I Followed Her Into The West Chords
by Tom Paxton
I Followed Her Into The West by Tom Paxton is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C F C
I followed her into the west
G
Where I had never been before.
C F
And never did she see me as
C G C
I stood there helpless by the door.
C F C
Each day my resolution rose,
G
And every day an oath I swore:
C F
Tonight I'd stand and be a man;
C G C
Tonight I'd knock upon her door.
C F C
And shaved and pressed and cleaned and dressed,
G
I'd start upon the quest once more.
C F
But each night ended as the rest:
C G C
I could not knock upon her door.
C F C
I paced my room and cursed myself;
G
I swore that I would go no more.
C F
When, as the sun was sinking low,
C G C
I heard a knocking at my door.
C F
And standing there with food for me;
G
Standing there, my heart's delight!
C F
Who said, "I thought you must be ill.
C G C
I missed you at my door tonight.
C F
"Now you must rest and you must sleep,
G
Your resolution to restore.
C F
And when these dishes you return,
C G C
Be sure to knock upon my door."
C F C
I followed her into the west
G
Where I had never been before.
C F
And never did she see me as
C G C
I stood there helpless by the door.