Chords for Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again
Tempo:
134.25 bpm
Chords used:
E
C#m
A
B
G#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
All the rag men [C#m] draw circles [E] up and down the [C#m] block.
[E] I'd ask him what the [C#m] matter was, [A] but I know that he don't [B] talk.
[A] And the ladies treat me [E] kindly, [C#m] and they finish me with [E] tape.
But [C#m] deep inside my [E] heart, [A] I know I can't [E] escape.
[G#m] Oh, mama, can this really be the end?
To be [E] stuck [B] inside [C#m] a mobile [B]
with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] again.
Well, Shakespeare, [C#m] he's in the alley [E] with his pointed shoes and his [C#m] bells.
[E] Speaking to some [C#m] French girl [A] who says she knows me [B] well.
[A] And I would send [E] a message [C#m] to find out if she's [E] talked.
[C#m] But the post office has been [E] stolen, [A] and the mailbox is [E] locked.
[G#m] Oh, mama, can this really be the end?
To be [E] stuck [B]
inside [C#m] a mobile [E] with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] again.
Mona tried [C#m] to tell me [E] to stay away from the [C#m] train line.
[E] She said that all the [C#m] railroad men [A] just drink up your blood [B] like wine.
[A] And I said, oh, I didn't [E] know that.
But [C#m] then again, there's only one [E] I've met.
And [C#m] he just smoked [E] my eyelids and [A] punched my [E] cigarette.
[G#m] Oh, mama, can this really be the end?
To [E] be stuck [B] [C#m] inside a mobile [E]
with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] again.
Grandpa [C#m] died last week, and [E] now he's buried in the [C#m] rocks.
[E] But everybody [C#m] still talks about [A] how badly they were [B] shot.
[A] But me, I expected [E] it to happen.
[C#m] I knew he'd [E] lost control [C#m] when he built a [E] fire on Main Street [A] and shot it full [E] of holes.
[G#m] Oh, mama, can this really be the end?
To [E] be stuck [B]
[C#m] inside a mobile [E] with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] again.
Now, the senator [C#m] came down here, [E] showing everyone [C#m] his gun,
[E] handing out [C#m] free tickets [A] to the wedding of his [B] son.
[A] And me, I nearly [E] got busted.
[C#m] And wouldn't it be my [E] luck [C#m] to get caught without a [E] ticket and [A] be discovered [E] beneath the truck?
[G#m] Oh, mama, is this really the end?
To be [E] stuck [B] inside [C#m] a mobile [E]
with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] again.
Now, the tea preacher looked [C#m] so baffled [E] when I asked him why he [C#m] dressed [E] with 20 pounds [C#m] of headlines [A] stapled to his [B] chest.
[A] But he kissed me when I [E] proved to him that [C#m] I whispered and said,
[E] You [C#m] see, you're just like [E] me.
[A] I hope you're [E] satisfied.
[G#m] Oh, mama, can this really be the end?
To be [E] stuck [B]
inside [C#m] a mobile [E] with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] again.
Now, the rain man [C#m] gave me two cues.
[E] Then he said, jump [C#m] right in.
[E] The one was [C#m] Texas medicine.
[A] The other was just [B] railroad gin.
[A] And like a fool, [E] I mixed them [C#m] and it strangled up my [E] mind.
And [C#m] now people just get [E] uglier and I [A] have no sense of [E] time.
[G#m] Mama, can this really be the end?
To be [E] stuck [B] inside a [C#m] mobile [E]
with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] again.
Now, when Ruthie says [C#m] come see her [E] in her honky tonk [C#m] lagoon, where [E] I can watch her [C#m] waltz for free [A] beneath her Panamanian [B] moon.
[A] And I say, oh, [E] come on now.
[C#m] You know you know about my [E] debutantes.
And she [C#m] says your debutante just knows [E] what you need.
[A] But I know what you [E] want.
[G#m] Oh, mama, can this really be the end?
To be [E] stuck [B]
inside [C#m] a mobile [E] with the [A] Memphis Blues [E] again.
Now, the bricks lay [C#m] on Grand Street where [E] the neon madmen [C#m] clam.
[E] They all fall there [C#m] so perfectly.
[A] It all seems so [B] well timed.
[A] And here I sit [E] so patiently
[C#m] waiting to find [E] out what price
[C#m] you have to pay [E] to get out of [A] going through all these things [E] twice.
[G#m] Mama, is this really the end?
To be [E] stuck [B] inside [C#m] a mobile [E] with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] again.
[B]
[C#m] [E] [A]
[E]
[E] I'd ask him what the [C#m] matter was, [A] but I know that he don't [B] talk.
[A] And the ladies treat me [E] kindly, [C#m] and they finish me with [E] tape.
