My Fathers House

C# F# C# Last night I dreamed that I was a child C# G# Out Where the pines grow wild and tall C# F# C# I was trying to make it home through the forest G# C# Before the darkness falls C# F# C# I heard the wind rustling through the trees C# G# And ghostly voices rose from the fields C# F# C# I ran with my heart pounding down that broken path C# G# C# With the devil snappin' at my heels F# C# I broke through the trees, and there in the night C# G# My father's house stood shining hard and bright C# F# C# The branches and brambles tore my clothes and scratched my arms G# 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 G# 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, G# 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 G# Came and spoke to me through a chained door C# F# C# I told her my story, and who I'd come for G# 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# G# it stands like a beacon calling me in the night C# F# C# Calling and calling, so cold and alone G# C# Shining `cross this dark highway where all our sins lie unatoned From Emmylou Harris "Thirteen" Warner Brothers Records 1986