Kevin Johnson Over the Hills and Far Away Chords
Tempo:
86.75 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
G
Am
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [C] [D]
[F] [C] [G]
[C] Throwing [G] stones at the embassy, [Am] [Em] policemen come and arrested me.
[C] Paper at the university said [G] I was a hero.
[C] [Fm] The wise old judge [C] that I went before [F] wouldn't [Cm] believe what I did it for.
[F] Said this is no way [Am] to stop the war, [C] but how the [G] hell would he know?
[C] Singing [G] songs of [Am] disillusion, ban the bombs, [Em] beat pollution.
[F] Writing on [C] walls about a revolution that's [G] guaranteed to grow.
[C] And I see on the news some identity [F] with an old man's [C] views on society.
[F] Said [C] there's no room [Am] for guys like me, [C] but how the hell would he know?
Over [G] the hills and far away, [C] I'm gonna understand [F] one day
What the other half [Dm] believe in, if [G] it's real or just a [C] season.
So [G] until I find that [F] day, I'll [C] go along my way.
[F] And I'll look back on my life, and I'll know I [C] lived it right.
[G] [Am] [Em] Do-do-do [F]-do-do-do-do-do [G]-do-do-do.
[C]
Lying [G] down across the [Am] roadway, almost [Em] lasted out the whole [F] day.
Drivers trying, but there was no [C] way left for [G] them to go.
And [F] the wise [C] old judge that we went before, [F] wouldn't [C] believe what we did it for.
[F] Said this [C] is no way to help the [Am] poor, but how the hell would he know?
[G] Over the hills and far [F] away, I'm gonna [C] understand one day
[F] What the other half believe in, if [G] they're real or just a [C] season.
So [G] until I find that [F] day, [C] I'll go along my way.
[F] And I'll look back on my life, and I'll know I [C] lived it right.
[G]
[Am] [Em] Do-do-do [F]-do-do-do [C]-do-do-do [G]-do-do-do.
[F] Over the hills and [C] far away, [G]
merrily on [C] my way.
[F] [C]
[F] [C] [G]
[C]
[G] 1995 [Am] came quickly, [Em] crept right up and now it's [F] hit me.
[C] Seems the mayor of a busy city, [G] don't know where the days [A] go.
Build [C] [G] a bridge and move the [Am] highway, spend [Em] the rest and mend the [F] byways.
Someone [C] wrote things across my driveway, [G] someone broke my windows.
[F] And I see on the news [C] some identity, [F] with a young man's [C] views on society.
[F] Said there's no room for [Am] guys like me, [C] but how the hell would he know?
Over [G] the hills and far [F] away, I'm gonna [C] understand one [F] day
What the other half believe [Dm] in, if it's [G] real or just a season.
[C] So until [G] I find that day, [F] I'll go [C] along my way.
[F] And I'll look back on my life, and I'll [C] know I lived it right.
[Am] [Em] [F] Do-do-do-do [C]-do-do-do-do [G]-do-do [C]-do-do-do-do-do.
[F] Over the hills [C] and far away, [G] merrily on my way.
[F] Over the hills and [C] far away, [G] merrily on my way.
[F] [C] [G] [D] [C] [G]
[C] [F] [C] [G]
[D] [F] [C] [C]
[F] [C] [G]
[C] [B] [N]
[F] [C] [G]
[C] Throwing [G] stones at the embassy, [Am] [Em] policemen come and arrested me.
[C] Paper at the university said [G] I was a hero.
[C] [Fm] The wise old judge [C] that I went before [F] wouldn't [Cm] believe what I did it for.
[F] Said this is no way [Am] to stop the war, [C] but how the [G] hell would he know?
[C] Singing [G] songs of [Am] disillusion, ban the bombs, [Em] beat pollution.
[F] Writing on [C] walls about a revolution that's [G] guaranteed to grow.
[C] And I see on the news some identity [F] with an old man's [C] views on society.
[F] Said [C] there's no room [Am] for guys like me, [C] but how the hell would he know?
Over [G] the hills and far away, [C] I'm gonna understand [F] one day
What the other half [Dm] believe in, if [G] it's real or just a [C] season.
So [G] until I find that [F] day, I'll [C] go along my way.
