Grateful Dead – Monkey And The Engineer (Guitar Tab)

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monkey and the Engineer(Live) - Grateful Dead ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: A deadhead Tabbed for: deadheads everywhere Version from "Reckoning"

Intro lick
e|---3-3-0---0-------------2--3--------|
B|---------3-----0---0--2--3--3--------|
G|-------------4---3----2--2--0--------|
D|----------------------2--0--0--------|
A|----------------------0-----2--------|
E|---------------------------3---------|

Verse 1: G C G Once upon a time there was an engineer G A7 D7 who drove a locomotive both far and near G C Accompanied by a monkey who would sit on a stool G A7 D7 G watching everything the engineer would do G C G One day the engineer wanted a bite to eat G A7 D7 he left the monkey sittin' on the driver's seat G C monkey pulled the throttle, locomotive jumped the gun G A7 D7 G and did ninety miles an hour down the main line run Chorus: G C G Big Locomotive, right on time G A7 D7 big locomotive coming down the line G C big locomotive number ninety nine G A7 D7 G left the engineer with a worried mind (Intro lick) Verse 2: G C G The Engineer called up the dispatcher on the phone G A7 D7 to tell him all about his locomotive was gone G C dispatcher on the wire, switch operator to right G A7 D7 G 'cause the monkey's got the main line sewed up tight G C G Switch operator got the message in time G A7 D7 said there's a northbound livin' on the same main line G C Open up the switch I'm gonna let him through the hole G A7 D7 G cause the monkey's got the locomotive under control (Chorus)(Intro lick)

Main Solo - listen to the recording to get the timing/emphasis right
e|---------------------------------------------------12----10--------------------------10------|
B|-----------------------------8-----10--8-----10/12----12----12-----------10------------------|
G|--------------7---9-8-7---------9---------9----------------------------------9-10-11---------|
D|-------5--/9-------------8h9------------------------------------10-11-12---------------------|
A|--5/7----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--12p11p10----12-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------8-10-8------10/12-12-x-11-10-10---------8-8---------------------|
G|------------------10---8/9-----------9-----------------------12--7-9-----9-7-7-----9---------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------8h9---9-7\5---|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3|
B|---------------------------------------8---------8------8-10/12-12-13\12-10----10------------|
G|----------------5/6--6-6/7-7-7-9-7-------10--8h9----------------------------11----11-11-12---|
D|----5-7-5-5---5--------------------8h9-------------10----------------------------------------|
A|--7------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|