Verse
D# Cm
Oh, the ragman draws circles
D# Cm
Up and down the block
D# Cm
I’d ask him what the matter was
G# A#
But I know that he don’t talk
G# D#
And the ladies treat me kindly
Cm D#
And they furnish me with tape
Cm D#
But deep inside my heart
G# D#
I know I can't escape
[Build-up]
Gm Gm Gm Gm
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[Chorus]
D# A#/D Cm
To be stuck inside of Mobile
A# G#/A# D#
With the Memphis blues again
(Baseline)
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|---2---------------------------------------|
A|-------4---2-------------------------------|
E|---------------4---2--0--------------------|
D# Cm
Well, Shakespeare, he’s in the alley
D# Cm
With his pointed shoes and his bells
D# Cm
Speaking to some French girl
G# A#
Who says she knows me well
G# D#
And I would send a message
Cm D#
To find out if she’s talked
Cm D#
But the post office has been stolen
G# D#
And the mailbox is locked
(Chorus)
Gm Gm Gm Gm
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
D# A#/D Cm
To be stuck inside of Mobile
A# G#/A# D#
With the Memphis blues again
(Baseline)
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|---2---------------------------------------|
A|-------4---2-------------------------------|
E|---------------4---2--0--------------------|
D# Cm
Mona tried to tell me
D# Cm
To stay away from the train line
D# Cm
She said that all the railroad men
G# A#
Just drink up your blood like wine
G# D#
And I said, “Oh, I didn’t know that
Cm D#
But then again, there’s only one I’ve met
Cm D#
And he just smoked my eyelids
G# D#
And punched my cigarette”
(Chorus)
Gm Gm Gm Gm
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
D# A#/D Cm
To be stuck inside of Mobile
A# G#/A# D#
With the Memphis blues again
(Baseline)
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|---2---------------------------------------|
A|-------4---2-------------------------------|
E|---------------4---2--0--------------------|
D# Cm
Grandpa died last week
D# Cm
And now he’s buried in the rocks
D# Cm
But everybody still talks about
G# A#
How badly they were shocked
G# D#
But me, I expected it to happen
Cm D#
I knew he’d lost control
Cm D#
When I spee-- built a fire on Main Street
G# D#
And shot it full of holes
(Chorus)
Gm Gm Gm Gm
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
D# A#/D Cm
To be stuck inside of Mobile
A# G#/A# D#
With the Memphis blues again
(Baseline)
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|---2---------------------------------------|
A|-------4---2-------------------------------|
E|---------------4---2--0--------------------|
D# Cm
Now the senator came down here
D# Cm
Showing everyone his gun
D# Cm
Handing out free tickets
G# A#
To the wedding of his son
G# D#
And me, I nearly got busted
Cm D#
And wouldn’t it be my luck
Cm D#
To get caught without a ticket
G# D#
And be discovered beneath a truck
(Chorus)
Gm Gm Gm Gm
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
D# A#/D Cm
To be stuck inside of Mobile
A# G#/A# D#
With the Memphis blues again
(Baseline)
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|---2---------------------------------------|
A|-------4---2-------------------------------|
E|---------------4---2--0--------------------|
D# Cm
Now the tea preacher looked so baffled
D# Cm
When I asked him why he dressed
D# Cm
With twenty pounds of headlines
G# A#
Stapled to his chest
G# D#
But he cursed me when I proved to him
Cm D#
Then I whispered, said “Not even you can hide
Cm D#
You see, you’re just like me
G# D#
I hope you’re satisfied”
(Chorus)
Gm Gm Gm Gm
Aw, Mama, can this really be the end
D# A#/D Cm
To be stuck inside of Mobile
A# G#/A# D#
With the Memphis blues again
(Baseline)
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|---2---------------------------------------|
A|-------4---2-------------------------------|
E|---------------4---2--0--------------------|
D# Cm
Now the rainman gave me two cures
D# Cm
Then he said, “Jump right in”
D# Cm
The one was Texas medicine
G# A#
The other was just railroad gin
G# D#
And like a fool I mixed them
Cm D#
And it strangled up my mind
Cm D#
And now people just get uglier
G# D#
And I have no sense of time
(Chorus)
Gm Gm Gm Gm
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
D# A#/D Cm
To be stuck inside of Mobile
A# G#/A# D#
With the Memphis blues again
(Baseline)
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|---2---------------------------------------|
A|-------4---2-------------------------------|
E|---------------4---2--0--------------------|
D# Cm
When Ruthie says come see her
D# Cm
In her honky-tonk lagoon
D# Cm
Where I can watch her waltz for free
G# A#
’Neath her Panamanian moon
G# D#
And I say, “Aw come on now
Cm D#
You know ya' know about my debutante”
Cm D#
And she says, “Your debutante just knows what you need
G# D#
But I know what you want”
(Chorus)
Gm Gm Gm Gm
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
D# A#/D Cm
To be stuck inside of Mobile
A# G#/A# D#
With the Memphis blues again
(Baseline)
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|---2---------------------------------------|
A|-------4---2-------------------------------|
E|---------------4---2--0--------------------|
D# Cm
Now the bricks lay on Grand Street
D# Cm
Where the neon madmen climb
D# Cm
They all fall there so perfectly
G# A#
It all seems so well timed
G# D#
And here I sit so patiently
Cm D#
Waiting to find out what price
Cm D#
You have to pay to get out of
G# D#
Going through all these things twice
(Chorus)
Gm Gm Gm Gm
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
D# A#/D Cm
To be stuck inside of Mobile
A# G#/A# D#
With the Memphis blues again
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