Verse
F
I road up in those hills
Gm Gm7
Like when we all used to go
A#
Cut a tree like the one
F
That we used to alone
Behind the old sorrel mare
Gm
I drag it down off the slopes
A#
Trimmed it up in the corner
F
With tinsel and hoped
Dm
I ain't heard from my son
Am
And I won't I expect
A#
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
A#
I guess don't blame em'
F
It's pretty cold round here
[Chorus]
Cm
Thank Christ for these horses
A#
Or I'd be here at home
F
Eighty years old spending Christmas alone
Cm7
D blizzard is howling
Gm7
And night it grows near
A#
It's just me and the ponies
F
For Christmas this year
Gm7 C
F Gm
It's bitterly cold with three feet of snow
A#
And this wouldn't be home
Gm Gm7
If the wind didn't blow
F
Can't get out of the yard
Gm
I'm snowed in with the drifts
A# F
And no one is coming to open these gifts
Dm G
If I were my father I'd hitch up a team
Am A# G
Take the sleigh to the neighbour's for brandy and cream
F
But that world is gone
C
It's all dissappeared
A#
It's just me and the ponies
F
For Christmas this year
[Chorus]
Cm
Thank Christ for these horses
A#
Or I'd be here at home
F
Eighty years old spending Christmas alone
Cm
D blizzard is howling
Gm
And night it grows near
A#
It's just me and the ponies
F
For Christmas this year
D A# Am A# C
F
This old barn is still standing
Gm7 Gm
Not much longer I think
A#
I can see the north star
F
Through the holes in the chink
Tonight it's oats for my pals
Gm
And me a bottle of cheer
A#
It's just me and the ponies
F
For Christmas this year