Verse
C#
I road up in those hills
D#m D#m7
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
D#m
I drag it down off the slopes
F#
Trimmed it up in the corner
C#
With tinsel and hoped
A#m
I ain't heard from my son
Fm
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]
G#m
Thank Christ for these horses
F#
Or I'd be here at home
C#
Eighty years old spending Christmas alone
G#m7
A# blizzard is howling
D#m7
And night it grows near
F#
It's just me and the ponies
C#
For Christmas this year
D#m7 G#
C# D#m
It's bitterly cold with three feet of snow
F#
And this wouldn't be home
D#m D#m7
If the wind didn't blow
C#
Can't get out of the yard
D#m
I'm snowed in with the drifts
F# C#
And no one is coming to open these gifts
A#m D#
If I were my father I'd hitch up a team
Fm 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]
G#m
Thank Christ for these horses
F#
Or I'd be here at home
C#
Eighty years old spending Christmas alone
G#m
A# blizzard is howling
D#m
And night it grows near
F#
It's just me and the ponies
C#
For Christmas this year
A# F# Fm F# G#
C#
This old barn is still standing
D#m7 D#m
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
D#m
And me a bottle of cheer
F#
It's just me and the ponies
C#
For Christmas this year