Chords with lyrics
Verse:
C majorC
I road up in those hills
DmDm Dm7Dm7
Like when we all used to go
FF
Cut a tree like the one
C majorC
That we used to alone
Behind the old sorrel mare
DmDm
I drag it down off the slopes
FF
Trimmed it up in the corner
C majorC
With tinsel and hoped
A minorAm
I ain't heard from my son
E minorEm
And I won't I expect
FF
The other's flight
It was cancelled
D MajorD
At least that's what he said
C majorC
My daughter's takin' the kids again
G+G
To Maui this year
FF
I guess don't blame em'
C majorC
It's pretty cold round here
Chorus:
G minorGm
Thank Christ for these horses
FF
Or I'd be here at home
C majorC
Eighty years old spending Christmas alone
Gm7Gm7
A augmentedA blizzard is howling
Dm7Dm7
And night it grows near
FF
It's just me and the ponies
C majorC
For Christmas this year
Dm7Dm7 G+G
C majorC DmDm
It's bitterly cold with three feet of snow
FF
And this wouldn't be home
DmDm Dm7Dm7
If the wind didn't blow
C majorC
Can't get out of the yard
DmDm
I'm snowed in with the drifts
FF C majorC
And no one is coming to open these gifts
A minorAm D MajorD
If I were my father I'd hitch up a team
E minorEm FF D MajorD
Take the sleigh to the neighbour's for brandy and cream
C majorC
But that world is gone
G+G
It's all dissappeared
FF
It's just me and the ponies
C majorC
For Christmas this year
Chorus:
G minorGm
Thank Christ for these horses
FF
Or I'd be here at home
C majorC
Eighty years old spending Christmas alone
G minorGm
A augmentedA blizzard is howling
DmDm
And night it grows near
FF
It's just me and the ponies
C majorC
For Christmas this year
A augmentedA FF E minorEm FF G+G
C majorC
This old barn is still standing
Dm7Dm7 DmDm
Not much longer I think
FF
I can see the north star
C majorC
Through the holes in the chink
Tonight it's oats for my pals
DmDm
And me a bottle of cheer
FF
It's just me and the ponies
C majorC
For Christmas this year