But [C#m] deep inside my [E] heart, [A] I know I can't [E] escape.
[G#m] Oh, mama, can this really be the end?
To be [E] stuck [B] inside [C#m] a mobile [B]
with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] again.
Well, Shakespeare, [C#m] he's in the alley [E] with his pointed shoes and his [C#m] bells.
[E] Speaking to some [C#m] French girl [A] who says she knows me [B] well.
[A] And I would send [E] a message [C#m] to find out if she's [E] talked.
[C#m] But the post office has been [E] stolen, [A] and the mailbox is [E] locked.
[G#m] Oh, mama, can this really be the end?
To be [E] stuck [B]
inside [C#m] a mobile [E] with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] again.
Mona tried [C#m] to tell me [E] to stay away from the [C#m] train line.
[E] She said that all the [C#m] railroad men [A] just drink up your blood [B] like wine.
[A] And I said, oh, I didn't [E] know that.
But [C#m] then again, there's only one [E] I've met.
And [C#m] he just smoked [E] my eyelids and [A] punched my [E] cigarette.
[G#m] Oh, mama, can this really be the end?
To [E] be stuck [B] [C#m] inside a mobile [E]
with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] again.
Grandpa [C#m] died last week, and [E] now he's buried in the [C#m] rocks.
[E] But everybody [C#m] still talks about [A] how badly they were [B] shot.
[A] But me, I expected [E] it to happen.
[C#m] I knew he'd [E] lost control [C#m] when he built a [E] fire on Main Street [A] and shot it full [E] of holes.
[G#m] Oh, mama, can this really be the end?
To [E] be stuck [B]
[C#m] inside a mobile [E] with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] again.
Now, the senator [C#m] came down here, [E] showing everyone [C#m] his gun,
[E] handing out [C#m] free tickets [A] to the wedding of his [B] son.
[A] And me, I nearly [E] got busted.
[C#m] And wouldn't it be my [E] luck [C#m] to get caught without a [E] ticket and [A] be discovered [E] beneath the truck?
[G#m] Oh, mama, is this really the end?
To be [E] stuck [B] inside [C#m] a mobile [E]
with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] again.
Now, the tea preacher looked [C#m] so baffled [E] when I asked him why he [C#m] dressed [E] with 20 pounds [C#m] of headlines [A] stapled to his [B] chest.
[A] But he kissed me when I [E] proved to him that [C#m] I whispered and said,
[E] You [C#m] see, you're just like [E] me.
[A] I hope you're [E] satisfied.
[G#m] Oh, mama, can this really be the end?
To be [E] stuck [B]
inside [C#m] a mobile [E] with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] again.
Now, the rain man [C#m] gave me two cues.
[E] Then he said, jump [C#m] right in.
[E] The one was [C#m] Texas medicine.
[A] The other was just [B] railroad gin.
[A] And like a fool, [E] I mixed them [C#m] and it strangled up my [E] mind.
And [C#m] now people just get [E] uglier and I [A] have no sense of [E] time.
[G#m] Mama, can this really be the end?
To be [E] stuck [B] inside a [C#m] mobile [E]
with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] again.
Now, when Ruthie says [C#m] come see her [E] in her honky tonk [C#m] lagoon, where [E] I can watch her [C#m] waltz for free [A] beneath her Panamanian [B] moon.
[A] And I say, oh, [E] come on now.
[C#m] You know you know about my [E] debutantes.
And she [C#m] says your debutante just knows [E] what you need.
[A] But I know what you [E] want.
[G#m] Oh, mama, can this really be the end?
To be [E] stuck [B]
inside [C#m] a mobile [E] with the [A] Memphis Blues [E] again.
Now, the bricks lay [C#m] on Grand Street where [E] the neon madmen [C#m] clam.
[E] They all fall there [C#m] so perfectly.
[A] It all seems so [B] well timed.
[A] And here I sit [E] so patiently
[C#m] waiting to find [E] out what price
[C#m] you have to pay [E] to get out of [A] going through all these things [E] twice.
[G#m] Mama, is this really the end?
To be [E] stuck [B] inside [C#m] a mobile [E] with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] again.
[B]
[C#m] [E] [A]
[E]
Key:
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C#m
A
B
G#m
E
C#m
A
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
All the rag men [C#m] draw circles _ [E] up and down the [C#m] block. _
[E] I'd ask him what the [C#m] matter was, _ [A] but I know that he don't [B] talk. _
[A] And the ladies treat me [E] kindly, _ [C#m] and they finish me with [E] tape.
But _ [C#m] deep inside my [E] heart, _ [A] I know I can't [E] _ escape.
_ [G#m] Oh, _ _ mama, can this really be the end?
