{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":886637,"song":"The Pony Man","artist":"Gordon Lightfoot","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/886637-the-pony-man-chords-by-gordon-lightfoot/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/886637?type=chord","rating":4.85339,"votes":130,"content":"Dordon Lightfoot - THE PONY MAN\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen it's midnight on the meadow and the cats are in the shed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd the river tells a story at the window by my bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf you listen very closely, be as quiet as you can[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the yard you'll hear him, it is the pony man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe're always there to greet him when he tumbles into town[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nHe leads a string of ponies, some are white and some are brown[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd they never seem to kick or bite, they only want to play[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd they live on candy apples instead of oats and hay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd when we're all assembled he gives a soft command[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd we climb aboard our ponies as in a row they stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen down the road we gallop and across the fields we fly[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd soon we all go sailing off into the midnight sky[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd as we gaily rock along beside a ripplin' sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThere's Tom 'n Dick 'n Sally and Mary Joe and me[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the pony man is leading 'cause he's travelled here before[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he gives a whoop and a holler at Mr. Moon's front door[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd then we stop to rest a while where the soda river glides[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nUp to the slip comes a pirate ship to take us for a ride[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the pony man's the captain and the children are the crew[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we go in search of treasure and laugh the whole night through[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                                          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd when the hold is filled with gold and the sails begin to strain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd the deck's piled high with apple pie we head for port again[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen down the whirling staircase so swift our ponies fly[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we're safely in our beds again when the sunbeams kiss the sky[/tab]\r\n\r\nRepeat First Verse","plain_text":"Dordon Lightfoot - THE PONY MAN\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRepeat First Verse","chords":["D","G","A","A7","D7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}