Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

B 4
G 4
D 4
A 6
E x

and you should definetly play the E in the chorus with a C-shape, like this (8th shape on UG):

e 4
B 5
G 4
D 6
A 7 or x
E x


[Verse]

 E                    C#m
Oh, the ragman draws circles
 E               C#m
Up and down the block
 E                            C#m
I’d ask him what the matter was
 A                         B
But I know that he don’t talk
 A                       E
And the ladies treat me kindly
 C#m                      E
And they furnish me with tape
 C#m                E
But deep inside my heart
 A                E
I know I can't escape


[Build-up]

G#m   G#m            G#m            G#m
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end


[Chorus]

      E        B/D#    C#m
To be stuck inside of Mobile
 B        A/B                E
With the Memphis blues again
(Baseline)
E|-------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------------| 
D|---2---------------------------------------| 
A|-------4---2-------------------------------| 
E|---------------4---2--0--------------------| 


  E                              C#m
Well, Shakespeare, he’s in the alley
  E                              C#m
With his pointed shoes and his bells
  E                        C#m
Speaking to some French girl
 A                      B
Who says she knows me well
 A                     E
And I would send a message
 C#m                   E
To find out if she’s talked
 C#m                            E
But the post office has been stolen
 A                    E
And the mailbox is locked


(Chorus)

G#m   G#m            G#m            G#m
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
      E        B/D#    C#m
To be stuck inside of Mobile
 B        A/B                E
With the Memphis blues again
(Baseline)
E|-------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------------| 
D|---2---------------------------------------| 
A|-------4---2-------------------------------| 
E|---------------4---2--0--------------------| 

 E                 C#m
Mona tried to tell me
 E                           C#m
To stay away from the train line
 E                             C#m
She said that all the railroad men
 A                             B
Just drink up your blood like wine
 A                              E
And I said, “Oh, I didn’t know that
 C#m                                   E
But then again, there’s only one I’ve met
 C#m                      E
And he just smoked my eyelids
 A                   E
And punched my cigarette”

(Chorus)

G#m   G#m            G#m            G#m
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
      E        B/D#    C#m
To be stuck inside of Mobile
 B        A/B                E
With the Memphis blues again
(Baseline)
E|-------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------------| 
D|---2---------------------------------------| 
A|-------4---2-------------------------------| 
E|---------------4---2--0--------------------| 


 E                 C#m
Grandpa died last week
 E                           C#m
And now he’s buried in the rocks
 E                          C#m
But everybody still talks about
 A                         B
How badly they were shocked
 A                          E
But me, I expected it to happen
 C#m                  E
I knew he’d lost control
 C#m                                  E
When I spee-- built a fire on Main Street
 A                     E
And shot it full of holes


(Chorus)

G#m   G#m            G#m            G#m
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
      E        B/D#    C#m
To be stuck inside of Mobile
 B        A/B                E
With the Memphis blues again
(Baseline)
E|-------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------------| 
D|---2---------------------------------------| 
A|-------4---2-------------------------------| 
E|---------------4---2--0--------------------| 


 E                         C#m
Now the senator came down here
 E                    C#m
Showing everyone his gun
 E                    C#m
Handing out free tickets
 A                     B
To the wedding of his son
 A                       E
And me, I nearly got busted
 C#m                     E
And wouldn’t it be my luck
 C#m                         E
To get caught without a ticket
 A                             E
And be discovered beneath a truck


(Chorus)

G#m   G#m            G#m            G#m
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
      E        B/D#    C#m
To be stuck inside of Mobile
 B        A/B                E
With the Memphis blues again
(Baseline)
E|-------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------------| 
D|---2---------------------------------------| 
A|-------4---2-------------------------------| 
E|---------------4---2--0--------------------| 



 E                                  C#m
Now the tea preacher looked so baffled
 E                           C#m
When I asked him why he dressed
 E                           C#m
With twenty pounds of headlines
 A                B
Stapled to his chest
 A                                 E
But he cursed me when I proved to him
 C#m                                       E
Then I whispered, said “Not even you can hide
 C#m                       E
You see, you’re just like me
 A                    E
I hope you’re satisfied”


(Chorus)

G#m   G#m            G#m            G#m
Aw, Mama, can this really be the end
      E        B/D#    C#m
To be stuck inside of Mobile
 B        A/B                E
With the Memphis blues again
(Baseline)
E|-------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------------| 
D|---2---------------------------------------| 
A|-------4---2-------------------------------| 
E|---------------4---2--0--------------------| 


 E                            C#m
Now the rainman gave me two cures
 E                          C#m
Then he said, “Jump right in”
 E                       C#m
The one was Texas medicine
 A                           B
The other was just railroad gin
 A                        E
And like a fool I mixed them
 C#m                     E
And it strangled up my mind
 C#m                        E
And now people just get uglier
 A                        E
And I have no sense of time


(Chorus)

G#m   G#m            G#m            G#m
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
      E        B/D#    C#m
To be stuck inside of Mobile
 B        A/B                E
With the Memphis blues again
(Baseline)
E|-------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------------| 
D|---2---------------------------------------| 
A|-------4---2-------------------------------| 
E|---------------4---2--0--------------------| 



 E                         C#m
When Ruthie says come see her
 E                    C#m
In her honky-tonk lagoon
 E                                C#m
Where I can watch her waltz for free
 A                       B
’Neath her Panamanian moon
 A                      E
And I say, “Aw come on now
 C#m                               E
You know ya' know about my debutante”
 C#m                                                E
And she says, “Your debutante just knows what you need
 A                     E
But I know what you want”


(Chorus)

G#m   G#m            G#m            G#m
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
      E        B/D#    C#m
To be stuck inside of Mobile
 B        A/B                E
With the Memphis blues again
(Baseline)
E|-------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------------| 
D|---2---------------------------------------| 
A|-------4---2-------------------------------| 
E|---------------4---2--0--------------------| 



 E                              C#m
Now the bricks lay on Grand Street
 E                       C#m
Where the neon madmen climb
 E                            C#m
They all fall there so perfectly
 A                      B
It all seems so well timed
 A                      E
And here I sit so patiently
 C#m                        E
Waiting to find out what price
 C#m                        E
You have to pay to get out of
 A                                 E
Going through all these things twice


(Chorus)

G#m   G#m            G#m            G#m
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
      E        B/D#    C#m
To be stuck inside of Mobile
 B        A/B                E
With the Memphis blues again