Over the hills and far away (1976) (video)

F - C - G - C - F - C - G

C G

1. Throwing stones at the embassy,

Am Em

policeman come and arrested me,

F C G

paper at the university said I was a hero.

F C

And the wise old judge that I went before

F C

wouldn’t believe what I did it for,

F C

said: this is no way to stop the war.

C G

But how the hell would he know ?

C G

2. Singing songs of disillusion,

Am Em

ban the bomb and beat pollution,

F C G

writing on walls about a revolution that’s guaranteed to grow.

F C

And I see on the news some identity

F C

with an old man’s views on society,

F C Am

said there’s no room for guys like me,

C G C

but how the hell would he know?

C G - F C

Over the hills and far away, I’m gonna understand one day,

F - Dm G

what the other half believe in, if it’s real or just deceiving.

C G F C

So until I find that day, I’ll go along my way,

F C

and I’ll look back on my life, and I’ll know I lived it right.

+ C - G - Am - Em

F C G

+ Doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo.

C G

3. Lying down across the roadway,

Am Em

almost lasted out the whole day,

F C G

drivers trying, but there was no way left for them to go.

F C

And the wise old judge that we went before

F C

wouldn’t believe what we did it for,

F C Am

said this is no way to help the poor.

C G C

But how the hell would he know ?

+ CHORUS + C - G - Am - Em

F C G - C

+ Doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo.

F C G C

Over the hills and far away, merrily on my way.

+ F - C - G - C - F - C - G

C G Am

4. Nineteen ninety-five came quickly,

Em

crept right up and now it’s hit me,

F C

seems the mayor of a busy city,

G

don’t know where the days go.

C G

Build a bridge and move the highway,

Am Em

spend the rest and mend the byways,

F C

someone wrote things across my driveway,

G

and someone broke my window.

F C

And I see on the news some identity

F C

with a young man’s views on society,

F C Am

said there’s no room for guys like me.

C G C

But how the hell would he know ?

C G - F C

Over the hills and far away, I’m gonna understand one day,

F - Dm G

what the other half believe in, if it’s real or just deceiving.

C G F C

So until I find that day, I’ll go along my way,

F C

and I’ll look back on my life, and I’ll know I lived it right.

+ C - G - Am - Em

F C G - C

+ Doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo.

F C G C

Over the hills and far away, merrily on my way,

F C G C

over the hills and far away, merrily on my way.

+ F - C - G - C (4x) ....

(Kevin Johnson)