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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:
G C G
Once upon a time there was an engineer
G A7 D7
who drove a locomotive both far and near
G C
Accompanied by a monkey who would sit on a stool
G A7 D7 G
watching everything the engineer would do
G C G
One day the engineer wanted a bite to eat
G A7 D7
he left the monkey sittin' on the driver's seat
G C
monkey pulled the throttle, locomotive jumped the gun
G A7 D7 G
and did ninety miles an hour down the main line run
Chorus:
G C G
Big Locomotive, right on time
G A7 D7
big locomotive coming down the line
G C
big locomotive number ninety nine
G A7 D7 G
left the engineer with a worried mind (Intro lick)
Verse 2:
G C G
The Engineer called up the dispatcher on the phone
G A7 D7
to tell him all about his locomotive was gone
G C
dispatcher on the wire, switch operator to right
G A7 D7 G
'cause the monkey's got the main line sewed up tight
G C G
Switch operator got the message in time
G A7 D7
said there's a northbound livin' on the same main line
G C
Open up the switch I'm gonna let him through the hole
G A7 D7 G
cause the monkey's got the locomotive under control
(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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| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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