Over The Hills And Far Away Acoustic chords by Gary Moore

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OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY


Verse:
   E5
They came for him one winter's night
E5
Arrested, he was bound
E5
They said there'd been a robbery
E5
His pistol had been found

E5            G5
They marched him to the station house
  E5       D5
He waited till the dawn
  E5        G5
And as they led him to the dock
  D5         E5
He knew that he'd been wronged

Pre-Chorus:
  C   D/C    C   D/C
You stand accused of robbery
  G/D    D    G/D D
He heard the bailiff say
  C    D/C   C D/C
He knew without an alibi
 G/D   D      Bm     D
Tomorrow's light would mourn his freedom


Chorus:
Em    G     D   Em
Over the hills and far away
   D     Em     C     D
For ten long years he'll count the days
Em    G     D    Em
Over the mountains and the seas
 D      Em   C      D  E5
A prisoner's life for him there'll be


Verse:
  E5         G5
He knew that it would cost him dear
  E5       D5
But yet he dare not say
   E5           G5
Just where he had been that fateful night
  D5       E5
A secret it must stay


Pre-Chorus:
  Cmaj7  D/C    C    D/C
He had to fight back tears of rage
  G/D     D   G/D  D
His heart beat like a drum
  Cmaj7   D/C  C     D/C
For with the wife of his best friend
   G/D    D         D
He'd spent his final night of freedom


Chorus:
Em    G     D  Em
Over the hills and far away
  D    G    C    D
He swears he will return one day
Em      G     D    Em
Far from the mountains and the seas
   D    G  C     D
Back in her arms again he’ll be
Em    G     D  Cmaj7    Dadd4
Over the hills and far away_______
Cmaj7
Over the hills and, over the hills and
Dadd4             E5  Em G Em D Em G D Em
Over the hills and far away___


Bridge:
   Cmaj7   D/C   C   D/C
Each night within his prison cell
  G /D    D     G/D  D
He looks out through the bars
  Cmaj7   D/C  C     D/C
He reads the letters that she wrote
  G/D    D    Bm    D
One day he'll know the taste of freedom


Chorus:
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 she'll be

F#m    A     E  F#m
Over the hills and far away
  E     A   D    E
He swears he will return one day
  F#m     A    E    F#m
As sure as the river reach the sea
   E    A    D      E
Back in his arms is where she'll 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 her arms is where he'll be

F#m     A   E F#m
Over the hills___
E    A     A   E