[F] And I'll look back on my life, and I'll know I [C] lived it right.
[G] [Am] [Em] Do-do-do [F]-do-do-do-do-do [G]-do-do-do.
[C]
Lying [G] down across the [Am] roadway, almost [Em] lasted out the whole [F] day.
Drivers trying, but there was no [C] way left for [G] them to go.
And [F] the wise [C] old judge that we went before, [F] wouldn't [C] believe what we did it for.
[F] Said this [C] is no way to help the [Am] poor, but how the hell would he know?
[G] Over the hills and far [F] away, I'm gonna [C] understand one day
[F] What the other half believe in, if [G] they're real or just a [C] season.
So [G] until I find that [F] day, [C] I'll go along my way.
[F] And I'll look back on my life, and I'll know I [C] lived it right.
[G]
[Am] [Em] Do-do-do [F]-do-do-do [C]-do-do-do [G]-do-do-do.
[F] Over the hills and [C] far away, [G]
merrily on [C] my way.
[F] [C]
[F] [C] [G]
[C]
[G] 1995 [Am] came quickly, [Em] crept right up and now it's [F] hit me.
[C] Seems the mayor of a busy city, [G] don't know where the days [A] go.
Build [C] [G] a bridge and move the [Am] highway, spend [Em] the rest and mend the [F] byways.
Someone [C] wrote things across my driveway, [G] someone broke my windows.
[F] And I see on the news [C] some identity, [F] with a young man's [C] views on society.
[F] Said there's no room for [Am] guys like me, [C] but how the hell would he know?
Over [G] the hills and far [F] away, I'm gonna [C] understand one [F] day
What the other half believe [Dm] in, if it's [G] real or just a season.
[C] So until [G] I find that day, [F] I'll go [C] along my way.
[F] And I'll look back on my life, and I'll [C] know I lived it right.
[Am] [Em] [F] Do-do-do-do [C]-do-do-do-do [G]-do-do [C]-do-do-do-do-do.
[F] Over the hills [C] and far away, [G] merrily on my way.
[F] Over the hills and [C] far away, [G] merrily on my way.
[F] [C] [G] [D] [C] [G]
[C] [F] [C] [G]
[D] [F] [C] [C]
[F] [C] [G]
[C] [B] [N]
Key:
C
F
G
Am
Em
C
F
G
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] Throwing [G] stones at the embassy, [Am] _ [Em] policemen come and arrested me.
[C] _ Paper at the university said [G] I was a hero.
[C] _ [Fm] The wise old judge [C] that I went before [F] wouldn't [Cm] believe what I did it for.
[F] Said this is no way [Am] to stop the war, [C] but how the [G] hell would he know?
_ _ [C] Singing [G] songs of [Am] disillusion, ban the bombs, [Em] beat pollution.
[F] Writing on [C] walls about a revolution that's [G] guaranteed to grow.
_ [C] And I see on the news some identity [F] with an old man's [C] views on society.
[F] Said [C] there's no room [Am] for guys like me, [C] but how the hell would he know?
Over [G] the hills and far away, [C] I'm gonna understand [F] one day
What the other half [Dm] believe in, if [G] it's real or just a [C] season.
So [G] until I find that [F] day, I'll [C] go along my way. _
[F] And I'll look back on my life, _ and I'll know I [C] lived it right.
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] Do-do-do [F]-do-do-do-do-do [G]-do-do-do.
_ _ [C]
Lying [G] down across the [Am] roadway, almost [Em] lasted out the whole [F] day.
Drivers trying, but there was no [C] way left for [G] them to go.
And [F] the wise [C] old judge that we went before, [F] wouldn't [C] believe what we did it for.
[F] Said this [C] is no way to help the [Am] poor, _ but how the hell would he know?
_ [G] Over the hills and far [F] away, I'm gonna [C] understand one day
[F] What the other half believe in, if [G] they're real or just a [C] season.
So [G] until I find that [F] day, [C] I'll go along my way.
[F] And I'll look back on my life, and I'll know I [C] lived it right.
[G] _ _
[Am] _ _ [Em] Do-do-do [F]-do-do-do [C]-do-do-do [G]-do-do-do.
