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