This Here Will Follow You chords

[VERSE 1]
[E]This story starts just south of [E7]Boston
[A]In a small town called Walpole my frie[A7]nd
[E]Had my father and my mother was still li[E7]ving
[A]And my brother we did the best that we [A7]can
[E] [E7] [A] [A7]

[VERSE 2]
[E]There was a factory about a mile from my [E7]home
[A]Got my first job sorting cans for Mr. J[A7]ones
[E]$5.25 an hour’s how it g[E7]oes
[A]6-10 pm I was 14 years [A7]old

[CHORUS]
[E]Wherever we go and whatever we d[E7]o
[A]This here will follow you[A7]
[E]Whatever we learn and whatever is [E7]new
[A]This here will follow y[A7]ou
[E] [E7] [A] [A7]

[VERSE 3]
[E]My Old Man he went to work every[E7]day
[A]Was always different and so was his pa[A7]y
[E]In the factory or construction c[E7]rew
[A]Whatever it took brother that what he’[A7]d do
[E] [E7] [A] [A7]

[VERSE 4]
[E]He took a bullet for the Corp in Viet[E7]nam
[A]He joined up like his brothers before [A7]him
[E]He came home 98% man, [E7]
[A]And 2% steel and aluminu[A7]m

[CHORUS]
[E]Wherever we go and whatever we d[E7]o
[A]This here will follow you[A7]
[E]Whatever we learn and whatever is [E7]new
[A]This here will follow y[A7]ou
[E] [E7] [A] [A7]

[VERSE 5]
[E]My poor mother may God rest her [E7]soul
[A]She worked herself to death, she was 58 years [A7]old
[E]Working graveyards at the hospital in [E7]town
[A]She died in peace and in peace she is [A7]now
[E] [E7] [A] [A7]

[VERSE 6]
[E]I left home for adventure and lo[E7]ve
[A]California is where I’d end u[A7]p
[E]Got a job carrying rocks up a hi[E7]ll
[A]I was the Sisyphus of Oakla[A7]nd

[CHORUS]
[E]Wherever we go and whatever we d[E7]o
[A]This here will follow y[A7]ou
[E]Whatever we learn and whatever is [E7]new
[A]This here will follow y[A7]ou
[E] [E7] [A] [A7]

[VERSE 7]
[E]I headed south got a job building shi[E7]ps
[A]In the interim had a job catching f[A7]ish
[E]Had a car it was stuck in 3rd ge[E7]ar
[A]I didn’t know who I’d be in a ye[A7]ar
[E] [E7] [A] [A7]

[VERSE 8]
[E]Had a woman addicted to r[E7]ide
[A]Couldn’t keep one like that by my s[A7]ide
[E]Got one better, she makes coffee every[E7]day
[A]So it’s to her that I bring home my p[A7]ay
[E] [E7] [A] [A7]

[VERSE 9]
[E]Some say life is a coaster ride [E7]
[A]I’m sure that fine cept we’re all gonn[A7]a die
[E]Where I been I remember it well [E7]
[A]It’ll follow me, It’ll follow me to he[A7]ll

[CHORUS]
[E]Wherever we go and whatever we d[E7]o
[A]This here will follow you[A7]
[E]Whatever we learn and whatever is [E7]new
[A]This here will follow y[A7]ou
[E] [E7] [A] [A7]