Over The Hills And Faraway Harmonica Tabs

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.
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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,”
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he heard the bailiff say.
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he knew without an alibi,
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tomorrow’s light would mourn his freedom.
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over the hills and far away,
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for ten long years he’ll count the days.
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over the mountains and the seas,
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a prisoner’s life for him there’ll be.
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