Verse
A
I road up in those hills
Bm Bm7
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
Bm
I drag it down off the slopes
D
Trimmed it up in the corner
A
With tinsel and hoped
F#m
I ain't heard from my son
C#m
And I won't I expect
D
The other's flight
It was cancelled
B
At least that's what he said
A
My daughter's takin' the kids again
E
To Maui this year
D
I guess don't blame em'
A
It's pretty cold round here
[Chorus]
Em
Thank Christ for these horses
D
Or I'd be here at home
A
Eighty years old spending Christmas alone
Em7
F# blizzard is howling
Bm7
And night it grows near
D
It's just me and the ponies
A
For Christmas this year
Bm7 E
A Bm
It's bitterly cold with three feet of snow
D
And this wouldn't be home
Bm Bm7
If the wind didn't blow
A
Can't get out of the yard
Bm
I'm snowed in with the drifts
D A
And no one is coming to open these gifts
F#m B
If I were my father I'd hitch up a team
C#m D B
Take the sleigh to the neighbour's for brandy and cream
A
But that world is gone
E
It's all dissappeared
D
It's just me and the ponies
A
For Christmas this year
[Chorus]
Em
Thank Christ for these horses
D
Or I'd be here at home
A
Eighty years old spending Christmas alone
Em
F# blizzard is howling
Bm
And night it grows near
D
It's just me and the ponies
A
For Christmas this year
F# D C#m D E
A
This old barn is still standing
Bm7 Bm
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
Bm
And me a bottle of cheer
D
It's just me and the ponies
A
For Christmas this year