G# B F#-G#
God be my witness
G# F#-G# B E
I never shall yield
^C# B A G# E F#
Till we come face to face
B A A G# F# E
Till we come face to face…
E E D# C# D# E F#
He knows his way in the dark
F# F# F# E D# E F# G#
But mine is the way of the Lord
B B B B-B
And those who follow
^C# B A G# A-A
The path of the righteous
A A A B-G#
Shall have their reward
E G# B ^C
And if they fall
^C ^C-^C-B ^C
As Lucifer fell
A B-A-G A B
The flames, the sword!
G#
Stars…
F# G# A-B-G#
In your multitudes
F# G# A B-E
Scarce to be counted
C#-D# E C#-.B
Filling the darkness
.B A-G# F# G#
With order and light
F# G# A B-F#-G#
You are the sentinels
F#-G# B G#
Silent and sure
^C#-B A G# E F#
Keeping watch in the night
B – A A G# F# E
Keeping watch in the night…
E E D# C# D# E F#
You know your place in the sky
F# F# E D# E F# G#
You hold your course and your aim
G# B B B B-B
And each in your season
^C#-B A G#-A
Returns and returns
A A A-A B G#
And is always the same
E G# B ^C
And if you fall
^C ^C-^C-B ^C
As Lucifer fell
A B-A-G A B
You fall in flame!
B B B ^C# B
And so it must be,
B B B ^C# B-B
And so it is written
B ^C# ^D-^D ^D ^C#-B-A
On the doorway to paradise
A A B B-A
That those who falter
A ^E A G#
And those who fall
F# F# E F#
Must pay the price!
A B ^C ^D G
Lord let me find him
E F# G E D
That I may see him
^C B-A ^D
Safe behind bars!
^C B ^C-B G
I will never rest
G ^E ^D ^C ^D
Till then this I swear
^D ^D ^D ^D ^D ^D
This I swear by the stars!