Written by Gary Moore
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 freedomVerse 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 freedomEm 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 beBridge 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 freedomEm 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___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 Over the hills and far away