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^GOnce upon a time there was an ^Cengi^Gneer ^GDrove a locomotive both ^A7far and ^Dnear Ac^Gcompanied by a monkey who would ^Csit on a stool ^GWatchin' every^A7thing the engin^Deer would m^Gove

^GOne day the engineer wanted a b^Cite to ^Geat ^GLeft the monkey sittin' on the ^A7driver's ^Dseat The ^Gmonkey pulled the draw, the ^Clocomotive jumped the gun And did ^Gninety miles an ^A7hour down the ^Dmain line ^Grun

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^GBig locomotive, ^Cright on ^Gtime ^GBig locomotive, comin' ^A7down the ^Dline ^GBig locomotive, number ^Cninety-nine ^GLeft the engi^A7neer with a ^Dworried ^Gmind

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^GThe engineer called up the ^Cdispatcher on the ^Gphone ^GTell him all about his ^A7locomotive was ^Dgone ^GGet on the wire, switch ^Coperator to write 'Cause the ^Gmonkey's got the ^A7main line s^Dewn up ^Gtight

^GSwitch operator got the ^Cmessage in ^Gtime ^GSaid, "There's a north bound livin' on^A7 the same ^Dmain line ^GOpen up the switch, I'm gonna ^Clet him through the hole 'Cause the ^Gmonkey's got the ^A7locomotive ^Dunder ^Gcontrol!"

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Grateful Dead - Monkey and the engineer