Chords for Bruce Springsteen - My Father's House (Springsteen on Broadway - Official Audio)
Tempo:
104.7 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
C#
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E]
Last night I dreamed that [A] I was [E] a child
Out where the pines grow wild and tall
[B] I [E] was trying to [A] [F#m] make it [E] home through the fire
Before the darkness, darkness fall
I heard the wind rustling [A] through the [E] trees
And ghostly voices rose from the fields
[B] I [E] ran with my heart pounding [A] down that broken [E]
path
With the devil [C#] snapping [E] at my heels
I broke through the trees and [A] there in [E] the night
My father's house stood shining [B] hard and bright
The [E] branches and brambles [A] tore my clothes and scratched [E] my arms
But I ran till I fell [C#] [B] shaking in his [E] arms
[B]
[E]
I awoke and I imagined the [A] hard things that pulled us [E] apart
Would never again tear us from each other's hearts
I got dressed into [C#m] his house, I [E] did ride
From out on the road I could see its windows shining in light
Well I walked up the steps and [A] [E] I stood on the porch
And a woman I didn't recognize
She came and spoke to me through a chain [B] door
Well [E] I told her my story and [A]
who [E] I'd come for
She said I'm sorry son but no one [C#] by that name lives here [E] anymore
Well not those whose love we wanted but didn't get
We emulate them, it's the only way we have in our power
To get the closeness and the love that we needed and desired
So when I was a young man and looking for a voice to meld with mine
To sing my songs and to tell my stories
Well I chose my father's voice
Because there was something sacred in it to me
And when I went looking for something to wear
I put on the factory workers' clothes
Because they were my dad's clothes
And all we know about manhood is what we have seen
And what we have learned from our fathers
And my father was my hero and my greatest foe
Not long after he died I had this dream
I'm on stage, I'm in front of thousands [D#] of people
[E] And my dad's back from the dead and he's sitting in the audience
And suddenly I'm kneeling next to him in the aisle
And for a moment we both watched the man on fire on stage
And then to my dad who for years he sat at the kitchen table, unreachable
And what I was too young [C#m] and I was too stupid [E] to understand was his depression
Well I kneel next to him in the aisle
And I brush his forearm
And I say, look dad, that guy on stage
And that's how I see you
My father's house shines [A] hard and [E]
bright
Stands like a beacon calling me in the night
[B] [E] Calling and calling, [A] so cold [E] and alone
Shining across this dark highway
Where our sins lie unatoned
[B]
[E] [A]
[E]
[A]
[N]
Last night I dreamed that [A] I was [E] a child
Out where the pines grow wild and tall
[B] I [E] was trying to [A] [F#m] make it [E] home through the fire
Before the darkness, darkness fall
I heard the wind rustling [A] through the [E] trees
And ghostly voices rose from the fields
[B] I [E] ran with my heart pounding [A] down that broken [E]
path
With the devil [C#] snapping [E] at my heels
I broke through the trees and [A] there in [E] the night
My father's house stood shining [B] hard and bright
The [E] branches and brambles [A] tore my clothes and scratched [E] my arms
But I ran till I fell [C#] [B] shaking in his [E] arms
[B]
[E]
I awoke and I imagined the [A] hard things that pulled us [E] apart
Would never again tear us from each other's hearts
I got dressed into [C#m] his house, I [E] did ride
From out on the road I could see its windows shining in light
Well I walked up the steps and [A] [E] I stood on the porch
And a woman I didn't recognize
She came and spoke to me through a chain [B] door
Well [E] I told her my story and [A]
who [E] I'd come for
She said I'm sorry son but no one [C#] by that name lives here [E] anymore
Well not those whose love we wanted but didn't get
We emulate them, it's the only way we have in our power
To get the closeness and the love that we needed and desired
So when I was a young man and looking for a voice to meld with mine
To sing my songs and to tell my stories
Well I chose my father's voice
Because there was something sacred in it to me
And when I went looking for something to wear
I put on the factory workers' clothes
Because they were my dad's clothes
And all we know about manhood is what we have seen
And what we have learned from our fathers
And my father was my hero and my greatest foe
Not long after he died I had this dream
I'm on stage, I'm in front of thousands [D#] of people
[E] And my dad's back from the dead and he's sitting in the audience
And suddenly I'm kneeling next to him in the aisle
And for a moment we both watched the man on fire on stage
And then to my dad who for years he sat at the kitchen table, unreachable
And what I was too young [C#m] and I was too stupid [E] to understand was his depression
Well I kneel next to him in the aisle
And I brush his forearm
And I say, look dad, that guy on stage
And that's how I see you
My father's house shines [A] hard and [E]
bright
Stands like a beacon calling me in the night
[B] [E] Calling and calling, [A] so cold [E] and alone
Shining across this dark highway
Where our sins lie unatoned
[B]
[E] [A]
[E]
[A]
[N]
Key:
E
A
B
C#
C#m
E
A
B
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Last night I dreamed that [A] _ _ I was [E] a child
_ _ _ Out where the pines grow _ _ _ wild and tall
[B] _ I [E] _ was trying to [A] _ [F#m] make it [E] home through the fire
_ _ _ Before the darkness, _ _ _ _ darkness fall
_ _ _ I heard the wind rustling _ [A] _ _ through the [E] trees
_ And _ _ _ ghostly _ voices _ rose from the fields
