Monkey And The Engineer Tab

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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 up
| \   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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