I Followed Her Into The West chords - Tom Paxton

Guitar chords with lyrics

C majorC                FF      C majorC
I followed her into the west
                         G+G
Where I had never been before.
C majorC                        FF
And never did she see me as
C majorC                      G+G       C majorC
I stood there helpless by the door.

C majorC                 FF     C majorC
Each day my resolution rose,
                         G+G
And every day an oath I swore:
C majorC                          FF
Tonight I'd stand and be a man;
C majorC                  G+G        C majorC
Tonight I'd knock upon her door.

C majorC                             FF          C majorC
And shaved and pressed and cleaned and dressed,
                              G+G
I'd start upon the quest once more.
C majorC                            FF
But each night ended as the rest:
C majorC                  G+G        C majorC
I could not knock upon her door.

C majorC                    FF      C majorC
I paced my room and cursed myself;
                            G+G
I swore that I would go no more.
C majorC                            FF
When, as the sun was sinking low,
C majorC                  G+G      C majorC
I heard a knocking at my door.

C majorC                                FF
And standing there with food for me;
                            G+G
Standing there, my heart's delight!
C majorC                                FF
Who said, "I thought you must be ill.
C majorC                   G+G     C majorC
I missed you at my door tonight.

C majorC                                FF
"Now you must rest and you must sleep,
                      G+G
Your resolution to restore.
C majorC                           FF
And when these dishes you return,
C majorC                 G+G       C majorC
Be sure to knock upon my door."

C majorC                FF      C majorC
I followed her into the west
                         G+G
Where I had never been before.
C majorC                        FF
And never did she see me as
C majorC                      G+G       C majorC
I stood there helpless by the door.

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