Bob Dylan – Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again (Guitar)
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***Largely taken from "Jimmy Paragallo Guitar" youtube channel with a few changes.
The video is good, watch it.***
I play the B/D# like this (the 2nd shape on UG):
e x or 7
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]
E C#m Oh, the ragman draws circles E C#m Up and down the block E C#m I’d ask him what the matter was A B But I know that he don’t talk A E And the ladies treat me kindly C#m E And they furnish me with tape C#m E But deep inside my heart A E I know I can't escape
[Build-up]
G#m G#m G#m G#m Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[Chorus]
E B/D# C#m To be stuck inside of Mobile B A/B E With the Memphis blues again (Baseline) e|-------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------| D|---2---------------------------------------| A|-------4---2-------------------------------| E|---------------4---2--0--------------------| 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 some French girl A B 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 mailbox is locked
(Chorus)
G#m G#m G#m G#m Oh, Mama, can this really be the end E B/D# C#m To be stuck inside of Mobile B A/B E With the Memphis blues again (Baseline) e|-------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------| D|---2---------------------------------------| A|-------4---2-------------------------------| E|---------------4---2--0--------------------| E C#m Mona tried to tell me E C#m To stay away from the train line E C#m She said that all the railroad men A B Just drink up your blood like wine A E And I said, “Oh, I didn’t know that C#m E But then again, there’s only one I’ve met C#m E And he just smoked my eyelids A E And punched my cigarette”
(Chorus)
G#m G#m G#m G#m Oh, Mama, can this really be the end E B/D# C#m To be stuck inside of Mobile B A/B E With the Memphis blues again (Baseline) e|-------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------| D|---2---------------------------------------| A|-------4---2-------------------------------| E|---------------4---2--0--------------------| E C#m Grandpa died last week E C#m And now he’s buried in the rocks E C#m But everybody still talks about A B 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 I spee-- built a fire on Main Street A E And shot it full of holes
(Chorus)
G#m G#m G#m G#m Oh, Mama, can this really be the end E B/D# C#m To be stuck inside of Mobile B A/B E With the Memphis blues again (Baseline) e|-------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------| D|---2---------------------------------------| A|-------4---2-------------------------------| E|---------------4---2--0--------------------| E C#m Now the senator came down here E C#m Showing everyone his gun E C#m Handing out free tickets A B To the wedding of his son A E And me, I nearly got busted C#m E And wouldn’t it be my luck C#m E To get caught without a ticket A E And be discovered beneath a truck
(Chorus)
G#m G#m G#m G#m Oh, Mama, can this really be the end E B/D# C#m To be stuck inside of Mobile B A/B E With the Memphis blues again (Baseline) e|-------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------| D|---2---------------------------------------| A|-------4---2-------------------------------| E|---------------4---2--0--------------------| E C#m Now the tea preacher looked so baffled E C#m When I asked him why he dressed E C#m With twenty pounds of headlines A B Stapled to his chest A E But he cursed me when I proved to him C#m E Then I whispered, said “Not even you can hide C#m E You see, you’re just like me A E I hope you’re satisfied”
(Chorus)
G#m G#m G#m G#m Aw, Mama, can this really be the end E B/D# C#m To be stuck inside of Mobile B A/B E With the Memphis blues again (Baseline) e|-------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------| D|---2---------------------------------------| A|-------4---2-------------------------------| E|---------------4---2--0--------------------| 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 B The other was just railroad gin A E And like a fool I mixed them C#m E And it strangled up my mind C#m E And now people just get uglier A E And I have no sense of time
(Chorus)
G#m G#m G#m G#m Oh, Mama, can this really be the end E B/D# C#m To be stuck inside of Mobile B A/B E With the Memphis blues again (Baseline) e|-------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------| D|---2---------------------------------------| A|-------4---2-------------------------------| E|---------------4---2--0--------------------| E C#m When Ruthie says come see her E C#m In her honky-tonk lagoon E C#m Where I can watch her waltz for free A B ’Neath her Panamanian moon A E And I say, “Aw come on now C#m E You know ya' know about my debutante” C#m E And she says, “Your debutante just knows what you need A E But I know what you want”
(Chorus)
G#m G#m G#m G#m Oh, Mama, can this really be the end E B/D# C#m To be stuck inside of Mobile B A/B E With the Memphis blues again (Baseline) e|-------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------| D|---2---------------------------------------| A|-------4---2-------------------------------| E|---------------4---2--0--------------------| 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 B It all seems so well timed A E And 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
(Chorus)
G#m G#m G#m G#m Oh, Mama, can this really be the end E B/D# C#m To be stuck inside of Mobile B A/B E With the Memphis blues again