Dave Rawlings Machine – Monkey And The Engineer chords

A simple tune played in the Key of B (but using the chords for the key of G)

CAPO 4.  The intro is a lot of harmonica...play what you see fit.


G                             C      GOnce upon a time there was an engineer, 
G                           A7      D7who drove a locomotive both far and near, 
G                                 CAccompanied by a monkey who would sit on a stool,
G               A7         D7           Gwatching everything the engineer would pull.

G                             C       GOne day the engineer wanted a bite to eat,
G                                  A7       D7He left the monkey sitting in the driver's seat,
G                                       CThe monkey pulled the throttle the locomotive jumped the gun,
       G           A7            D7        Gand at 90 miles an hour down the main line run.

Chorus:
G                     C        GThe big locomotive is right on time,
G                         A7       D7the big locomotive coming down the line,
G                         CThe big locomotive number 99,
G          A7            D7      Gleft the engineer with a worried mind.


The engineer got the dispatcher on the phone,
he told him all about his locomotive was gone,
he said get on the wire switch operator to right,
cause' the monkeys got the main line sewn up tight.

The switch operator got the message in time,
Said there's a north bound living on the same main line,
Open up the switch we gonna let him on through,
cause the monkey's got the locomotive under control.

REPEAT CHORUS

It is the same progression throughout the song. 
 Improvise and have fun with solos, repeats, etc.   
A great and simple fun campfire song.