Verse:
FmD#
They came for him one winterʼs night.
FmD#
Arrested, he was bound.
FmD#
They said thereʼd been a robbery,
C#D#Fm
his pistol had been found.
FmG#
They marched him to the station house,
FmD#
he waited for the dawn.
FmG#
And as they led him to the dock,
D#Fm
he knew that heʼd been wronged.
C#D#FmD#
"You stand accused of robbery,"
G#D#FmD#
he heard the bailiff say.
C#D#FmD#
He knew without an alibi,
G#D#CmD#
tomorrowʼs light would mourn his freedom
Chorus:
FmG#D#Fm
Over the hills and far away,
D#G#C#D#
for ten long years heʼll count the days.
FmG#D#Fm
Over the mountains and the seas,
D#G#C#D#
a prisonerʼs life for him thereʼll be.
Verse:
FmG#
He knew that it would cost him dear,
FmD#
but yet he dare not say.
FmG#
Just where heʼd been that fateful night,
D#Fm
a secret it must stay.
C#D#FmD#
He had to fight back tears of rage.
G#D#FmD#
His heart beat like a drum.
C#D#FmD#
For with the wife of his best friend,
G#D#CmD#
he spent his final night of freedom --
Chorus:
FmG#D#Fm
Over the hills and far away,
D#G#C#D#
for ten long years heʼll count the days.
FmG#D#Fm
Far from the mountains and the seas,
D#G#C#D#
a prisonerʼs life for him thereʼll be.
FmG#D#FmD#
Over the hills and far away,
Fm
Over the hills and,
over the hills and,
D#
over the hills and far away.
Verse:
C#D#FmD#
Each night within his prison cell,
G#D#FmD#
he looks out through the bars.
C#D#FmD#
He reads the letters that she wrote.
G#D#CmD#
One day heʼll know the taste of freedom --
FmG#D#Fm
Over the hills and far away,
D#G#C#D#
she prays he will return one day.
FmG#D#Fm
As sure as the rivers reach the seas,
D#G#C#D#
back in his arms again sheʼll be.
Chorus:
GmA#F7Gm
Over the hills and far away,
F7A#D#F7
she prays he will return one day.
GmA#F7Gm
As sure as the rivers reach the seas,
F7A#D#F7
back in his arms again sheʼll be.
GmA#F7Gm
Over the hills and far away,
F7A#D#F7
she prays he will return one day.
GmA#F7Gm
As sure as the rivers reach the seas,
F7A#D#F7
back in his arms again sheʼll be.