Monkey & The Engineer

Artist: Grateful Dead (English)
User: Paul DeFelice
Duration: 130 seconds
Delay: 12 seconds
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September 29, 2015, 11:47 PM
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Monkey & The Engineer
(Jesse Fuller)

[Intro Lick]

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 G                             C   G
Once upon a time there was an engineer
 G                       A7      D
Drove a locomotive both far and near
   G                               C
Accompanied by a monkey who would sit on a stool
 G             A7             D          G
Watchin' everything the engineer would move


 G                              C      G
One day the engineer wanted a bite to eat
 G                              A7       D
Left the monkey sittin' on the driver's seat
     G                           C
The monkey pulled the draw, the locomotive jumped the gun
         G               A7            D         G
And did ninety miles an hour down the main line run

     (Chorus)
      G               C        G
     Big locomotive, right on time
      G                      A7       D
     Big locomotive, comin' down the line
      G                      C
     Big locomotive, number ninety-nine
      G            A7          D       G
     Left the engineer with a worried mind
     
     [Intro lick]

 G                          C                 G
The engineer called up the dispatcher on the phone
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Tell him all about his locomotive was gone
 G                       C
Get on the wire, switch operator to write
            G                A7         D      G
'Cause the monkey's got the main line sewn up tight

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Switch operator got the message in time
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Said, "There's a north bound livin' on the same main line
 G                             C
Open up the switch, I'm gonna let him through the hole
            G                A7         D     G
'Cause the monkey's got the locomotive under control!"

(Chorus)

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