Grateful Dead – Monkey And The Engineer (Guitar)

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Monkey & The Engineer [Intro Lick]
e|---3-3-0---0-----------0---2---3---------------------------|
B|---------3-------------2---3---0---------------------------|
G|-------------4-2-0-----2---2---0---------------------------|
D|-------------------2---2---0---0---------------------------|
A|-----------------------0-------2---------------------------|
E|-------------------------------3---------------------------|
[Verse 1]
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
[Verse 2]
    G                          C       G
One day the engineer wanted a bite to eat

   G                               A7        D
He left the monkey sittin' on the driver's seat

    G                               C
The monkey pulled the throttle; 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] [Verse 3]
    G                          C               G
The engineer called up the dispatcher on the phone

G                           A7         D
Tell him all about his locomotive was gone

G                          C
Get on the wire, switch operator to right

           G                A7        D         G
'Cause the monkey's got the main line sewed up tight
[Verse 4]
G                       C            G
Switch operator got the message in time

                 G                           A7        D
Said, "There's a north bound limited 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]
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