To be [E] stuck [B] inside [C#m] a mobile [B]
with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] again. _ _
_ _ _ _ Well, Shakespeare, [C#m] he's in the alley _ [E] with his pointed shoes and his [C#m] bells.
_ _ [E] _ Speaking to some [C#m] French girl [A] who says she knows me [B] well.
_ [A] And I would send [E] a message _ [C#m] to find out if she's [E] talked.
_ [C#m] But the post office has been [E] stolen, _ _ [A] and the mailbox is [E] locked.
_ _ [G#m] _ Oh, _ mama, _ can this really be the end?
To be [E] stuck [B]
inside [C#m] a mobile [E] with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] again. _ _ _ _ _
_ Mona tried [C#m] to tell me [E] to stay away from the [C#m] train line.
[E] She said that all the [C#m] railroad men [A] just drink up your blood [B] like wine. _
[A] And I said, oh, I didn't [E] know that.
But [C#m] then again, there's only one [E] I've met.
And [C#m] he just smoked [E] my eyelids and [A] punched my [E] cigarette. _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ Oh, mama, _ can this really be the end?
To [E] be stuck [B] _ [C#m] inside a mobile [E]
with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] again. _
_ _ _ _ _ Grandpa _ [C#m] died last week, and [E] now he's buried in the [C#m] rocks.
_ [E] But everybody [C#m] still talks about [A] how badly they were [B] shot.
_ [A] But me, I expected [E] it to happen.
_ [C#m] I knew he'd [E] lost control _ [C#m] when he built a [E] fire on Main Street [A] and shot it full [E] of holes.
_ [G#m] _ Oh, _ mama, _ can this really be the end?
To [E] be stuck [B] _
[C#m] inside a mobile [E] with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] again. _ _ _ _ _
Now, the senator _ [C#m] came down here, [E] showing everyone [C#m] his gun, _
_ [E] _ handing out [C#m] free tickets _ [A] to the wedding of his [B] son. _
[A] And me, I nearly [E] got busted. _
[C#m] And wouldn't it be my [E] luck _ [C#m] to get caught without a [E] ticket _ and [A] be discovered _ [E] beneath the truck?
_ [G#m] _ Oh, _ mama, is this really the end?
To be [E] stuck [B] inside [C#m] a mobile [E]
with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] _ again.
_ _ _ _ Now, the tea preacher looked [C#m] so baffled [E] when I asked him why he [C#m] dressed _ _ [E] with 20 pounds [C#m] of headlines _ [A] stapled to his [B] chest.
_ [A] But he kissed me when I [E] proved to him that [C#m] I whispered and said,
[E] You _ _ _ [C#m] see, you're just like [E] me.
_ _ [A] I hope you're _ [E] satisfied.
_ _ [G#m] Oh, _ _ mama, _ can this really be the end?
To be [E] stuck [B]
inside [C#m] a mobile [E] with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] again. _ _ _ _ _
Now, the rain man [C#m] gave me two cues.
[E] Then he said, jump [C#m] right in. _
[E] The one was [C#m] Texas medicine.
[A] The other was just [B] railroad gin.
[A] And like a fool, [E] I mixed them [C#m] and it strangled up my [E] mind.
And [C#m] now people just get [E] uglier _ and I [A] have no sense of [E] time. _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ Mama, _ can this really be the end?
To be [E] stuck [B] inside a [C#m] mobile _ [E]
with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] again. _ _
_ _ _ _ Now, when Ruthie says [C#m] come see her [E] in her honky tonk [C#m] lagoon, where [E] I can watch her [C#m] waltz for free [A] beneath her _ Panamanian [B] moon.
_ [A] And I say, oh, [E] come on now.
[C#m] You know you know about my [E] debutantes.
And she [C#m] says your debutante just knows [E] what you need.
[A] But I know what you [E] want.
_ _ [G#m] Oh, _ _ mama, can this really be the end?
_ To be [E] stuck [B]
inside [C#m] a mobile [E] with the [A] Memphis Blues [E] _ again. _ _ _ _ _
Now, the bricks lay [C#m] on Grand Street where [E] the neon madmen [C#m] clam. _
[E] They all fall there [C#m] so perfectly. _
[A] It all seems so [B] well timed. _
[A] And here I sit [E] so patiently _
[C#m] waiting to find [E] out what price _
[C#m] you have to pay [E] to get out of [A] going through all these things [E] twice. _ _
[G#m] _ _ _ Mama, _ _ is this really the end?
To be [E] stuck [B] inside [C#m] a mobile [E] with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] again. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
All the rag men [C#m] draw circles _ [E] up and down the [C#m] block. _
[E] I'd ask him what the [C#m] matter was, _ [A] but I know that he don't [B] talk. _
[A] And the ladies treat me [E] kindly, _ [C#m] and they finish me with [E] tape.
