Over The Hills And Far Away chords by Gary Moore

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse:
   E minorEm
They came for him one winter's night
E minorEm
Arrested, he was bound
E minorEm
They said there'd been a robbery
E minorEm
His pistol had been found

E minorEm            G+G
They marched him to the station house
  E minorEm       D MajorD
He waited till the dawn
  E minorEm        G+G
And as they led him to the dock
  D MajorD          E minorEm
He knew that he'd been wronged

Pre-Chorus:
  C majorC   D/C    C majorC   D/C
You stand accused of robbery
  Dsus4Dsus4   D MajorD    Dsus4Dsus4 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     G+G     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      G+G    C majorC      D MajorD  E minorEm
A augmentedA prisoner's life for him there'll be


Verse:
  E minorEm         G+G
He knew that it would cost him dear
  E minorEm       D MajorD
But yet he dare not say
   E minorEm           G+G
Just where he had been that fateful night
  D MajorD       E minorEm
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             E minorEm  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/DG/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
Over the hills and far away

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