Grateful Dead – Monkey And The Engineer chords
Chords:
Monkey and The Engineer The Grateful Dead G Thing A7 D7 GG C G Once upon a time there was an engineerA7 D7 Drove a locomotive both far and nearG C Accompanied by a monkey who would sit on his stoolG A7 D7 G Watching everything the engineer would moveG C G One day the engineer wanted a bite to eatA7 D7 He left the monkey sittin' on the driver's seatG C The monkey pulled the throttle, locomotive jumped the gunG A7 D7 G And did ninety miles an hour down the main line runG C G Big locomotive right on timeA7 D7 Big locomotive comin' down the lineG C Big locomotive number ninety-nineG A7 D7 G Left the engineer with a worried mindG 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 mindG A7 D7 G Left the engineer with a worried mindLeft the engineer with a worried mind... G Thing A7 D7 G Copyright 1981 Ice Nine Publishing, Inc. By Jesse Fuller The ReckoningG 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---|