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]