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