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