The Pony Man chords by Michael Martin Murphey

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Verse 1
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When it's midnight on the meadow
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and the cats are in the shed
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And the river tells a story
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at the window by my bed
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If you listen very closely,
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be as quiet as you can
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In the yard you'll hear him,
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it is the Pony Man
And we're always there to greet him
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when he tumbles into town
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And he leads a string of ponies,
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some are white and some are brown
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And they never seem to kick or bite,
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they always want to play
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And they live on candy apples
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instead of oats and hay
When we are assembled
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he gives us our command
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We climb aboard our ponies
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as in a row they stand
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Then down the road we gallop
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and across the fields we fly
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Soon we all go sailing off
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into the midnight sky
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And as we gaily rock
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along this side of Ripplin' Sea
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There's Tom and Dick and Sally
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and Mary Jo and me
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And the pony man is a lady
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cause he's traveled here before
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And he gives a hoop and a holler
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at Mr. Moon's front door
And then we stop to rest a while
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where the Soda River glides
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Up to the slip comes a pirate ship
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to take us for a ride
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And the pony man's the captain
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and the children are the crew
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And we go in search of treasure
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and laugh the whole night through
When the hole is filled with gold
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and the sails begin to strain
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And the decks pile high with apple pie
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we head for port again
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Bend down the whirling staircase
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swift our ponies fly
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And we're safely in our beds again
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When the sunbeams kiss the sky
When it's midnight on the meadow
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And the cats are in the shed
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And the river tells a story
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At the window by my bed
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If you listen closely,
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be as quiet as you can
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In the yard you'll hear him,
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it is the Pony Man
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In the yard you'll hear him,
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it is the Pony Man you