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  19 <h1 class="songtitle">Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again</h1>
  20
  21
  22 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  23 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Blonde on Blonde</a> (1966) and <a class="recordlink" href="../99_greatesthits2/index.htm">Greatest Hits II</a>
  24 (1971), in a different studio version on <a href="../44_bs7_ndh/index.htm" class="recordlink">No direction home</a> (2005), and in a live version on <a class="recordlink" href="../19_hardrain/index.htm">Hard Rain</a> (1976)<br />
  25 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  26 <hr />
  27 <p>Capo 4th fret (sounding key E major)</p>
  28
  29 <p>Chords:</p>
  30 <pre class="chords">
  31 Csus4   033010
  32 G11     3x3211
  33 </pre>
  34
  35 <hr />
  36
  37 <pre class="verse">
  38 |: C   Csus4  C  Csus4 :|
  39
  40         C            Am
  41 Oh, the ragman draws circles
  42 C                   Am
  43 Up and down the block.
  44     C                Am
  45 I'd ask him what the matter was
  46       F                  G
  47 But I know that he don't talk.
  48         F               C
  49 And the ladies treat me kindly
  50     Am              C
  51 And furnish me with tape,
  52     Am             C
  53 But deep inside my heart
  54   F             C
  55 I know I can't escape.
  56 Em
  57 Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
  58       C       G       F
  59 To be stuck inside of Mobile
  60 C        G11            C
  61 With the Memphis blues again.
  62 </pre>
  63
  64 <pre class="tab">
  65   |   .   .   .   ;   .   .   .
  66 |---------------------------------
  67 |-1-------------------------------
  68 |-------3-----0-----3-----1-------
  69 |-----------------------------3---
  70 |---------------------------------
  71 |---------------------------------
  72 </pre>
  73
  74 <pre class="verse">
  75 Well, Shakespeare, he's in the alley
  76 With his pointed shoes and his bells,
  77 Speaking to some French girl,
  78 Who says she knows me well.
  79 And I would send a message
  80 To find out if she's talked,
  81 But the post office has been stolen
  82 And the mailbox is locked.
  83 Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
  84 To be stuck inside of Mobile
  85 With the Memphis blues again.
  86
  87 Mona tried to tell me
  88 To stay away from the train line.
  89 She said that all the railroad men
  90 Just drink up your blood like wine.
  91 An' I said, &quot;Oh, I didn't know that,
  92 But then again, there's only one I've met
  93 An' he just smoked my eyelids
  94 An' punched my cigarette.&quot;
  95 Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
  96 To be stuck inside of Mobile
  97 With the Memphis blues again.
  98
  99 Grandpa died last week
 100 And now he's buried in the rocks,
 101 But everybody still talks about
 102 How badly they were shocked.
 103 But me, I expected it to happen,
 104 I knew he'd lost control
 105 When he built a fire on Main Street
 106 And shot it full of holes.
 107 Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
 108 To be stuck inside of Mobile
 109 With the Memphis blues again.
 110
 111 Now the senator came down here
 112 Showing ev'ryone his gun,
 113 Handing out free tickets
 114 To the wedding of his son.
 115 An' me, I nearly got busted
 116 An' wouldn't it be my luck
 117 To get caught without a ticket
 118 And be discovered beneath a truck.
 119 Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
 120 To be stuck inside of Mobile
 121 With the Memphis blues again.
 122
 123 Now the preacher looked so baffled
 124 When I asked him why he dressed
 125 With twenty pounds of headlines
 126 Stapled to his chest.
 127 But he cursed me when I proved it to him,
 128 Then I whispered, &quot;Not even you can hide.
 129 You see, you're just like me,
 130 I hope you're satisfied.&quot;
 131 Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
 132 To be stuck inside of Mobile
 133 With the Memphis blues again.
 134
 135 Now the rainman gave me two cures,
 136 Then he said, &quot;Jump right in.&quot;
 137 The one was Texas medicine,
 138 The other was just railroad gin.
 139 An' like a fool I mixed them
 140 An' it strangled up my mind,
 141 An' now people just get uglier
 142 An' I have no sense of time.
 143 Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
 144 To be stuck inside of Mobile
 145 With the Memphis blues again.
 146
 147 When Ruthie says come see her
 148 In her honky-tonk lagoon,
 149 Where I can watch her waltz for free
 150 'Neath her Panamanian moon.
