Tom Paxton – I Followed Her Into The West chords

C                F      CI followed her into the west
                         GWhere I had never been before.
C                        FAnd never did she see me as
C                      G       CI stood there helpless by the door.

C                 F     CEach day my resolution rose,
                         GAnd every day an oath I swore:
C                          FTonight I'd stand and be a man;
C                  G        CTonight I'd knock upon her door.

C                             F          CAnd shaved and pressed and cleaned and dressed,
                              GI'd start upon the quest once more.
C                            FBut each night ended as the rest:
C                  G        CI could not knock upon her door.

C                    F      CI paced my room and cursed myself;
                            GI swore that I would go no more.
C                            FWhen, as the sun was sinking low,
C                  G      CI heard a knocking at my door.

C                                FAnd standing there with food for me;
                            GStanding there, my heart's delight!
C                                FWho said, "I thought you must be ill.
C                   G     CI missed you at my door tonight.

C                                F"Now you must rest and you must sleep,
                      GYour resolution to restore.
C                           FAnd when these dishes you return,
C                 G       CBe sure to knock upon my door."

C                F      CI followed her into the west
                         GWhere I had never been before.
C                        FAnd never did she see me as
C                      G       CI stood there helpless by the door.