{t:The Pony Man}
{st:Gordon Lightfoot (1970)}
{sot}
Carter Picking
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When it's [/] [A] midnight on the [/] meadow and the [/] [D] cats are in the [/] [A] shed [/] [A]  
And the [/] [A] river tells a [/] [D] story at the [/] [E7] window by my [/] bed [/] [E7]   
If you [/] [A] listen very [/] closely, be as [/] [D] quiet as you [/] [A] can [/] [A]  
[/] [A] In the yard you'll [/] [D] hear him, it [/] [E7] is the pony [/] [A] man [/] [A]  


We're [/] [A] always there to [/] greet him when he [/] [D] tumbles into [/] [A] town [/] [A]  
He [/] [A] leads a string of [/] [D] ponies, some are [/] [E7] white and some are [/] brown [/] [E7]   
And they [/] [A] never seem to [/] kick or bite, they [/] [D] only want to [/] [A] play [/] [A]  
And they [/] [A] live on candy [/] [D] apples in- [/] [E7] stead of oats and [/] [A] hay [/] [A]  


And [/] [A] when we're all as- [/] sembled he [/] [D] gives a soft com- [/] [A] mand [/] [A]  
And we [/] [A] climb aboard our [/] [D] ponies as [/] [E7] in a row they [/] stand [/] [E7]   
Then [/] [A] down the road we [/] gallop and a- [/] [D] cross the fields we [/] [A] fly [/] [A]  
And [/] [A] soon we all go [/] [D] sailing off in- [/] [E7] to the midnight [/] [A] sky [/] [A] [/] [A] [/] [A]  


And [/] [A] as we gaily [/] rock along be- [/] [D] side a ripplin' [/] [A] sea [/] [A]  
There's [/] [A] Tom 'n Dick 'n [/] [D] Sally and [/] [E7] Mary Joe and [/] me [/] [E7]   
And the [/] [A] pony man is [/] leading 'cause he's [/] [D] travelled here be- [/] [A] fore [/] [A]  
And he [/] [A] gives a whoop and a [/] [D] holler at [/] [E7] Mr. Moon's front [/] [A] door [/] [A]  


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And [/] [A] then we stop to [/] rest a while where the [/] [D] soda river [/] [A] glides [/] [A]  
Up [/] [A] to the slip comes a [/] [D] pirate ship to [/] [E7] take us for a [/] ride [/] [E7]   
And the [/] [A] pony man's the [/] captain and the [/] [D] children are the [/] [A] crew [/] [A]  
And we [/] [A] go in search of [/] [D] treasure and [/] [E7] laugh the whole night [/] [A] through [/] [A]  


And [/] [A] when the hold is [/] filled with gold and the [/] [D] sails begin to [/] [A] strain [/] [A]  
And the [/] [A] deck's piled high with [/] [D] apple pie we [/] [E7] head for port a- [/] gain [/] [E7]   
Then [/] [A] down the whirling [/] staircase so [/] [D] swift our ponies [/] [A] fly [/] [A]  
And we're [/] [A] safely in our [/] [D] beds again when the [/] [E7] sunbeams kiss the [/] [A] sky [/] [A]  


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When it's [/] [A] midnight on the [/] meadow and the [/] [D] cats are in the [/] [A] shed [/] [A]  
And the [/] [A] river tells a [/] [D] story at the [/] [E7] window by my [/] bed [/] [E7]   
If you [/] [A] listen very [/] closely, be as [/] [D] quiet as you [/] [A] can [/] [A]  
[/] [A] In the yard you'll [/] [D] hear him, it [/] [E7] is the pony [/] [A!] man


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