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