Verse
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Once upon a time there was an engineer,
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who drove a locomotive both far and near,
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Accompanied by a monkey who would sit on a stool,
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watching everything the engineer would pull.
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One day the engineer wanted a bite to eat,
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He left the monkey sitting in the driver's seat,
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The monkey pulled the throttle the locomotive jumped the gun,
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and at 90 miles an hour down the main line run.
[Chorus]
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The big locomotive is right on time,
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the big locomotive coming down the line,
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The big locomotive number 99,
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left the engineer with a worried mind.
[Verse 2]
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The engineer got the dispatcher on the phone,
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he told him all about his locomotive was gone,
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he said get on the wire switch operator to right,
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cause' the monkeys got the main line sewn up tight.
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The switch operator got the message in time,
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Said there's a north bound living on the same main line,
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Open up the switch we gonna let him on through,
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cause the monkey's got the locomotive under control.
[Chorus]
B E B
The big locomotive is right on time,
B C#7 F#7
the big locomotive coming down the line,
B E
The big locomotive number 99,
B C#7 F#7 B
left the engineer with a worried mind.
It is the same progression throughout the song.
Improvise and have fun with solos, repeats, etc.
C# great and simple fun campfire song.
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- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Dave Rawlings Machine - Monkey And The Engineer Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar G#)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan