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