Child Of The Engineer Chords

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[Verse 1]
[C]Ooo[F]ooo[C]o[G][C][G]
Our [C]little child [F]on a sick [C]bed lay
As death [F]was [G]very [C]near
The parent's pride
[F]And the onl[C]y child of
[G]a railroad en[D]gineer[G]
[C]His duty called him
[F]From those he loved
[C]And the hou[F]se's light was dim[G]med
[C]The tears he shed, [F]to his wife [F#dim]he said[F]
[C]I will have t[G]wo letters t[F]rimmed[C]
Just hang a light by [F]my window tonight
and [C]hang it where [F]it can be [G]seen.
[C]If our baby's dead, [F]just hang the red
[G]If [D]she's bet[C]ter,
then [G]hang the [C]green[F][C]
In this little house, [F]by the railroad [G]side,
[C]a mother with a w[F]atc[G]hful [C]eye, saw [G]a g[C]leam[G]
of [C]hope an[F]d a feeble s[C]mile,
[G]as the train [D]went rushing [G]by.[D][G][C]
Just one short look [F]was his only [C]chance
To see [F]the light [G]of gleam
[C]In the midnight air, [F]there rose a [G]prayer
Well, thank my
[G]God, [C]lig[G]ht was gre[F]en.[C]