My Father's House chords by Emmylou Harris

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Verse 1
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 (C major) (Bruce Springsteen)
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C 
Last night I dreamed that  (F major) I was a child  (C major) 
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Out where the pines grow  (G major) wild and tall
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I was  (C major) trying  (F major) to make it home
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through the forest  (C major) 
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Before the dark (G major) ness  (C major) falls

Verse 2
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I heard the wind  (C major) rustling  (F major) 
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through the trees  (C major) 
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And ghostly voices rose from the  (G major) fields
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I ran with my heart  (C major) pounding
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 (F major) down that broken path  (C major) 
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With the devil  (G major) snappin' at my heels  (C major) 

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Verse 3

I broke through the trees,

and there in the night

My father's house stood shining

hard and bright

The branches and brambles tore my

clothes and scratched my arms

But I ran till I fell, shaking in his arms

Interlude 1

Verse 4
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I awoke and I  (C major) imagined the hard
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C 
 (F major) things that pulled us apart  (C major) 
Will never again, sir,
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tear us from each other's  (G major) hearts
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I got dressed,  (C major) 
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and to that  (F major) house I did  (C major) ride
From out on the road,
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I could see its  (G major) windows shining in  (C major) light
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I walked up  (G major) the steps

Verse 5
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 (C major) and  (F major) 
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stood on the porch  (C major) 
A woman I didn't recognize came and spoke
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to me through a chained  (G major) door
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I told her my story,  (C major) 
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 (F major) and who I'd come  (C major) for
She said "I'm sorry,
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son, but no one by that  (G major) name lives here anymore"

Interlude 2

Verse 6
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My father's  (C major) house shines
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 (F major) hard and  (C major) bright
It stands like a beacon calling
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me in the  (G major) night
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Calling and  (C major) calling,
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 (F major) so cold and alone  (C major) 
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Shining 'cross  (G major) this dark  (C major) highway
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where our  (G major) sins lie unatoned
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 (C major) 