The Monkey And The Engineer chords by Jesse Fuller

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

♫ Verse :
G+G               C majorC  G+G
Once upon a time there was an engineer
G+G            A7A7   D MajorD
Drove a locomotive both far and near
 G+G                C majorC
Accompanied by a monkey who would sit on a stool
G+G       A7A7       D MajorD     G+G
Watchin' everything the engineer would move


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One day the engineer wanted a bite to eat
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Left the monkey sittin' on the driver's seat
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The monkey pulled the throttle, the locomotive jumped the gun
    G+G        A7A7      D MajorD     G+G
And did ninety miles an hour down the main line run

♫ Chorus:
   G+G        C majorC    G+G
   Big locomotive, right on time
   G+G           A7A7    D MajorD
   Big locomotive, comin' down the line
   G+G           C majorC
   Big locomotive, number ninety-nine
   G+G      A7A7     D MajorD    G+G
   Left the engineer with a worried mind

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The engineer called up the dispatcher on the phone
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Tell him all about his locomotive was gone
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Get on the wire, switch operator to write
      G+G        A7A7     D MajorD   G+G
'Cause the monkey's got the main line sewn up tight

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Switch operator got the message in time
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Said, "There's a north bound livin' on the same main line
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Open up the switch
I'm gonna let him through the hole
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'Cause the monkey's got the locomotive under control!"

♫ Chorus:
   G+G        C majorC    G+G
   Big locomotive, right on time
   G+G           A7A7    D MajorD
   Big locomotive, comin' down the line
   G+G           C majorC
   Big locomotive, number ninety-nine
   G+G      A7A7     D MajorD    G+G
   Left the engineer with a worried mind

G+G              C majorC      G+G
Way down the road the little monkey made a stop
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He thought about the engineer a blowin' his top
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"Get off from there you little son of a gun
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I'll never take you on another main line run!"

♫ Chorus:
   G+G        C majorC    G+G
   Big locomotive, right on time
   G+G           A7A7    D MajorD
   Big locomotive, comin' down the line
   G+G           C majorC
   Big locomotive, number ninety-nine
   G+G      A7A7     D MajorD    G+G
   Left the engineer with a worried mind