Guitar chords with lyrics
Difficulty: 0
OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY
Verse:
E5E5
They came for him one winter's night
E5E5
Arrested, he was bound
E5E5
They said there'd been a robbery
E5E5
His pistol had been found
E5E5 
G5G5
They marched him to the station house
E5E5 
D5D5
He waited till the dawn
E5E5 G5G5
And as they led him to the dock
D5D5 E5E5
He knew that he'd been wronged
Pre-Chorus:
C majorC D/C C majorC D/C
You stand accused of robbery
G/DG/D 
D MajorD G/DG/D D MajorD
He heard the bailiff say
C majorC D/C C majorC D/C
He knew without an alibi
G/DG/D D MajorD 
B minorBm D MajorD
Tomorrow's light would mourn his freedom
Chorus:
E minorEm 
G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Over the hills and far away
D MajorD E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
For ten long years he'll count the days
E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Over the mountains and the seas
D MajorD E minorEm C majorC D MajorD E5E5
A augmentedA prisoner's life for him there'll be
Verse:
E5E5 G5G5
He knew that it would cost him dear
E5E5 D5D5
But yet he dare not say
E5E5 G5G5
Just where he had been that fateful night
D5D5 E5E5
A augmentedA secret it must stay
Pre-Chorus:
Cmaj7Cmaj7 D/C C majorC D/C
He had to fight back tears of rage
G/DG/D D MajorD G/DG/D D MajorD
His heart beat like a drum
Cmaj7Cmaj7 D/C C majorC D/C
For with the wife of his best friend
G/DG/D D MajorD D MajorD
He'd spent his final night of freedom
Chorus:
E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Over the hills and far away
D MajorD G+G C majorC D MajorD
He swears he will return one day
E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Far from the mountains and the seas
D MajorD G+G C majorC D MajorD
Back in her arms again he’ll be
E minorEm G+G D MajorD Cmaj7Cmaj7 Dadd4
Over the hills and far away_______
Cmaj7Cmaj7
Over the hills and, over the hills and
Dadd4 E5E5 E minorEm G+G E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Over the hills and far away___
Bridge:
Cmaj7Cmaj7 D/C C majorC D/C
Each night within his prison cell
G+G /D D MajorD G/DG/D D MajorD
He looks out through the bars
Cmaj7Cmaj7 D/C C majorC D/C
He reads the letters that she wrote
G/DG/D D MajorD B minorBm D MajorD
One day he'll know the taste of freedom
Chorus:
E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Over the hills and far away
D MajorD G+G C majorC D MajorD
She prays he will return one day
E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm
As sure as the rivers reach the seas
D MajorD G+G C majorC D MajorD
Back in his arms again she'll be
F# minorF#m A augmentedA 
E MajorE F# minorF#m
Over the hills and far away
E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
He swears he will return one day
F# minorF#m A augmentedA E MajorE F# minorF#m
As sure as the river reach the sea
E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
Back in his arms is where she'll be
F# minorF#m A augmentedA E MajorE F# minorF#m
Over the hills and far away
E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
She prays he will return one day
F# minorF#m A augmentedA E MajorE F# minorF#m
As sure as the rivers reach the seas
E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
Back in her arms is where he'll be
F# minorF#m A augmentedA E MajorE F# minorF#m
Over the hills___
E MajorE A augmentedA A augmentedA E MajorE
ⓘ Guitar chords for 'Over The Hills And Far Away Acoustic' by Gary Moore, a male hard rock artist from Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. Gary Moore was born in 1952. He passed away in 2011. Gary Moore was known for his gritty rock/pop music.
Other versions of Over The Hills And Far Away Acoustic
