Monkey And The Engineer Cifras

A simple tune played in the Key of B (but using the chords for the key of G).
 
Capo 4
 
 
[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 pull.
 
G                             C       G
One day the engineer wanted a bite to eat,
G                                  A7       D7
He left the monkey sitting in the driver's seat,
G                                       C
The monkey pulled the throttle the locomotive jumped the gun,
       G           A7            D7        G
and at 90 miles an hour down the main line run.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G                     C        G
The big locomotive is right on time,
G                         A7       D7
the big locomotive coming down the line,
G                         C
The big locomotive number 99,
G          A7            D7      G
left the engineer with a worried mind.
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
G                               C      G
The engineer got the dispatcher on the phone,
G                             A7         D7
he told him all about his locomotive was gone,
G                                  C
he said get on the wire switch operator to right,
           G               A7        D7      G
cause' the monkeys got the main line sewn up tight.
 
G                           C          G
The switch operator got the message in time,
G                                        A7        D7
Said there's a north bound living on the same main line,
G                           C
Open up the switch we gonna let him on through,
          G                A7         D7    G
cause the monkey's got the locomotive under control.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G                     C        G
The big locomotive is right on time,
G                         A7       D7
the big locomotive coming down the line,
G                         C
The big locomotive number 99,
G          A7            D7      G
left the engineer with a worried mind.
 
 
It is the same progression throughout the song.
Improvise and have fun with solos, repeats, etc.
A great and simple fun campfire song.
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