Hank Snow – The Engineers Child (Guitar)

G                   C       G
A little child on a sickbed lay

    C              G
And death was very near

                      C    G          A7              D
She was the pride and only child of a railroad engin- eer

                             G
His duty had called him from those he loved

    D                    G
And seeing that hope was dim

                G7           C
While a tear he shed, to his wife he said

              D        G
Just have two lanterns trimmed

C                      G
Just hang a light as I pass tonight

C                G      D
Hang it where it can be seen

       G                C
If our baby's dead just show the red

         G           D        G
If she's better then show the green

G                        C        G
In a little house by the railroad track

  C                    G
A mother with watchful eye

      G                   C      G
Saw a gleam of hope and a feeble smile

       A7                 D
As the train went rushing by

                            G
Just one short look was his only chance

   D             G
To see the light agleam

                G7           C
In the midnight air there a- rose a prayer

      G       D         G
Thank God the light was green

C                      G
Just hang a light as I pass tonight

C                G      D
Hang it where it can be seen

       G                C
If our baby's dead just show the red

         G           D        G
If she's better then show the green