Verse
C
I road up in those hills
Dm Dm7
Like when we all used to go
F
Cut a tree like the one
C
That we used to alone
Behind the old sorrel mare
Dm
I drag it down off the slopes
F
Trimmed it up in the corner
C
With tinsel and hoped
Am
I ain't heard from my son
Em
And I won't I expect
F
The other's flight
It was cancelled
D
At least that's what he said
C
My daughter's takin' the kids again
G
To Maui this year
F
I guess don't blame em'
C
It's pretty cold round here
[Chorus]
Gm
Thank Christ for these horses
F
Or I'd be here at home
C
Eighty years old spending Christmas alone
Gm7
A blizzard is howling
Dm7
And night it grows near
F
It's just me and the ponies
C
For Christmas this year
Dm7 G
C Dm
It's bitterly cold with three feet of snow
F
And this wouldn't be home
Dm Dm7
If the wind didn't blow
C
Can't get out of the yard
Dm
I'm snowed in with the drifts
F C
And no one is coming to open these gifts
Am D
If I were my father I'd hitch up a team
Em F D
Take the sleigh to the neighbour's for brandy and cream
C
But that world is gone
G
It's all dissappeared
F
It's just me and the ponies
C
For Christmas this year
[Chorus]
Gm
Thank Christ for these horses
F
Or I'd be here at home
C
Eighty years old spending Christmas alone
Gm
A blizzard is howling
Dm
And night it grows near
F
It's just me and the ponies
C
For Christmas this year
A F Em F G
C
This old barn is still standing
Dm7 Dm
Not much longer I think
F
I can see the north star
C
Through the holes in the chink
Tonight it's oats for my pals
Dm
And me a bottle of cheer
F
It's just me and the ponies
C
For Christmas this year