Verse
D
I road up in those hills
Em Em7
Like when we all used to go
G
Cut a tree like the one
D
That we used to alone
Behind the old sorrel mare
Em
I drag it down off the slopes
G
Trimmed it up in the corner
D
With tinsel and hoped
Bm
I ain't heard from my son
F#m
And I won't I expect
G
The other's flight
It was cancelled
E
At least that's what he said
D
My daughter's takin' the kids again
A
To Maui this year
G
I guess don't blame em'
D
It's pretty cold round here
[Chorus]
Am
Thank Christ for these horses
G
Or I'd be here at home
D
Eighty years old spending Christmas alone
Am7
B blizzard is howling
Em7
And night it grows near
G
It's just me and the ponies
D
For Christmas this year
Em7 A
D Em
It's bitterly cold with three feet of snow
G
And this wouldn't be home
Em Em7
If the wind didn't blow
D
Can't get out of the yard
Em
I'm snowed in with the drifts
G D
And no one is coming to open these gifts
Bm E
If I were my father I'd hitch up a team
F#m G E
Take the sleigh to the neighbour's for brandy and cream
D
But that world is gone
A
It's all dissappeared
G
It's just me and the ponies
D
For Christmas this year
[Chorus]
Am
Thank Christ for these horses
G
Or I'd be here at home
D
Eighty years old spending Christmas alone
Am
B blizzard is howling
Em
And night it grows near
G
It's just me and the ponies
D
For Christmas this year
B G F#m G A
D
This old barn is still standing
Em7 Em
Not much longer I think
G
I can see the north star
D
Through the holes in the chink
Tonight it's oats for my pals
Em
And me a bottle of cheer
G
It's just me and the ponies
D
For Christmas this year