The Engineer's Dying Child chords by Johnny Cash
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Intro 1
(D major)
Verse 1
A (D major) little (A major) child (D major) (G major) on
a sickbed lay, (D major)
And (G major) death was very near. (D major)
He was the pride and the (G major) only child
(D major) of a railroad (E major) engin (A major) eer.
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Verse 2
(A major)
His duty had called (G major) him
(D major) from those he loved,
And see (A major) ing that hope was (D major) dim.
While a tear he shed to his (G major) wife he said,
(D major) #147#Just have two (A major) lanterns
trimmed."
(D major)
Verse 3
(Chor (G major) us)
Just hang a light when I pass (D major) tonight.
Hang it where it can be seen. (A major)
If the (D major) baby's dead then show (G major) the red.
If he's (D major) better then show (A major) the green.
Interlude 1
(D major)
Verse 4
In a (D major) little shack,
By the railroad (G major) track (D major) ,
A mother (G major) with watchful eye (D major) s.
Saw a gleam of hope in a tender (G major) smile, (D major)
As the (E major) train went rushing (A major) by,
Just one short look,
Was his (D major) only chance?
To see the light (A major) a gleam. (D major)
In the midnight air their (G major) rose a prayer.
Thank god (D major) the light was green.
Verse 5
(D major)
(Chor (G major) us)
Just hang a light when I pass (D major) tonight.
Hang it where it can be seen. (A major)
If (G major) the (A major) baby's (D major) dead then show (G major) the red.
If he's (D major) better then show (A major) the green. (D major)
The Engineer's Dying Child
Johnny Cash
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