Key: C major•
Verse 1
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F
C
G
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Ooooooo
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C
Our little child on a sick bed lay
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G
C
As death was very near
The parent's pride
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C
And the only child of
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D
G
a railroad engineer
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G
And the house's light was dimmed
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F
F#dim
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The tears he shed, to his wife he said
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G
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C
I will have two letters trimmed
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G
and hang it where it can be seen.
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If our baby's dead, just hang the red
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D
C
If she's better,
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then hang the green
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In this little house, by the railroad side,
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a mother with a watchful eye, saw a gleam
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of hope and a feeble smile,
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as the train went rushing by.
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Just one short look was his only chance
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To see the light of gleam
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In the midnight air, there rose a prayer
Well, thank my
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God, light was green.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC F G D F#dim
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