C C4 C C4 C C4 C 1 C Am Oh, the ragman draws circles C Am Up and down the block C Am I’d ask him what the matter was F G (7) But I know that he don’t talk F C And the ladies treat me kindly Am C And they furnish me with tape Am C But deep inside my heart F C I know I can’t escape Em Oh Mama, can this really be the end? C G/B Am To be stuck inside of Mobile, C/G F/G C With the Memphis blues again? 2 C Am Well, Shakespeare, he’s in the alley C Am With his pointed shoes and his bells C Am Speaking to some French girl F G Who says she knows me well F C And I would send a message Am C To find out if she’s talked Am C But the post office has been stolen F C And the mailbox is locked Em Oh Mama, can this really be the end? C G/B Am To be stuck inside of Mobile, C/G F F/G C With the Memphis blues again? 3 C Am Mona tried to tell me C Am To stay away from the train line C Am She said that all the railroad men F G Just drink up your blood like wine F C An’ I said, “Oh, I didn’t know that Am C But then again, there’s only one I’ve met Am C An’ he just smoked my eyelids F C An’ punched my cigarette” Em Oh Mama, can this really be the end? C G/B Am To be stuck inside of Mobile, C/G F F/G C with the Memphis blues again? 4 C Am Grandpa died last week C Am And now he’s buried in the rocks C Am But everybody still talks about F G How badly they were shocked F C But me, I expected it to happen Am C I knew he’d lost control Am C When he built a fire on Main Street F C And shot it full of holes Em Oh Mama, can this really be the end? C G/B Am To be stuck inside of Mobile, C/G F F/G C With the Memphis blues again? 5 C Am Now the senator came down here C Am Showing ev’ryone his gun C Am Handing out free tickets F G To the wedding of his son F C An’ me, I nearly got busted Am C An’ wouldn’t it be my luck Am C To get caught without a ticket F C And be discovered beneath a truck Em Oh Mama, is this really the end? C G/B Am To be stuck inside of Mobile, C/G F F/G C With the Memphis blues again? 6 C Am Now the preacher looked so baffled C Am When I asked him why he dressed C Am With twenty pounds of headlines F G Stapled to his chest F C But he cursed me when I proved to him Am C Then I whispered, “Not even you can hide Am C You see, you’re just like me F C I hope you’re satisfied” Em Oh Mama, can this really be the end? C G/B Am To be stuck inside of Mobile, C/G F F/G C with the Memphis blues again? 7 C Am Now the rainman gave me two cures C Am Then he said, “Jump right in” C Am The one was Texas medicine F G The other was just railroad gin F C An’ like a fool I mixed them Am C An’ it strangled up my mind Am C An’ now people just get uglier F C An’ I have no sense of time Em Oh Mama, can this really be the end? C G/B Am To be stuck inside of Mobile, C/G F/G C with the Memphis blues again? 8 C Am When Ruthie says come see her C Am In her honky-tonk lagoon C Am Where I can watch her waltz for free F G ’Neath her Panamanian moon F C An’ I say, “Aw come on now Am C You know you know about my debutante” Am C An’ she says, “Your debutante just knows what you need F C But I know what you want” Em Oh Mama, can this really be the end? C G/B Am To be stuck inside of Mobile, C/G F/G C with the Memphis blues again? 9 C Am Now the bricks lay on Grand Street C Am Where the neon madmen climb C Am They all fall there so perfectly F G It all seems so well timed F C An’ here I sit so patiently Am C Waiting to find out what price Am C You have to pay to get out of F C Going through all these things twice Em Oh Mama, is this really the end? C G/B Am To be stuck inside of Mobile, C/G F/G [ C ] with the Memphis blues again? (harp) C C G/B Am C/G F/G F/G C
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