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