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