The Pony Man

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Dordon Lightfoot - THE PONY MAN
D G D
When it's midnight on the meadow and the cats are in the shed
G A A7
And the river tells a story at the window by my bed
D G D
If you listen very closely, be as quiet as you can
G A D
In the yard you'll hear him, it is the pony man
D G D
We're always there to greet him when he tumbles into town
G A A7
He leads a string of ponies, some are white and some are brown
D G D
And they never seem to kick or bite, they only want to play
G A D
And they live on candy apples instead of oats and hay
D G D
And when we're all assembled he gives a soft command
G A A7
And we climb aboard our ponies as in a row they stand
D G D
Then down the road we gallop and across the fields we fly
G A D
And soon we all go sailing off into the midnight sky
D G D
And as we gaily rock along beside a ripplin' sea
G A A7
There's Tom 'n Dick 'n Sally and Mary Joe and me
D G D
And the pony man is leading 'cause he's travelled here before
G A D
And he gives a whoop and a holler at Mr. Moon's front door
D G D
And then we stop to rest a while where the soda river glides
G D D7
Up to the slip comes a pirate ship to take us for a ride
D G D
And the pony man's the captain and the children are the crew
G D D
And we go in search of treasure and laugh the whole night through
D G D
And when the hold is filled with gold and the sails begin to strain
G A A7
And the deck's piled high with apple pie we head for port again
D G D
Then down the whirling staircase so swift our ponies fly
G A D
And we're safely in our beds again when the sunbeams kiss the sky
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Dordon Lightfoot - THE PONY MAN
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The Pony Man Chords by Gordon Lightfoot

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