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