Over the hills and far away (2001)
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1. They came for him one winter's night,
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arrested,
he was bound,
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they
said, there'd been a robbery,
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his
pistol had been found. + Em
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2. They marched him to the station house,
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he
waited for the dawn,
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and
as they led him to the dock,
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he
knew that he'd been wronged.
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"You stand accused of
robbery," he heard the bailiff say,
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he
knew without an alibi, tomorrow's light would mourn his freedom.
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Over the hills and far away, for ten long years he'll count the days,
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over the mountains and the seas, a
prisoner's life for him there'll be.
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3. He knew that it would cost him dear,
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but
yet he dare not say,
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just
where he'd been that fateful night,
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a
secret it must stay.
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He had to fight back tears of
rage, his heart beat like a drum,
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for
with the wife of his best friend, he spent his final night of freedom.
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Over the hills and far away, he swears he will return one day,
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far from the mountains and the
seas back in her arms again he'll be.
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+ Over the hills and far awa......................y !
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Over the
hills and, over the hills and, over the hills and far away.
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Each night within his prison cell, he looks out
through the bars,
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he reads
the letters that she wrote,
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one
day he'll know the taste of freedom.
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D Em G D
Over the hills and far away, she prays he will return one day.
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as sure as the rivers reach the
seas, back in his arms is where she'll be.
(orig. moves up a full step
to capo 2nd here)
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Over the hills and far away, he swears he will return one day,
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D
over the mountains and the seas, back
in his arms is where he'll be.
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Over the hills and far away, he swears he will return one day ....
(Nightwish)