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