D A D E|-----------|----------2--------------|--------0--------------|--------2------------2------| B|-----------|------3-----3------------|----2-----2------------|----3-----3------3-----3----| G|-----------|--------2-----2----------|------2-----2----------|------2-----2------2-----2--| D|--2>4-2-0--|--2>4-----------2>4-2-0--|--2-----------2>4-2-0--|--0-------------------------| A|-----------|-------------------------|-----------------------|---------------0------------| E|-----------|-------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------| G D Last night I dreamed that I was a child A Out where the pines grow wild and tall D G D I was trying to make it home through the forest A D Before the darkness falls G D I heard the wind rustling through the trees A And ghostly voices rose from the fields D G D I ran with my heart pounding down that broken path A D With the devil snappin' at my heels G D I broke through the trees, and there in the night A My father's house stood shining hard and bright D G D The branches and brambles tore my clothes and scratched my arms A D But I ran till I fell, shaking in his arms D A D E|-----------|--------2-----------3------|--------0------------|--------2------------2------| B|-----------|----3-----3-----3-----2----|----2-----2----------|----3-----3------3-----3----| G|-----------|------2-----2-----2-----3--|------2-----2--------|------2-----2------2-----2--| D|--2>4-2-0--|--0-----------0------------|--2-----------4-2-0--|--0------------0------------| A|-----------|---------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------| E|-----------|---------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------| G D I awoke and I imagined the hard things that pulled us apart A Will never again, sir, tear us from each other's hearts D G D I got dressed, and to that house I did ride A D From out on the road, I could see its windows shining in light G D I walked up the steps and stood on the porch A A woman I didn't recognize came and spoke to me through a chained door D G D I told her my story, and who I'd come for A D She said "I'm sorry, son, but no one by that name lives here anymore" | D | D | G | D | D | D | D | A | A | | D | G | D | D | D | A | D | D | G D My father's house shines hard and bright A It stands like a beacon calling me in the night D G D Calling and calling, so cold and alone A D Shining `cross this dark highway where our sins lie unatoned D A G E|--2--0--3--| B|--3--2--0--| G|--2--2--0--| D|--0--2--0--| A|-----0--2--| E|--------3--|