Verse:
D#mC#
They came for him one winterʼs night.
D#mC#
Arrested, he was bound.
D#mC#
They said thereʼd been a robbery,
BC#D#m
his pistol had been found.
D#mF#
They marched him to the station house,
D#mC#
he waited for the dawn.
D#mF#
And as they led him to the dock,
C#D#m
he knew that heʼd been wronged.
BC#D#mC#
"You stand accused of robbery,"
F#C#D#mC#
he heard the bailiff say.
BC#D#mC#
He knew without an alibi,
F#C#A#mC#
tomorrowʼs light would mourn his freedom
Chorus:
D#mF#C#D#m
Over the hills and far away,
C#F#BC#
for ten long years heʼll count the days.
D#mF#C#D#m
Over the mountains and the seas,
C#F#BC#
a prisonerʼs life for him thereʼll be.
Verse:
D#mF#
He knew that it would cost him dear,
D#mC#
but yet he dare not say.
D#mF#
Just where heʼd been that fateful night,
C#D#m
a secret it must stay.
BC#D#mC#
He had to fight back tears of rage.
F#C#D#mC#
His heart beat like a drum.
BC#D#mC#
For with the wife of his best friend,
F#C#A#mC#
he spent his final night of freedom --
Chorus:
D#mF#C#D#m
Over the hills and far away,
C#F#BC#
for ten long years heʼll count the days.
D#mF#C#D#m
Far from the mountains and the seas,
C#F#BC#
a prisonerʼs life for him thereʼll be.
D#mF#C#D#mC#
Over the hills and far away,
D#m
Over the hills and,
over the hills and,
C#
over the hills and far away.
Verse:
BC#D#mC#
Each night within his prison cell,
F#C#D#mC#
he looks out through the bars.
BC#D#mC#
He reads the letters that she wrote.
F#C#A#mC#
One day heʼll know the taste of freedom --
D#mF#C#D#m
Over the hills and far away,
C#F#BC#
she prays he will return one day.
D#mF#C#D#m
As sure as the rivers reach the seas,
C#F#BC#
back in his arms again sheʼll be.
Chorus:
FmG#D#7Fm
Over the hills and far away,
D#7G#C#D#7
she prays he will return one day.
FmG#D#7Fm
As sure as the rivers reach the seas,
D#7G#C#D#7
back in his arms again sheʼll be.
FmG#D#7Fm
Over the hills and far away,
D#7G#C#D#7
she prays he will return one day.
FmG#D#7Fm
As sure as the rivers reach the seas,
D#7G#C#D#7
back in his arms again sheʼll be.