Nightwish – Over The Hills And Far Away (Guitar)

     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              G
And as they led him to the dock,

    D                   Em
he knew that he'd been wronged.

     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

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
Where he had been that fateful night,

   D              Em
a secret it must stay.

   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

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    Cmaj7   D
Over the hills and far away,

C
Over the hills and, over the hills and,

D
over the hills and far away.

     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

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.

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.

F#m      A               E  F#m
Over the hills (Over the hills)

E        A         D    E
Over the hills and far away.

F#m      A               E  F#m
Over the hills (Over the hills)

E        A         D    E
Over the hills and far away.

E  A  D  E
(Play x5 and fade out)