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