Look Down (Gavroche)

Look (Gm)down and see the (F)beggars at your feet.

Look (Gm7)down and show some (C)mercy if you can.

Look (Gm)down and see the (F)sweepings of the street.

Look (Gm7)down, look down, (C)upon your fellow man.

(Gm)'Ow do you do, my name's Gavroche,

(F)these are my people, here's my patch.

(Gm7)Not much to look at, nothing posh,

(C)nothing that you'd call up to scratch.

(Bb)This is my school, my high society,

(F)here in the slums of St.

Michel. (Ab)We live on crumbs of humble piety,

(Eb)tough on the teeth, but what the hell.

Think you're poor?

Think you're free?

(D)Follow me, follow me!

Look (Gm)down and show some (F)mercy if you can.

Look (Gm7)down, look down, (C)upon your fellow man.

(Gm)There was a time we killed the king.

(F)We tried to change the world too fast.

(Gm7)Now we have got another king.

(C)He is no better than the last.

(Bb)This is the land that fought for liberty,

(F)now when we fight, we fight for bread.

(Ab)Here is the thing about equality,

(Eb)ev'ryone's equal when they're dead.

Take your place, take your chance,

(E)Vive La France!

Vive La France!

Look (Am)down and show some (G)mercy if you can.

Look (Am7)down, look down, (D)upon your fellow man.

(D5)When's it gonna (C5)end?

(D5)When we gonna (C5)live?

(D5)Something's gotta (C5)happen now, (Dm)something's gotta (Bb)give.

It'll (Dm)come, it'll come, it'll come,

it'll come.

Where are the (C)leaders (Dm)of the (C)land?

(Dm)Where are the (C)swells who (Bb)run this (Am)show?

(Dm)Only one (C)man, (Dm)Gen'ral (C)Lamarque,

(Dm)speaks for the (Am)people (Bb)here (Am)below.

(Gm)Lamarque is ill and fading fast,