Guitar chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
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
ⓘ Guitar chords for 'Over The Hills And Far Away' 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.
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