Em                    D 
They came for him one winter's night
Em               D 
Arrested, he was bound
Em                      D 
They said there'd 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                  D 
And as they led him to the dock
C            D         Em 
He knew that he'd been wronged
C          D          Em            
"You stand accused of robbery
G            D       Em     
He heard the bailiff say
C         D        Em        
He knew without an alibi
G          D           Em        D 
Tomorrow's light would mourn his freedom --

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

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

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

Over the hills and
D 
Over the hills and far away

[Solo]

C          D          Em            
Each night within his prison cell
G            D           Em       
He looks out through the bars
C         D          Em        
He reads the letters that she wrote
G       D              Bm        D 
One day he'll 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 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 his arms again 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 his arms again she'll be