Over The Hills And Far Away - Nightwish, ukulele chords

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

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

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

Chorus:
Dm        F         C    Dm
Over the hills and far away,
     C        F           A#         C
for ten long years heʼll count the days.
Dm        F        C        Dm
Over the mountains and the seas,
    C         F        A#            C
a prisonerʼs life for him thereʼll be.

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

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

Dm
Over the hills and,

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

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

Chorus:
Em       G         D7    Em
Over the hills and far away,
      D7       G      C        D7
she prays he will return one day.
   Em          G      D7        Em
As sure as the rivers reach the seas,
     D7      G      C           D7
back in his arms again sheʼll be.
Em       G         D7   Em
Over the hills and far away,
      D7       G      C        D7
she prays he will return one day.
   Em          G      D7        Em
As sure as the rivers reach the seas,
     D7      G      C           D7
back in his arms again sheʼll be.