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--|