Verse
A#
I road up in those hills
Cm Cm7
Like when we all used to go
D#
Cut a tree like the one
A#
That we used to alone
Behind the old sorrel mare
Cm
I drag it down off the slopes
D#
Trimmed it up in the corner
A#
With tinsel and hoped
Gm
I ain't heard from my son
Dm
And I won't I expect
D#
The other's flight
It was cancelled
C
At least that's what he said
A#
My daughter's takin' the kids again
F
To Maui this year
D#
I guess don't blame em'
A#
It's pretty cold round here
[Chorus]
Fm
Thank Christ for these horses
D#
Or I'd be here at home
A#
Eighty years old spending Christmas alone
Fm7
G blizzard is howling
Cm7
And night it grows near
D#
It's just me and the ponies
A#
For Christmas this year
Cm7 F
A# Cm
It's bitterly cold with three feet of snow
D#
And this wouldn't be home
Cm Cm7
If the wind didn't blow
A#
Can't get out of the yard
Cm
I'm snowed in with the drifts
D# A#
And no one is coming to open these gifts
Gm C
If I were my father I'd hitch up a team
Dm D# C
Take the sleigh to the neighbour's for brandy and cream
A#
But that world is gone
F
It's all dissappeared
D#
It's just me and the ponies
A#
For Christmas this year
[Chorus]
Fm
Thank Christ for these horses
D#
Or I'd be here at home
A#
Eighty years old spending Christmas alone
Fm
G blizzard is howling
Cm
And night it grows near
D#
It's just me and the ponies
A#
For Christmas this year
G D# Dm D# F
A#
This old barn is still standing
Cm7 Cm
Not much longer I think
D#
I can see the north star
A#
Through the holes in the chink
Tonight it's oats for my pals
Cm
And me a bottle of cheer
D#
It's just me and the ponies
A#
For Christmas this year