Emmylou Harris - My fathers house

^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

^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 ^G#that name lives here^C# anymore

^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