Grateful Dead - Monkey and the engineer
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Monkey and the Engineer(Live) - Grateful Dead
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Tabbed by: A deadhead
Tabbed for: deadheads everywhere
Tuning: Standard
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:
GOnce upon a time there was an CenginGeer
Gwho drove a locomotive both A7far and D7near
GAccompanied by a monkey who would Csit on a stool
Gwatching everyA7thing the engiD7neer would Gdo
GOne day the engineer wanted a Cbite to Geat
Ghe left the monkey sittin' on the A7driver's D7seat
Gmonkey pulled the throttle, Clocomotive jumped the gun
and did Gninety miles an A7hour down the D7main line Grun
Chorus:
GBig Locomotive, Cright on Gtime
Gbig locomotive coming A7down the D7line
Gbig locomotive number Cninety nine
Gleft the engiA7neer with a D7worried Gmind (Intro lick)
Verse 2:
GThe Engineer called up the diCspatcher on the Gphone
Gto tell him all about his locoA7motive was D7gone
disGpatcher on the wire, switch operCator to right
'cause the Gmonkey's got the A7main line D7sewed up Gtight
GSwitch operator got the Cmessage in Gtime
Gsaid there's a northbound livin' on the A7same main D7line
GOpen up the switch I'm gonna Clet him through the hole
cause the Gmonkey's got the A7locomotive D7under conGtrol
(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|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Chorus-repeat final line 3 times)(Intro lick)
Hope this helps all of you deadheads out there!
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