[B] _ _ I [E] ran with my heart pounding _ [A] down that broken [E]
path
_ _ _ _ _ With the devil [C#] _ snapping [E] at my heels
_ _ _ I broke through the trees and _ [A] _ _ there in [E] the night
_ _ _ _ My father's house stood _ _ shining [B] hard and bright
_ The [E] _ branches and brambles [A] tore my clothes and scratched [E] my arms
But _ _ I ran till I fell _ [C#] _ [B] shaking in his [E] arms _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
I awoke and I imagined _ the [A] hard things that pulled us [E] apart _ _ _ _
Would never again _ _ _ tear us from each other's hearts
_ I got dressed into [C#m] his house, I [E] did ride
_ _ _ _ From out on the road I could see its windows _ shining in light
_ _ _ Well I walked up the steps and _ [A] _ [E] I stood on the porch
_ _ _ _ _ And a woman I didn't recognize
She came and spoke to me through a chain [B] door
Well _ _ [E] I told her my story and [A] _ _
who [E] I'd come for
She _ _ said I'm sorry son but no one [C#] by that name lives here [E] anymore
Well _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
not those whose love we wanted but didn't get
We emulate them, _ it's the only way we have in our power
To get the closeness and the love that we needed and desired
So when I was a young man and looking for a voice to meld with mine
To sing my songs and to tell my stories
Well I chose my father's voice
_ Because _ there was something sacred in it to me
And when I went looking for something to wear
_ I put on the factory workers' clothes
Because they were my dad's clothes
And _ _ _ all we know about manhood is what we have seen
And what we have learned from our fathers
And my father was my hero _ and my greatest foe
Not _ _ long after he died I had this dream
I'm on stage, I'm in front of thousands [D#] of people
[E] And my dad's back from the dead and he's sitting in the audience
And suddenly I'm kneeling next to him in the aisle
_ And for a moment we both watched the man on fire on stage
_ And _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ then to my dad who for years he sat at the kitchen table, unreachable
_ And what I was too young [C#m] and I was too stupid [E] to understand was his depression
Well I kneel next to him in the aisle _
And I brush his forearm
And _ I say, look dad, _ that guy on stage
And _ _ that's how I see you _ _
_ _ _ _ My father's house shines [A] _ _ hard and [E]
bright
_ _ _ _ Stands like a beacon _ _ _ calling me in the night
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ Calling and calling, _ _ _ [A] _ so cold [E] and alone
_ _ _ _ Shining across this dark highway
Where our sins lie _ unatoned _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Last night I dreamed that [A] _ _ I was [E] a child
_ _ _ Out where the pines grow _ _ _ wild and tall
[B] _ I [E] _ was trying to [A] _ [F#m] make it [E] home through the fire
_ _ _ Before the darkness, _ _ _ _ darkness fall
_ _ _ I heard the wind rustling _ [A] _ _ through the [E] trees
_ And _ _ _ ghostly _ voices _ rose from the fields
[B] _ _ I [E] ran with my heart pounding _ [A] down that broken [E]
path
_ _ _ _ _ With the devil [C#] _ snapping [E] at my heels
_ _ _ I broke through the trees and _ [A] _ _ there in [E] the night
_ _ _ _ My father's house stood _ _ shining [B] hard and bright
_ The [E] _ branches and brambles [A] tore my clothes and scratched [E] my arms
But _ _ I ran till I fell _ [C#] _ [B] shaking in his [E] arms _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
I awoke and I imagined _ the [A] hard things that pulled us [E] apart _ _ _ _
Would never again _ _ _ tear us from each other's hearts
_ I got dressed into [C#m] his house, I [E] did ride
_ _ _ _ From out on the road I could see its windows _ shining in light
_ _ _ Well I walked up the steps and _ [A] _ [E] I stood on the porch
_ _ _ _ _ And a woman I didn't recognize
She came and spoke to me through a chain [B] door
Well _ _ [E] I told her my story and [A] _ _
who [E] I'd come for
She _ _ said I'm sorry son but no one [C#] by that name lives here [E] anymore
Well _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
not those whose love we wanted but didn't get
We emulate them, _ it's the only way we have in our power
To get the closeness and the love that we needed and desired
So when I was a young man and looking for a voice to meld with mine
To sing my songs and to tell my stories
Well I chose my father's voice
_ Because _ there was something sacred in it to me
And when I went looking for something to wear
_ I put on the factory workers' clothes
Because they were my dad's clothes
And _ _ _ all we know about manhood is what we have seen
And what we have learned from our fathers
And my father was my hero _ and my greatest foe
Not _ _ long after he died I had this dream
I'm on stage, I'm in front of thousands [D#] of people
[E] And my dad's back from the dead and he's sitting in the audience
And suddenly I'm kneeling next to him in the aisle
_ And for a moment we both watched the man on fire on stage
_ And _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ then to my dad who for years he sat at the kitchen table, unreachable
_ And what I was too young [C#m] and I was too stupid [E] to understand was his depression
Well I kneel next to him in the aisle _
And I brush his forearm
And _ I say, look dad, _ that guy on stage
And _ _ that's how I see you _ _
_ _ _ _ My father's house shines [A] _ _ hard and [E]
bright
_ _ _ _ Stands like a beacon _ _ _ calling me in the night
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ Calling and calling, _ _ _ [A] _ so cold [E] and alone
_ _ _ _ Shining across this dark highway
Where our sins lie _ unatoned _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _