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