#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 05:12:27 +0000 (GMT) From: rickl1@IX.netcom.com (Rick L) Subject: CRD: My Fathers's House Emmylou Harris Chords/Lyrics 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# F# C# Last night I dreamed that I was a child C# Ab Out Where the pines grow wild and tall C# F# C# I was trying to make it home through the forest Ab C# Before the darkness falls C# F# C# I heard the wind rustling through the trees C# Ab And ghostly voices rose from the fields C# F# C# I ran with my heart pounding down that broken path C# Ab C# With the devil snappin' at my heels F# C# I broke through the trees, and there in the night C# Ab My father's house stood shining hard and bright C# F# C# The branches and brambles tore my clothes and scratched my arms Ab C# But I ran till I fell, shaking in his arms SOLO C# F# C# I awoke and I imagined the hard things that pulled us apart Ab Will never again, sir, tear us from each other's hearts C# F# C# I got dressed, and to that house I did ride from out on the road, Ab C# I could see his windows shining in light C# F# C# I walked up the steps and stood on the porch C# A woman I didn't recognize Ab Came and spoke to me through a chained door C# F# C# I told her my story, and who I'd come for Ab C# She said "I'm sorry but but no one by that name lives here anymore SOLO C# F# C# My father's house shines hard and bright C# Ab it stands like a beacon calling me in the night C# F# C# Calling and calling, so cold and alone Ab C# Shining `cross this dark highway where all our sins lie unatoned From Emmylou Harris "Thirteen" Warner Brothers Records 1986
