My Father's House chords by Cowboy Junkies
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Verse 1
(F sharp major) (G major) (D major) (F sharp major) (bruce springsteen)
Last night (G major) I (C major) (D major) dreamed
(B flat major) that I was a child (E minor)
(C major) Out where (D minor) the pines (D major)
(F sharp major) (D major) grow (C major) wild and tall
(D major) I was trying to make (B flat major) (D major) it
(E flat major) home through (B flat major) the forest
(C major) Before the (B flat major) darkness falls
(B flat major) I
Verse 2
(D major) heard the (D minor) wind rust (D major) ling (B flat major)
(B flat major) through the trees (C major)
(B flat major) And ghostly (D minor) (D major) voices rose (C major) from the fields
(F sharp major) I (F major) (C major) ran with my (G major) heart pounding
(D major) (C major) down that (D major) broken path
(B flat major) With the dev (C major) il snappin'
(B flat major) at my heels (D major)
(C major) I broke
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Verse 3
(D major) through the trees and (C major)
(D minor) (C major) (G major) there (B flat major) in the night
(C major) My father's house (D major) stood shin
(A minor) ing hard (C major) and bright
(B flat major) The branches (F sharp major) and (B flat major) brambles tore my clothes
and scratched my arms
(D major) But I ran till I fell, (C major)
shaking (B flat major) in his arms (F sharp major) (C major)
(B flat major) I awoke
Verse 4
(D major) and I imagined (B flat major) the hard
things that pulled us apart (C major)
Will (B flat major) never again, (D major) sir,
(B flat major) tear us from (C major) each other's hearts
I got (D major) dressed and to (B flat major) that
house (B flat major) I did ride
From out on the road,
I (D major) could see it's win (C major) dows (B flat major) shining in light
I (C major) walked up the (G major) steps
Verse 5
(D major) (B flat major) and
stood on the porch
A woman I didn't recognize came and spoke (C major)
(E minor) (B flat major) to me (C major) through a chained door
I (B flat major) told her (D minor) my story (D major) (C major)
(B flat major) and who (C major) I'd come (D major) for
She (B flat major) said "I'm sorry,
son, but no one by (C major) that name (B flat major) lives (C major) here (B flat major) anymore"
Verse 6
My father's (D minor) house (B flat major) shines hard and bright
It (C major) stands (B flat major) like a beacon
(B flat major) calling me in the (C major) night
(B flat major) Calling (D minor) and call (D major) ing, so (B flat major) cold and alone
Shining (B flat major) 'cross this dark (D minor) high
(B flat major) way where our sins (C major) lie (B flat major) unatoned
My Father's House
Cowboy Junkies
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