Over The Hills And Far Away - Nightwish, guitar chords

Published: 2021-01-17 14:57
Selection chords: Katie Paterson

Verse:
 Em                    D
They came for him one winterʼs night.
   Em              D
Arrested, he was bound.
      Em                  D
They said thereʼd been a robbery,
     C      D        Em
his pistol had been found.

      Em                  G
They marched him to the station house,
    Em             D
he waited for the dawn.
    Em               G
And as they led him to the dock,
     D                  Em
he knew that heʼd been wronged.
       C      D        Em     D
"You stand accused of robbery,"
    G         D       Em   D
he heard the bailiff say.
     C      D      Em  D
He knew without an alibi,
   G        D           Bm         D
tomorrowʼs light would mourn his freedom

Chorus:
Em        G         D    Em
Over the hills and far away,
     D        G           C         D
for ten long years heʼll count the days.
Em        G        D        Em
Over the mountains and the seas,
    D         G        C            D
a prisonerʼs life for him thereʼll be.

Verse:
    Em                 G
He knew that it would cost him dear,
Em                   D
but yet he dare not say.
      Em                   G
Just where heʼd been that fateful night,
   D              Em
a secret it must stay.
    C      D          Em       D
He had to fight back tears of rage.
     G          D       Em   D
His heart beat like a drum.
     C        D       Em        D
For with the wife of his best friend,
     G        D     Bm        D
he spent his final night of freedom --

Chorus:
Em        G         D    Em
Over the hills and far away,
     D        G           C         D
for ten long years heʼll count the days.
Em            G        D        Em
Far from the mountains and the seas,
    D         G        C            D
a prisonerʼs life for him thereʼll be.
Em        G         D    Em  D
Over the hills and far away,

Em
Over the hills and,

over the hills and,
D
over the hills and far away.

Verse:
      C        D       Em     D
Each night within his prison cell,
    G           D         Em   D
he looks out through the bars.
    C         D       Em        D
He reads the letters that she wrote.
     G          D       Bm        D
One day heʼll know the taste of freedom --
Em        G         D    Em
Over the hills and far away,
      D       G      C        D
she prays he will return one day.
    Em          G      D         Em
As sure as the rivers reach the seas,
     D      G      C           D
back in his arms again sheʼll be.

Chorus:
F#m       A         E    F#m
Over the hills and far away,
      E       A      D        E
she prays he will return one day.
   F#m          A      E        F#m
As sure as the rivers reach the seas,
     E      A      D           E
back in his arms again sheʼll be.
F#m       A         E   F#m
Over the hills and far away,
      E       A      D        E
she prays he will return one day.
   F#m          A      E        F#m
As sure as the rivers reach the seas,
     E      A      D           E
back in his arms again sheʼll be.