Danny And My Ponies

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[Verse 1]
C                    G
Danny laid back and surveyed the 
view
C                            G
A king on his bench, he was cold, he
 was blue
C                       G
I asked for permission to give him a
 note
C                         
He nodded, not movin', just 
      G
scratched at his throat


[Verse 2]
C                           G
Always smiled slightly, seemed so 
bemused
C                             G
Like he was the one, who was glad to
 be used
C                      G
I had a sense he was playin' a part
C                         G
But I had to help, for he tore at my
 heart


[Bridge]
D                   C
He would walk, his feet wrapped in 
rags
D                           
He wandered the neighborhood, 
    C
carrying his bags
D                   C
The pride in his eyes would so 
clearly flash
D                   C
Like I was the one who needed the 
cash


[Chorus]
Continues after the ad
D                             
The tramps in our England, have 
   C         G
always to walk
D                                
From Philip to Dorchester, 
C         G
fifteen miles strong
D                               C
The tramps in our country have no
            G
 where's to hug
D                                
Home hysterics give comfort, 
C               G
there's no time to talk


[Verse 3]
C                 G
Danny would lay, he'd never speak
C                  G
Here was a man who had attained his 
peak
C                       G
No fables to tell, and nothing held 
back
C                       G
This was a man who had led a strong 
path


[Verse 4]
C                          G
Old soldier, perhaps, or a worn, old
 jailbird
C                            G
Who'd never a hand clean and never a
 word
C                           G
For two hundred down, my project had
 fled
C                       G
Danny was gone, or may well have 
been dead


[Bridge]
D                   C
He walked slowly, no hurryin' to 
death
D                               C
Took in turn his view, with his very
 last breath
D                   C
The river, the mist and the slightly
 grey sky
D                   C
Danny was waiting, patient to die


[Chorus]
D                             
The tramps in our England, have 
   C         G
always to walk
D                                
From Philip to Dorchester, 
C         G
fifteen miles strong
D                               C
The tramps in our country have no
            G
 where's to hug
D                                
Home hysterics give comfort, 
C               G
there's no time to talk


[Verse 5]
C                        G
Danny laid back, looked down and the
 plain
C                        
The king on his bench with 
   G
magnificent mane
C                         G
I asked his permission to give him a
 note
C                         
He nodded, not movin', just 
   G
scratched at his throat


[Verse 6]
D                        C
It's dangerous to faction as those 
who live rough
D                    C
Danny was a giant, solid and tough
D                           
He allowed me to gift him and 
     C
scribble this song
D                            C   
Without bein' draconian, he lived
            G
 just as long