Verse
E
I road up in those hills
F#m F#m7
Like when we all used to go
A
Cut a tree like the one
E
That we used to alone
Behind the old sorrel mare
F#m
I drag it down off the slopes
A
Trimmed it up in the corner
E
With tinsel and hoped
C#m
I ain't heard from my son
G#m
And I won't I expect
A
The other's flight
It was cancelled
F#
At least that's what he said
E
My daughter's takin' the kids again
B
To Maui this year
A
I guess don't blame em'
E
It's pretty cold round here
[Chorus]
Bm
Thank Christ for these horses
A
Or I'd be here at home
E
Eighty years old spending Christmas alone
Bm7
C# blizzard is howling
F#m7
And night it grows near
A
It's just me and the ponies
E
For Christmas this year
F#m7 B
E F#m
It's bitterly cold with three feet of snow
A
And this wouldn't be home
F#m F#m7
If the wind didn't blow
E
Can't get out of the yard
F#m
I'm snowed in with the drifts
A E
And no one is coming to open these gifts
C#m F#
If I were my father I'd hitch up a team
G#m A F#
Take the sleigh to the neighbour's for brandy and cream
E
But that world is gone
B
It's all dissappeared
A
It's just me and the ponies
E
For Christmas this year
[Chorus]
Bm
Thank Christ for these horses
A
Or I'd be here at home
E
Eighty years old spending Christmas alone
Bm
C# blizzard is howling
F#m
And night it grows near
A
It's just me and the ponies
E
For Christmas this year
C# A G#m A B
E
This old barn is still standing
F#m7 F#m
Not much longer I think
A
I can see the north star
E
Through the holes in the chink
Tonight it's oats for my pals
F#m
And me a bottle of cheer
A
It's just me and the ponies
E
For Christmas this year