 151 An' I say, &quot;Aw come on now,
 152 You must know about my debutante.&quot;
 153 An' she says, &quot;Your debutante just knows what you need
 154 But I know what you want.&quot;
 155 Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
 156 To be stuck inside of Mobile
 157 With the Memphis blues again.
 158
 159 Now the bricks lay on Grand Street
 160 Where the neon madmen climb.
 161 They all fall there so perfectly,
 162 It all seems so well timed.
 163 An' here I sit so patiently
 164 Waiting to find out what price
 165 You have to pay to get out of
 166 Going through all these things twice.
 167 Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
 168 To be stuck inside of Mobile
 169 With the Memphis blues again.
 170 </pre>
 171
 172 <hr />
 173
 174 <h2 class="songversion"><em>No Direction Home </em>version</h2>
 175 <p>Capo 4th fret </p>
 176 <pre class="verse">
 177     C               Am
 178 The ragman he draws circles
 179 C/g                 Am
 180 Up and down the block.
 181     C/g               Am
 182 I'd ask him what the matter was
 183       F                  G
 184 But I know that he don't talk.
 185         C               Am
 186 And the ladies treat me kindly
 187     C/g             Am
 188 They furnish me with tape,
 189     C/g                  Am
 190 But neither them nor the rainman
 191     F           C
 192 Can help me to escape
 193 Em
 194 Oh, Mama, this could be the end,
 195       C       G       F
 196 I'm stuck down in Mobile
 197 C        G11            C
 198 With the Memphis blues again.
 199 </pre>
 200
 201 <pre class="tab">
 202   C   G/b Am  C/g   G11     C         C   G/b Am  C/g   G11   C
 203   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 204 |-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|
 205 |-1---3---1---1---|-----1---1-------|-1---3---1---1---|---1---1---------|
 206 |-0---0---2---0---|-2---2---0-------|-0---0---2---0---|-2-2---0---------|
 207 |-2---0---2---2---|-3---3---2-------|-2---0---2---2---|-3-3---2---------|
 208 |-3---2---0-------|---------3-----35|-3---2---0-------|-------3---------|
 209 |-------------3---|-3---3-------35--|-------------3---|-3-3-------------|
 210 stuck...  Mobile    ...    again</pre>
 211
 212 <pre class="tab">
 213  :   .   .   .
 214 -----------------|----
 215 -----------------|----
 216 -----------------|----
 217 -----------------|----
 218 -3---3---3-----35|-3--
 219 -------------35--|----
 220 </pre>
 221
 222 <pre class="verse">
 223 Shakespeare's in the alley
 224 With his pointed shoes and his bells,
 225 Speaking to some French girl,
 226 Who says she knows me well.
 227 And I would send a message
 228 To find out if she talked,
 229 But the post office has been stolen
 230 And the mailbox is locked.
 231 Oh, Mama, this could be the end,
 232 I'm stuck down in Mobile
 233 With the Memphis blues again.
 234
 235 Mona tried to tell me
 236 To stay away from the train line.
 237 She said, all railroad men
 238 is gonna drink my blood like wine.
 239 An' I said, &quot;Oh, I don't know,
 240 But then again, there's only one I've met
 241 An' he just smoked my eyelids
 242 An' punched my cigarette.&quot;
 243 Oh, Mama, this could be the end,
 244 I'm stuck inside of Mobile
 245 With the Memphis blues again.
 246
 247 Now, Grandpa died last week
 248 He's died in the rocks,
 249 Everybody still talking about
 250 How badly they were shocked.
 251 But me, I expected it,
 252 I knew he'd lost control
 253 When I saw him build a fire on Main Street
 254 And shot it full of holes.
 255 Oh, Mama, this might be the end,
 256 I'm stuck inside of Mobile
 257 With the Memphis blues again.
 258
 259 Now the senator came here
 260 He ever showed his gun,
 261 He's handing out free tickets
 262 To the wedding of his son.
 263 An' I nearly got busted
 264 Wouldn't it be my luck
 265 To be caught without a ticket
 266 And be found beneath a truck.
 267 Oh, Mama, this could be the end,
 268 I'm stuck inside of Mobile
 269 With the Memphis blues again.
 270
 271 Now the preacher he was baffled
 272 every time I'd ask why he dressed
 273 With twenty pounds of headlines
 274 Stapled to his chest.
 275 And he'd curse me out
 276 And say ... say not even you
 277 ...
 278 ...
 279 Oh, Mama, this could be the end,
 280 I'm stuck inside of Mobile
 281 With the Memphis blues again.
 282
 283 Now the rainman ... cures,
 284 he ... Jump right in
 285 The one was Texas medicine,
 286 The other was just railroad gin.
 287 An' like a fool I mixed them
 288 An' it strangled up my mind,
 289 An' now people just get uglier
 290 An' I have no sense of time.
 291 Oh, Mama, this could be the end,
 292 I'm stuck inside of Mobile
 293 With the Memphis blues again.
 294
 295 Now, Ruthie says come see her
 296 In her honky-tonk lagoon,
 297 Where I can watch her waltz
 298 Beneath her Panamanian moon.
 299 An' I say, &quot;I don't know,
 300 You must know about my debutante.&quot;
 301 An' she says, &quot;Your debutante just knows what you need
 302 But I know what you want.&quot;
 303 Oh, Mama, this could be the end,
 304 I'm stuck inside of Mobile
 305 With the Memphis blues again.
 306
 307 [hum hum ]
 308 . . .
 309 . . .
 310 seems so well timed.
 311 An' here I sit so p...
 312 Waiting to find the price
 313 That you have to pay
 314 to get out of going through all these things twice.
 315 Oh, Mama, this might be the end,
 316 I'm stuck inside Mobile
 317 With the Memphis blues again.</pre>
 318 <hr />
 319
 320 <h2 class="songversion">Hard Rain version</h2>
 321
 322 <p>Transcribed for a capo on the 4th fret (sounding key E major)</p>
 323 <pre class="verse">
 324         C            Am
 325 Oh, the ragman draws circles
 326 C                   Am
 327 Up and down the block.
 328     C                Am
 329 I'd ask him what the matter was
 330       F                  C
 331 But I know that he don't talk.
 332         F               C
 333 And the ladies treat me kindly
 334     F               C
 335 And furnish me with tape,
 336     F              C
 337 But deep inside my heart
 338   F             C
 339 I know I can't escape.
 340 Em  C              Em            F   (/g-a-b)
 341 Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
 342       C       Em      Am
 343 To be stuck inside of Mobile
 344 C/g      Fmaj7
 345 With the Memphis blues again.
 346 </pre>
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