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B
I road up in those hills
C#m C#m7
Like when we all used to go
E
Cut a tree like the one
B
That we used to alone
Behind the old sorrel mare
C#m
I drag it down off the slopes
E
Trimmed it up in the corner
B
With tinsel and hoped
G#m
I ain't heard from my son
D#m
And I won't I expect
E
The other's flight
It was cancelled
C#
At least that's what he said
B
My daughter's takin' the kids again
F#
To Maui this year
E
I guess don't blame em'
B
It's pretty cold round here
[Chorus]
F#m
Thank Christ for these horses
E
Or I'd be here at home
B
Eighty years old spending Christmas alone
F#m7
G# blizzard is howling
C#m7
And night it grows near
E
It's just me and the ponies
B
For Christmas this year
C#m7 F#
B C#m
It's bitterly cold with three feet of snow
E
And this wouldn't be home
C#m C#m7
If the wind didn't blow
B
Can't get out of the yard
C#m
I'm snowed in with the drifts
E B
And no one is coming to open these gifts
G#m C#
If I were my father I'd hitch up a team
D#m E C#
Take the sleigh to the neighbour's for brandy and cream
B
But that world is gone
F#
It's all dissappeared
E
It's just me and the ponies
B
For Christmas this year
[Chorus]
F#m
Thank Christ for these horses
E
Or I'd be here at home
B
Eighty years old spending Christmas alone
F#m
G# blizzard is howling
C#m
And night it grows near
E
It's just me and the ponies
B
For Christmas this year
G# E D#m E F#
B
This old barn is still standing
C#m7 C#m
Not much longer I think
E
I can see the north star
B
Through the holes in the chink
Tonight it's oats for my pals
C#m
And me a bottle of cheer
E
It's just me and the ponies
B
For Christmas this year