xOn my own
by Claude-Michel Schönberg
Les Miserables
From the official Les Miserables notes.
INTRO: D Em D Em
VERSE 1:
D Em/D D D/C#
On my own, pretending he's beside me.
Bm E7 A A/G#
All alone, I walk with him till morning.
G F#7 Bm
Without him, I feel his arms around me.
Em Em/D A
And when I lose my way I close my eyes and he has found me!
VERSE 2:
D Em/D D D/C#
In the rain, the pavement shines like silver.
Bm E7 A A/G#
All the lights are misty in the river.
G F#7 Bm
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight.
Em Em/D A
And all I see is him and me forever and forever.
BRIDGE:
Bb Cbm5/Bb Bb Bb/A
And I know it's only in my mind,
Gm Bb/F Eb
that I'm talking to myself and not to him.
Em B B7
And, although I know that he is blind,
Am7 C7
still I say there's a way for us.
VERSE 3:
F Gm/F F F/E
I love him. But when the night is over.
Dm G7 C C/B
He is gone, the river's just a river.
Bb A Dm
Without him, the world around me changes,
Gm Gm/F C
the trees are bare and everywhere the streets are full of strangers.
VERSE 4:
F Bb/F F F/E
I love him, but every day I'm learning.
Dm G7 C C/B
All my life, I've only been pretending.
Bb A Dm
Without me, his world will go on turning.
Gm C
A world that's full of happiness that I have never known.
ENDING:
F
I love him,
F/Eb
I love him,
Dm
I love him,
Bbm/Db F
but only on my own.
