Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside of Mobile
B7: 22120X
C#m: XX2120
E C#m
Oh the rag-man draws circles
E C#m
Up and down the block.
E C#m
I'd ask him what the matter was
A B7
But I know that he don't talk.
A E
And the ladies treat me kindly
C#m E
And furnish me with tape
C#m E
But deep inside my heart
A E
I know I can't escape
G#m
Oh Mama,
Can this really be the end?
E C#m
To be stuck inside of Mobile,
E A E
with the Memphis blues again?
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 a French girl,
A B7
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 mail box is locked.
G#m
Oh Mama,
Can this really be the end?
E C#m
To be stuck inside of Mobile,
E A E
with the Memphis blues again?
E C#m
Mona tried to tell me
E C#m
To stay far away from the railroad line.
E C#m
She said that all the railroad men
A B7
Drink your blood like wine.
A E
An' I said "Oh, I didn't know that
C#m E
But then again there's only one I've me
C#m E
An' he just smoked my eyelids
A E
An' punched my cigarette"
G#m
Oh Mama,
Can this really be the end?
E C#m
To be stuck inside of Mobile,
E A E
with the Memphis blues again?
E C#m
Grandpa died last week
E C#m
And now he's buried in the rock
E C#m
But everybody talk about
A B7
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 he built a fire on main street
A E
And shot it full of holes.
G#m
Oh Mama,
Can this really be the end?
E C#m
To be stuck inside of Mobile,
E A E
with the Memphis blues again?
E C#m
Now the senator came down here
E C#m
Showing everyone his gun.
E C#m
Handing out free tickets
A B7
To the wedding of his son.
A E
An' me I nearly got busted
C#m E
An wouldn't it be my luck
C#m E
To get caught without a ticket
A E
And be discovered beneath a truck
G#m
Oh Mama,
Can this really be the end?
E C#m
To be stuck inside of Mobile,
E A E
with the Memphis blues again?
E C#m
Now the preacher looked so baffled
E C#m
When I asked him why he dressed
E C#m
With twenty pounds of headlines
A B7
Stapled to his chest
A E
But he cursed when I proved to him
C#m E
Then I whispered not even you can hide.
C#m E
You see you're just like me
A E
I hope your satisfied
G#m
Oh Mama,
Can this really be the end?
E C#m
To be stuck inside of Mobile,
E A E
with the Memphis blues again?
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 B7
The other railroad gin.
A E
An like a fool I mixed them
C#m E
An' it strangled up my mind
C#m E
An' now people just get uglier
A E
An' I have no sense of time.
G#m
Oh Mama,
Can this really be the end?
E C#m
To be stuck inside of Mobile,
E A E
with the Memphis blues again?
E C#m
When Ruthie says come see her
E C#m
In her honkey-tonk lagoon,
E C#m
Where I can watch her waltz for free
A B7
'Neath her Panamanian moon.
A E
An' I say, "Aw come on now
C#m E
You must know about my debutante."
C#m E
An' she says, "Your debutante knows just what you need
A E
But I know what you want."
G#m
Oh Mama,
Can this really be the end?
E C#m
To be stuck inside of Mobile,
E A E
with the Memphis blues again?
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 B7
It all seems so well timed.
A E
An' 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
G#m
Oh Mama,
Can this really be the end?
E C#m
To be stuck inside of Mobile,
E A E
with the Memphis blues again?
* Alternate:
Capo II
E = D
C#m = Bm
A = G
B7 = A7
G#m = F#m
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