How to Play The Pony Man on Guitar?

Gordon Lightfoot - The Pony Man can be played in the key of G using the G, C, D, D7 chords. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B. For D7, To play D7, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let A, D ring open. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play The Pony Man with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

Gordon Lightfoot - The Pony Man Chords

Chord reference G, C, D, D7

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Artist Gordon Lightfoot

Album Sit Down Young Stranger

Genres Folk

Year 1970

Key G

Gordon Lightfoot - The Pony Man can be played in the key of G using the G, C, D, D7 chords.

For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
For D7, To play D7, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let A, D ring open.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play The Pony Man with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.