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