Actually, it's "If I had a Boat"! When I saw Lyle in concert last October
(the same week he was on the cover of National Enquirer), I was surprised
to see him play this song with the capo so far up the neck, like the 8th
or 9th fret, but it sure made the playing of the song easier!  Check it
out -- in open 'G' fingering, capo on 7th, 8th or 9th fret:



IF I HAD A PONY                -- Lyle Lovett


INTRO:
GG Piano Chord 
             GG Piano Chord 
               CC Piano Chord 
        CC Piano Chord 
/Bbass     GG Piano Chord 

(rake)        (rake)                               (rake)
e----------0-------------0------------------------------------0-----
B--------3---3---------3---3--------------------------------3---3---
G-------0-------------0-------------0---0----0---0---------0--------
D------0-------------0----------------2--------2----------0---------
A-----2-------------2------------3---------2-------------2----------
E--3-------------3------------------------------------3-------------

GG Piano Chord 
              DD Piano Chord 
              GG Piano Chord 
           CC Piano Chord 
  GG Piano Chord 

(rake)
e----------0--------------------------------0------------
B--------3---3---------3--------------0-----1--0------3--
G-------0----------2-----2--------0-----0---0--0--0------    (close
D------0-------------0-----0----------------2--0---------    enough)
A-----2-------------------------------------3--2---------
E--3-------------3--------------3---3----------3----3----



CC Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
/Bbass GG Piano Chord 
        CC Piano Chord 
     CC Piano Chord 
/Bbass  GG Piano Chord 

If I had a boat, I'd go out on the ocean
CC Piano Chord 
   CC Piano Chord 
/Bbass GG Piano Chord 
         CC Piano Chord 
/Ebass       D/F#bass
And if I had a pony, I'd ride him on my boat       (this first 'verse'
C      C/Bbass  G      C     C/Bbass G           turns out to be
And we could all together, go out on the ocean        the CHORUS)
GG Piano Chord 
         D/F#bass     GG Piano Chord 

Just me upon my pony on my boat

GG Piano Chord 
                          CC Piano Chord 
   CC Piano Chord 
/Bbass    GG Piano Chord 

And if I were Roy Rogers, I'd sure enough be single
GG Piano Chord 
                           D/F#bass
I couldn't bring myself to marryin' old Dale
GG Piano Chord 
                             CC Piano Chord 
     CC Piano Chord 
/Bbass       GG Piano Chord 

It'd just be me & Trigger; we'd go ridin' through them movies
GG Piano Chord 
            D/F#bass
And we'd buy a boat and on the sea we'd sail

(CHORUS)

Well, the mystery masked man was smart, he got himself a Tonto
Cuz Tonto did the dirty work for free
But Tonto, he was smarter, and one day said Kemosabe
You can kiss my ass, I bought a boat, I'm headed out to sea

(CHORUS)

(instrumental break)

And if I were like light'ning, I wouldn't need no sneakers
Well, I'd come and go whenever I would please
And I'd scare 'em by the shady tree, 'n scare 'em by the light pole
But I would not scare my pony on my boat out on the sea

(CHORUS)

GG Piano Chord 
          DD Piano Chord 
/F#bass    GG Piano Chord 
   CC Piano Chord 
 GG Piano Chord 
 DD Piano Chord 
 GG Piano Chord 

Just me upon my pony on my boat



J Smith
Sunnyvale, CA