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