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.

(Instrumental)

[Verse 2]
      Em                  G
They marched him to the station house,
    Em             D
he waited for the dawn.
    Em              G
And as they led him to the dock,
    D                   Em
he knew that he'd been wronged.

[Pre-chorus 1]
     C
"You stand accused of robbery,"
   D
he heard the bailiff say.
   C
He knew without an alibi,
  D                    Bm            D
tomorrow's light would mourn his freedom

[Chorus]
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.

[Verse 3]
    Em                 G
He knew that it would cost him dear,
    Em               D
but yet he dare not say.
      Em               G
Where he had been that fateful night,
   D              Em
a secret it must stay.

[Pre-chorus 2]
   C
He had to fight back tears of rage.
    D
His heart beat like a drum.
    C
For with the wife of his best friend,
   D               Bm           D
he 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 he swear he'll be.
Em        G         D   Em   D
Over the hills and far away,

[Interlude]
C
Over the hills and, over the hills and,
D
over the hills and far away.

(Solo)

[Pre-chorus 3]
     C
Each night within his prison cell,
   D
he looks out through the bars.
   C
He reads the letters that she wrote.
    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 he swears she'll be.

[Chorus] (key change)
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
Far from the mountains and the seas,
     E      A       D           E
Back in her arms is where he'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 is where she'll be.