Monkey And The Engineer

monkey and the engineer the grateful dead G thing A7 D7 G G C G once upon a time there was an engineer A7 D7 drove a locomotive both far and near G C accompanied by a monkey who would sit on his stool G A7 D7 G watching everything the engineer would move G C G one day the engineer wanted a bite to eat A7 D7 he left the monkey sittin’ on the driver’s seat G C the monkey pulled the throttle , locomotive jumped the gun G A7 D7 G and did ninety miles an hour down the main line run G C G big locomotive right on time A7 D7 big locomotive comin’ down the line G C big locomotive number ninety - nine G A7 D7 G left the engineer with a worried mind G thing A7 D7 G the engineer called up the dispatcher on the phone tell him all about his locomotive was gone get on the wire , switch operator to write cause the monkey’s got the main line sewed up tight switch operator got the message on time said , there’s a northbound livin’ on the same main line open up the switch , i’m gonna let her through the hole cause the monkey’s got the locomotive under control big locomotive right on time big locomotive comin’ down the line big locomotive number ninety - nine left the engineer with a worried mind * Solo * ( Verse ( x2 ) ) big locomotive right on time big locomotive comin’ down the line big locomotive number ninety - nine left the engineer with a worried mind G A7 D7 G left the engineer with a worried mind left the engineer with a worried mind . . . G thing A7 D7 G copyright 1981 ice nine publishing , inc . by jesse fuller the reckoning G thing : ( G chord ) G thing A7 D7 G E | - 3 - 3 - 3 - 0 - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - 2 - - - 3 - - | B | - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - 0 - - - 0 - - 2 - - 1 - - - 0 - - | G | - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 - - - 3 - - - - 0 - - 2 - - - 0 - - | D | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - - - 0 - - | A | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - 2 - - | E | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - |