Ponies by Martin Michael Murphey:
Written by Jeff Hawthorne Bullock
>From the album The Horse Legends
G G9 G G9
G G9 G G9
Somewhere out on the prairie
C D
Is the greatest cowboy thatÎs ever been
G C Em Am G
When he lays his hands upon the ponies
D G(III) --- D(X) C(VIII) G(VII)
They shutter with that understanding skin
G G7 C Em Am G
He says ponies now ponies donÎt you worry
D G
I have not come to steal your fire away
C Em Am G
I want to fly with you across the sunrise
D G G9 G G9
And discover what begins each shining day
G G7 C Em Am G
When the storm clouds in the west are quickly gathering
D G
Ponies they run wildly before it rains
C(VIII) Em(VII) Am(V) G(III)
YouÎll see their sleek dark bodies brightly gleaminÎ
D G
YouÎll know the fireÎs flying through their brains
G G7 C Em Am G
He says ponies now ponies donÎt you worry
D G
I have not come to steal your fire away
C Em Am G
I want to fly with you across the sunrise
D G
And discover what begins each shining day
G G7 C Em Am G
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D G
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G G7 C Em Am G
He says ponies now ponies donÎt you worry
D G
I have not come to steal your fire away
C Em Am G
I want to fly with you across the sunrise
D G
And discover what begins each shining day
G G7 C Em Am G
He says ponies now ponies donÎt you worry
D G
I have not come to steal your fire away (fade out)
(Roman numerals are fret numbers)
--- means to slide down with the same chord shape