Monkey and the Engineer Greatful Dead, as performed by us ... (C)Once upon a time there was an (F)engi(C)neer Drove a locomotive both (D7)far and (G)near A(C)ccompanied by a monkey who would (F)sit on a stool (C)Watching every(D7)thing the engi(G)neer would (C)move One day the engineer wanted a bite to eat He left the monkey sitting on the driver's seat The monkey pulled the throttle, locomotive jumped the gun Doing ninety miles an hour down the mainline run Big locomotive right on time Big locomotive coming down the line Big locomotive number ninety nine Left the engineer with a worried mind The engineer called up the despatcher on the phone Tell him all about his locomotive was gone Get on the wire, switch operator to right 'Cause the monkey's got the mainline sewed up tight Switch operator got the message in time Said there's a northbound train on the same mainline Open up the switch, I'm gonna let it through the hole 'Cause the monkey's got the locomotive under control   alles-uke.de