[F] Over the hills and [C] far away, [G]
merrily on [C] my way.
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] 1995 [Am] came quickly, [Em] crept right up and now it's [F] hit me.
[C] Seems the mayor of a busy city, [G] don't know where the days [A] go.
Build [C] _ [G] a bridge and move the [Am] highway, spend [Em] the rest and mend the [F] byways.
Someone [C] wrote things across my driveway, [G] someone broke my windows.
[F] And I see on the news [C] some identity, [F] with a young man's [C] views on society.
[F] Said there's no room for [Am] guys like me, [C] but how the hell would he know?
Over [G] the hills and far [F] away, I'm gonna [C] understand one [F] day
What the other half believe [Dm] in, if it's [G] real or just a season.
[C] So until [G] I find that day, [F] I'll go [C] along my way.
[F] And I'll look back on my life, _ and I'll [C] know I lived it right. _
[Am] _ _ [Em] _ [F] Do-do-do-do [C]-do-do-do-do [G]-do-do [C]-do-do-do-do-do.
[F] Over the hills [C] and far away, [G] merrily on my way.
[F] Over the hills and [C] far away, [G] merrily on my way.
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] Throwing [G] stones at the embassy, [Am] _ [Em] policemen come and arrested me.
[C] _ Paper at the university said [G] I was a hero.
[C] _ [Fm] The wise old judge [C] that I went before [F] wouldn't [Cm] believe what I did it for.
[F] Said this is no way [Am] to stop the war, [C] but how the [G] hell would he know?
_ _ [C] Singing [G] songs of [Am] disillusion, ban the bombs, [Em] beat pollution.
[F] Writing on [C] walls about a revolution that's [G] guaranteed to grow.
_ [C] And I see on the news some identity [F] with an old man's [C] views on society.
[F] Said [C] there's no room [Am] for guys like me, [C] but how the hell would he know?
Over [G] the hills and far away, [C] I'm gonna understand [F] one day
What the other half [Dm] believe in, if [G] it's real or just a [C] season.
So [G] until I find that [F] day, I'll [C] go along my way. _
[F] And I'll look back on my life, _ and I'll know I [C] lived it right.
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] Do-do-do [F]-do-do-do-do-do [G]-do-do-do.
_ _ [C]
Lying [G] down across the [Am] roadway, almost [Em] lasted out the whole [F] day.
Drivers trying, but there was no [C] way left for [G] them to go.
And [F] the wise [C] old judge that we went before, [F] wouldn't [C] believe what we did it for.
[F] Said this [C] is no way to help the [Am] poor, _ but how the hell would he know?
_ [G] Over the hills and far [F] away, I'm gonna [C] understand one day
[F] What the other half believe in, if [G] they're real or just a [C] season.
So [G] until I find that [F] day, [C] I'll go along my way.
[F] And I'll look back on my life, and I'll know I [C] lived it right.
[G] _ _
[Am] _ _ [Em] Do-do-do [F]-do-do-do [C]-do-do-do [G]-do-do-do.
[F] Over the hills and [C] far away, [G]
merrily on [C] my way.
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] 1995 [Am] came quickly, [Em] crept right up and now it's [F] hit me.
[C] Seems the mayor of a busy city, [G] don't know where the days [A] go.
Build [C] _ [G] a bridge and move the [Am] highway, spend [Em] the rest and mend the [F] byways.
Someone [C] wrote things across my driveway, [G] someone broke my windows.
[F] And I see on the news [C] some identity, [F] with a young man's [C] views on society.
[F] Said there's no room for [Am] guys like me, [C] but how the hell would he know?
Over [G] the hills and far [F] away, I'm gonna [C] understand one [F] day
What the other half believe [Dm] in, if it's [G] real or just a season.
[C] So until [G] I find that day, [F] I'll go [C] along my way.
[F] And I'll look back on my life, _ and I'll [C] know I lived it right. _
[Am] _ _ [Em] _ [F] Do-do-do-do [C]-do-do-do-do [G]-do-do [C]-do-do-do-do-do.
[F] Over the hills [C] and far away, [G] merrily on my way.
[F] Over the hills and [C] far away, [G] merrily on my way.
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _