My Father's House Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris My Father's House by Bruce Springsteen
Frank Reckard guitar
Steve Fishell steel guitar
Don Johnson piano
Mike Bowden bass
Steve Turner drums
[C#]Last night I dreamed that [F#]I was a c[C#]hild
[C#]Out Where the pines grow wild and [G#]tall
I was [C#]trying to [F#]make it home through the for[C#]est
Before the dar[G#]kness [C#]falls
[C#]I heard the wind rustling [F#]through the t[C#]rees
[C#]And ghostly voices rose from the [G#]fields
I ran with my heart [C#]pounding [F#]down that broken [C#]path
[C#]With the devil [G#]snappin' at my [C#]heels
I broke through the trees, and t[F#]here in the [C#]night
[C#]My father's house stood shining hard and [G#]bright
The branches and [C#]brambles [F#]tore my clothes and scratched my [C#]arms
But I ran till I fell, [G#]shaking in his [C#]arms
SOLO
[C#]I awoke and I imagined the [F#]hard things that pulled us [C#]apart
Will never again, sir, tear us from each other's [G#]hearts
I got [C#]dressed, and to that [F#]house I did [C#]ride from out on the road,
I could see h[G#]is windows shining in [C#]light
I walked up the [C#]steps and [F#]stood on the [C#]porch
[C#]A woman I didn't recognize
Came and spoke to me through a chained [G#]door
I told her my [C#]story, and [F#]who I'd come [C#]for
She said "I'm sorry but but no one by that [G#]name lives here anym[C#]ore
SOLO
[C#]My father's house shines [F#]hard and [C#]bright
[C#]it stands like a beacon calling me in the [G#]night
Calling and [C#]calling, so [F#]cold and a[C#]lone
Shining `cross this dark highway where all our [G#]sins lie unato[C#]ned
From Emmylou Harris "Thirteen"
Warner Brothers Records 1986
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