C
I road up in those hills
          Dm             Dm7
Like when we all used to go
F
Cut a tree like the one
        C
That we used to alone

Behind the old sorrel mare
  Dm
I drag it down off the slopes
F
Trimmed it up in the corner
C
With tinsel and hoped


Am
I ain't heard from my son
Em
And I won't I expect
F
The other's flight

It was cancelled
D
At least that's what he said
C
My daughter's takin' the kids again
G
To Maui this year
F
I guess don't blame em'
C
It's pretty cold round here


[Chorus]
Gm
Thank Christ for these horses
F
Or I'd be here at home
                          C
Eighty years old spending Christmas alone
Gm7
A blizzard is howling
Dm7
And night it grows near
F
It's just me and the ponies
C
For Christmas this year

Dm7 G

C                       Dm
It's bitterly cold with three feet of snow
F
And this wouldn't be home
Dm     Dm7
If the wind didn't blow
C
Can't get out of the yard
Dm
I'm snowed in with the drifts
F                       C
And no one is coming to open these gifts

Am                      D
If I were my father I'd hitch up a team
Em        F                            D
Take the sleigh to the neighbour's for brandy and cream
C
But that world is gone
G
It's all dissappeared
F
It's just me and the ponies
C
For Christmas this year

[Chorus]
Gm
Thank Christ for these horses
F
Or I'd be here at home
                          C
Eighty years old spending Christmas alone
Gm
A blizzard is howling
Dm
And night it grows near
F
It's just me and the ponies
C
For Christmas this year

A F Em F G

C
This old barn is still standing
Dm7               Dm
Not much longer I think
      F
I can see the north star
            C
Through the holes in the chink

Tonight it's oats for my pals
         Dm
And me a bottle of cheer
F
It's just me and the ponies
C
For Christmas this year