The Pony Man Chords by Gordon Lightfoot

[Start]

[Verse]
A                                 
■ When it's midnight on the meadow
             D      A       
And the cats are in the shed
                      D    
And the river tells a story
E                      
At the window by my bed
       A                  
If you listen very closely
      D        A      
Be as quiet as you can
                        D  
In the yard you'll hear him
E              A  
It is the pony man
      A                        
We're always there to greet him
        D            A   
When he tumbles into town
                     D     
He leads a string of ponies
E                                
Some are white and some are brown
         A                         
And they never seem to kick or bite
D                 A   
They only want to play
                       D     
And they live on candy apples
E                   A  
Instead of oats and hay
         A               
And when we are assembled
   D            A      
He gives a soft command
                        D     
And we climb aboard our ponies
   E                  
As in a row they stand
          A                 
Then down the road we gallop
           D          A     
And across the fields we fly
                   D          
And soon we all go sailing off
E                 A  
Into the midnight sky


[Chorus]
       A                  
And as we gaily rock along
D        A           
Beside a ripplin' sea
                         D    
There's Tom 'n' Dick 'n' Sally
    E              
And Mary Joe and me
        A                  
And the pony man is leading
            D              A     
'cause he's travelled here before
                           D     
And he gives a whoop and a holler
   E               A   
At Mr Moon's front door


[Inst]
D A D E A
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[Verse]
         A                      
And then we stop to rest a while
          D    A           
Where the soda river glides
                       D          
Up to the slip comes a pirate ship
   E                 
To take us for a ride
        A                     
And the pony man's the captain
        D            A       
And the children are the crew
                       D       
And we go in search of treasure
    E                     A      
And laugh the whole night through
         A                           
And when the hold is filled with gold
        D           A        
And the sails begin to strain
                               D        
And the deck's piled high with apple pie
        E             
We head for port again
          A                    
Then down the whirling starcase
   D         A         
So swift our ponies fly
                        D         
And we're safely in our beds again
         E                 A  
When the sunbeams kiss the sky


[Chorus]
D A D E A
■ ■ ■ ■ ■


[Verse]
          A                     
When it's midnight on the meadow
             D      A       
And the cats are in the shed
                      D    
And the river tells a story
       E               
At the window by my bed
       A                  
If you listen very closely
      A               
Be as quiet as you can
                   D       
In the yard you'll hear him
E              A  
It is the pony man


[End]