My Father's House Chords

Lyrics & chords

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

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

[Verse 3]
I broke through the [C]trees,
[F]and there in [C]the night
My father[G]'s [C]house stood shining
hard and [G]bright
The branches and [C]brambles tore my
[F]clothes and scratched [C]my arms
But I ran till I fell, [G]shaking in [C]his arms

[Interlude 1]
[C][G][C]

[Verse 4]
I awoke and I [C]imagined the hard
[F]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 [C]did ride
From out on the road,
I could see its [G]windows shining in [C]light
I walked up [G]the steps

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

[Interlude 2]
[C][F][C][G][C]

[Verse 6]
My father's [C]house shines
[F]hard and bri[C]ght
It stands like a beacon calling
me in the [G]night
Calling and [C]calling,
[F]so cold and alo[C]ne
Shining 'cross [G]this dark [C]highway
where our [G]sins lie unatoned
[C]