The Pony Man Chords by Gordon Lightfoot

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_ _ _ When it's midnight on the meadow [Eb] and the cats are [Bb] in the shed
And the river [Eb] tells a story [F] out the window by my bed
_ [Bb] If you listen very closely he [Eb] has quiet [Bb] eyes again
_ _ _ In the [Eb] yard you'll hear [F] him, it is [Bb] the pony man
_ We're always there to greet him when [Eb] he tumbles [Bb] into town
_ _ He leads [Eb] a string of ponies, some [F] are white and some are brown
And [Bb] they never seem to kick or bite, [Eb] they only [Bb] want to play
And they live on [Eb] candy apples [F] instead of [Bb] oats and hay
_ _ And when we are assembled [Eb] he gives us [Bb] our command
_ _ And we climb [Eb] aboard our ponies [F] as in a row they stand
_ [Bb] Then down the road we gallop [Eb] and across the field [Bb] we fly
And _ soon we [Eb] all go sailing off [F] into the [Bb] midnight sky
_ And _ _ _ _ _ as we galey rock [Eb] along beside a [Bb] rippling sea
_ _ There's Tom and [Eb] Dick and Sally [F] and Mary Jo and me
_ And [Bb] the pony man is leading [Eb] cause he's travelled here [Bb] before
_ _ And he gives a hoot and a holler [F] and Mr.
[Bb] Moon's front door
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_ _ _ then we stop to rest a [Eb] while with a soda [Bb] river glide
_ _ Up to the [Eb] slip comes a pirate ship [F] to take us for a ride
_ _ [Bb] And the pony man's the captain [Eb] and the children are [Bb] the crew _
And we go in [Eb] search of treasure [F] and laugh the whole [Bb] night through
And when the hold is filled with [Eb] gold and the sails begin [Bb] to strain
And the decks pile [Eb] high with apple [F] pie we head for port again
_ [Bb] Then down the whirling star case [Eb] so swift our [Bb] ponies fly
_ _ And we're safely in [Eb] our beds [F] again when the sunbeams kiss [Bb] the sky
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_ _ it's midnight on the middle [Eb] and the cats are in [Bb] the shed
And the river [Eb] tells a story [Dm] out the window [F] by my bed
_ _ [Bb] If you listen very closely be as quiet as you can
_ _ _ In the [Eb] yard you'll hear him [F] it is the [Bb] pony man
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