My Fathers House

INTRO:  D  A  D  D

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Last night I dreamed that I was a child
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Out where the pines grow wild and tall
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I was trying to make it home through the forest
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Before the darkness falls

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I heard the wind rustling through the trees
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And ghostly voices rose from the fields
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I ran with my heart pounding down that broken path
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With the devil snappin at my heels

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I broke through the trees and there in he night
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My fathers house stood shining hard and bright
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The branches and brambles tore my clothes and scratched my arms
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But I ran till I fell shaking in his arms


HARMONICA  =  D  A  D  D


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I awoke and I imagined the hard things that pulled us apart
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Will never again sir tear us from each others hearts
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I got dressed and to that house I did ride
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From out on the road I could see its windows shining in light

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I walked up the steps and stood on the porch
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A woman I didnt recognize came and spoke to me through a chained door
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I told her my story and who Id come for
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She said "Im sorry son but no one by that name lives here anymore"


HARMONICA  =  VERSE


VERSE
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My fathers house shines hard and bright
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It stands like a beacon calling me in the night
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Calling and calling so cold and alone
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Shining cross this dark highway where our sins lie unatoned