Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside Of Mobile

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stuck inside of mobile with the memphis blues again chords
bob dylan *

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?

mona tried to tell me
to stay far away from the railroad line .
she said that all the railroad men
drink your blood like wine .
an’ i said “oh , i didn’t know that
but then again there’s only one i’ve me
an’ he just smoked my eyelids
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?

grandpa died last week
and now he’s buried in the rock
but everybody talk about
how badly they were shocked .
but me i expected it to happen
i knew he’d lost control
when he built a fire on main street
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?

now the senator came down here
showing everyone his gun .
handing out free tickets
to the wedding of his son .
an’ me i nearly got busted
an wouldn’t it be my luck
to get caught without a ticket
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?

now the preacher looked so baffled
when i asked him why he dressed
with twenty pounds of headlines
stapled to his chest
but he cursed when i proved to him
then i whispered not even you can hide .
you see you’re just like me
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?

now the rainman gave me two cures
then he said “jump right in”
the one was texas medicine
the other railroad gin .
an like a fool i mixed them
an’ it strangled up my mind
an’ now people just get uglier
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?

when ruthie says come see her
in her honkey – tonk lagoon ,
where i can watch her waltz for free
’neath her panamanian moon .
an’ i say , “aw come on now
you must know about my debutante . ”
an’ she says , “your debutante knows just what you
need
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?

now the bricks lay on grand street
where the neon madmen climb
they all fall there so perfectly .
it all seems so well timed .
an’ here i sit so patiently
waiting to find out what price
you have to pay to get out of
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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