{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2134191,"song":"The Engineers Dying Child","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2134191-the-engineers-dying-child-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2134191?type=chord","rating":0.19375,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA little child on a sickbed lay[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd death was very near[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was the pride and the only child[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOf a railroad engineer[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHis duty had called him from those he loved[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd seeing that hope was dim[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhile a tear he shed to his wife, he said[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust have two lanterns trimmed\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust hang a light when I pass tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHang it where it can be seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf the baby's dead then show the red[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf he's better then show the green[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn a little shack by the railroad track[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA mother with watchful eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSaw a gleam of hope in a tender smile[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E7[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs the train went rushing by[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust one short look was his only chance?[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo see the light a gleam[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the midnight air, there rose a prayer[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThank God the light was green[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust hang a light when I pass tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHang it where it can be seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf the baby's dead then show the red[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf he's better then show the green[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D","G","A","E7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}