Verse
G
I road up in those hills
Am Am7
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
Am
I drag it down off the slopes
C
Trimmed it up in the corner
G
With tinsel and hoped
Em
I ain't heard from my son
Bm
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]
Dm
Thank Christ for these horses
C
Or I'd be here at home
G
Eighty years old spending Christmas alone
Dm7
E blizzard is howling
Am7
And night it grows near
C
It's just me and the ponies
G
For Christmas this year
Am7 D
G Am
It's bitterly cold with three feet of snow
C
And this wouldn't be home
Am Am7
If the wind didn't blow
G
Can't get out of the yard
Am
I'm snowed in with the drifts
C G
And no one is coming to open these gifts
Em A
If I were my father I'd hitch up a team
Bm 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]
Dm
Thank Christ for these horses
C
Or I'd be here at home
G
Eighty years old spending Christmas alone
Dm
E blizzard is howling
Am
And night it grows near
C
It's just me and the ponies
G
For Christmas this year
E C Bm C D
G
This old barn is still standing
Am7 Am
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
Am
And me a bottle of cheer
C
It's just me and the ponies
G
For Christmas this year