Gordon Lightfoot - The Pony Man Chords

[chorus]
[G]When it’s midnight on the meadow and the [C]cats are in the [G]shed
And the river tells a [C]story at the [D]window by my [D7]bed
If you [G]listen very closely be as [C]quiet as you [G]can
In the yard you’ll [C]hear him it [D]is the pony [G]man.

[Opening]
We’re [G]always there to greet him when he [C]tumbles into [G]town
He leads a string of [C]ponies some are [D]white and some are [D7]brown
And they [G]never seem to kick or bite they [C]only want to[G]play
And they live on candy [C]apples in[D]stead of oats and [G]hay.

[verse 2]
And [G]when we’re all assembled he [C]gives a soft [G]command
And we climb aboard our [C]ponies as [D]in a row they [D7]stand
Then [G]down the road we gallop and a[C]cross the fields we [G]fly
And soon we all go [C]sailing off in[D]to the midnight [G]sky.

[verse 3]
And [G]as we gaily rock along be[C]side a ripplin’ [G]sea
There’s Tom ‘n Dick ‘n [C]Sally and [D]Mary Joe and [D7]me
And the [G]pony man is leading cause he’s [C]travelled here be[G]fore
And he gives a whoop and a [C]holler at [D]Mr. Moon’s front [G]door.

[verse 4]
And [G]as we stop to rest a while where the [C]soda river [G]glides
Up to the slip comes a [C]pirate ship to [D]take us for a [D7]ride
And the [G]pony man’s the captain and the [C]children are the [G]crew
And we go in search of [C]treasure and [D]laugh the whole night [G]through.

[Closing]
And [G]when the hold is filled with gold and the [C]sails begin to [G]strain
And the deck’s piled high with [C]apple pie we [D]head for port a[D7]gain
And [G]down the whirling staircase so [C]swift our ponies [G]fly
And we’re safely in our [C]beds a[D]gain when the sunbeams kiss the [G]sky.

[chorus]
[G]When it’s midnight on the meadow and the [C]cats are in the [G]shed
And the river tells a [C]story at the [D]window by my [D7]bed
If you [G]listen very closely be as [C]quiet as you [G]can
In the yard you’ll [C]hear him it [D]is the pony [G]man.