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.