But _ [C#m] deep inside my [E] heart, _ [A] I know I can't [E] _ escape.
_ [G#m] Oh, _ _ mama, can this really be the end?
To be [E] stuck [B] inside [C#m] a mobile [B]
with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] again. _ _
_ _ _ _ Well, Shakespeare, [C#m] he's in the alley _ [E] with his pointed shoes and his [C#m] bells.
_ _ [E] _ Speaking to some [C#m] French girl [A] who says she knows me [B] well.
_ [A] And I would send [E] a message _ [C#m] to find out if she's [E] talked.
_ [C#m] But the post office has been [E] stolen, _ _ [A] and the mailbox is [E] locked.
_ _ [G#m] _ Oh, _ mama, _ can this really be the end?
To be [E] stuck [B]
inside [C#m] a mobile [E] with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] again. _ _ _ _ _
_ Mona tried [C#m] to tell me [E] to stay away from the [C#m] train line.
[E] She said that all the [C#m] railroad men [A] just drink up your blood [B] like wine. _
[A] And I said, oh, I didn't [E] know that.
But [C#m] then again, there's only one [E] I've met.
And [C#m] he just smoked [E] my eyelids and [A] punched my [E] cigarette. _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ Oh, mama, _ can this really be the end?
To [E] be stuck [B] _ [C#m] inside a mobile [E]
with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] again. _
_ _ _ _ _ Grandpa _ [C#m] died last week, and [E] now he's buried in the [C#m] rocks.
_ [E] But everybody [C#m] still talks about [A] how badly they were [B] shot.
_ [A] But me, I expected [E] it to happen.
_ [C#m] I knew he'd [E] lost control _ [C#m] when he built a [E] fire on Main Street [A] and shot it full [E] of holes.
_ [G#m] _ Oh, _ mama, _ can this really be the end?
To [E] be stuck [B] _
[C#m] inside a mobile [E] with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] again. _ _ _ _ _
Now, the senator _ [C#m] came down here, [E] showing everyone [C#m] his gun, _
_ [E] _ handing out [C#m] free tickets _ [A] to the wedding of his [B] son. _
[A] And me, I nearly [E] got busted. _
[C#m] And wouldn't it be my [E] luck _ [C#m] to get caught without a [E] ticket _ and [A] be discovered _ [E] beneath the truck?
_ [G#m] _ Oh, _ mama, is this really the end?
To be [E] stuck [B] inside [C#m] a mobile [E]
with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] _ again.
_ _ _ _ Now, the tea preacher looked [C#m] so baffled [E] when I asked him why he [C#m] dressed _ _ [E] with 20 pounds [C#m] of headlines _ [A] stapled to his [B] chest.
_ [A] But he kissed me when I [E] proved to him that [C#m] I whispered and said,
[E] You _ _ _ [C#m] see, you're just like [E] me.
_ _ [A] I hope you're _ [E] satisfied.
_ _ [G#m] Oh, _ _ mama, _ can this really be the end?
To be [E] stuck [B]
inside [C#m] a mobile [E] with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] again. _ _ _ _ _
Now, the rain man [C#m] gave me two cues.
[E] Then he said, jump [C#m] right in. _
[E] The one was [C#m] Texas medicine.
[A] The other was just [B] railroad gin.
[A] And like a fool, [E] I mixed them [C#m] and it strangled up my [E] mind.
And [C#m] now people just get [E] uglier _ and I [A] have no sense of [E] time. _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ Mama, _ can this really be the end?
To be [E] stuck [B] inside a [C#m] mobile _ [E]
with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] again. _ _
_ _ _ _ Now, when Ruthie says [C#m] come see her [E] in her honky tonk [C#m] lagoon, where [E] I can watch her [C#m] waltz for free [A] beneath her _ Panamanian [B] moon.
_ [A] And I say, oh, [E] come on now.
[C#m] You know you know about my [E] debutantes.
And she [C#m] says your debutante just knows [E] what you need.
[A] But I know what you [E] want.
_ _ [G#m] Oh, _ _ mama, can this really be the end?
_ To be [E] stuck [B]
inside [C#m] a mobile [E] with the [A] Memphis Blues [E] _ again. _ _ _ _ _
Now, the bricks lay [C#m] on Grand Street where [E] the neon madmen [C#m] clam. _
[E] They all fall there [C#m] so perfectly. _
[A] It all seems so [B] well timed. _
[A] And here I sit [E] so patiently _
[C#m] waiting to find [E] out what price _
[C#m] you have to pay [E] to get out of [A] going through all these things [E] twice. _ _
[G#m] _ _ _ Mama, _ _ is this really the end?
To be [E] stuck [B] inside [C#m] a mobile [E] with [A] the Memphis Blues [E] again. _ _ _
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_ [C#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _
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