{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":70677,"song":"My Fathers House","artist":"Emmylou Harris","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/70677-my-fathers-house-chords-by-emmylou-harris/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/70677?type=chord","rating":0.07716,"votes":0,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\r\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#\r\n#\r\n\r\nDate: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 05:12:27 +0000 (GMT)\r\nFrom: rickl1@IX.netcom.com (Rick L)\r\nSubject: CRD:  My Fathers's House    Emmylou Harris     Chords/Lyrics\r\n\r\nEmmylou Harris     My Father's House   by Bruce Springsteen\r\n\r\nFrank Reckard     guitar\r\nSteve Fishell     steel guitar\r\nDon Johnson       piano\r\nMike Bowden       bass\r\nSteve Turner      drums\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]                        [ch]F#[/ch]       [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nLast night I dreamed that I was a child[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]                                [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nOut Where the pines grow wild and tall[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#[/ch]        [ch]F#[/ch]                          [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nI was trying to make it home through the forest[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G#[/ch]    [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nBefore the darkness falls[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]                        [ch]F#[/ch]           [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nI heard the wind rustling through the trees[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]                               [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nAnd ghostly voices rose from the fields[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C#[/ch]       [ch]F#[/ch]               [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nI ran with my heart pounding down that broken path[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]             [ch]G#[/ch]             [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nWith the devil snappin' at my heels[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]F#[/ch]          [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nI broke through the trees, and there in the night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]                                       [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nMy father's house stood shining hard and bright[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C#[/ch]       [ch]F#[/ch]                               [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nThe branches and brambles tore my clothes and scratched my arms[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G#[/ch]             [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nBut I ran till I fell, shaking in his arms[/tab]\r\n\r\nSOLO\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]                         [ch]F#[/ch]                         [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nI awoke and I imagined the hard things that pulled us apart[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                 [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nWill never again, sir, tear us from each other's hearts[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#[/ch]                   [ch]F#[/ch]          [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nI got dressed, and to that house I did ride from out on the road,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G#[/ch]                    [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nI could see his windows shining in light[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C#[/ch]        [ch]F#[/ch]           [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nI walked up the steps and stood on the porch[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]\r\nA woman I didn't recognize[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nCame and spoke to me through a chained door[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C#[/ch]         [ch]F#[/ch]           [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nI told her my story, and who I'd come for[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]G#[/ch]                  [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nShe said \"I'm sorry but but no one by that name lives here anymore[/tab]\r\n\r\nSOLO\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]                       [ch]F#[/ch]       [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nMy father's house shines hard and bright[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]                                        [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nit stands like a beacon calling me in the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C#[/ch]          [ch]F#[/ch]        [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nCalling and calling, so cold and alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                               [ch]G#[/ch]            [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nShining `cross this dark highway where all our sins lie unatoned[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n    From Emmylou Harris \"Thirteen\"\r\n    Warner Brothers Records 1986","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#\n#\n\nDate: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 05:12:27 +0000 (GMT)\nFrom: rickl1@IX.netcom.com (Rick L)\nSubject: CRD:  My Fathers's House    Emmylou Harris     Chords/Lyrics\n\nEmmylou Harris     My Father's House   by Bruce Springsteen\n\nFrank Reckard     guitar\nSteve Fishell     steel guitar\nDon Johnson       piano\nMike Bowden       bass\nSteve Turner      drums\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSOLO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSOLO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    From Emmylou Harris \"Thirteen\"\n    Warner Brothers Records 1986","chords":["C#","F#","G#","A"]}