Stuck Inside Mobile
Bob Dylan

CAPO 4th Fret

INTRO (3x)
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Oh, the ragman draws circles up and down the block
    C                Am                F                  G
Id ask him what the matter was, but I know that he dont talk
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And the ladies treat me kindly and they furnish me with tape
    Am             C       F              C
But deep inside my heart I know I cant escape
Em
Oh Mama, can this really be the end?
      C       G/B     Am     G        F             C     C   G/B  Am  G  F  C  C4  C
To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again

      C                        Am             C                     Am
Well, Shakespeare, hes in the alley with his pointed shoes and his bells
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Speaking to some French girl who says she knows me well
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And I would send a message to find out if shes talked
        Am                   C              F          C
But the post office has been stolen and the mailbox is locked
Em
Oh Mama, can this really be the end?
      C       G/B     Am     G        F             C     C   G/B  Am  G  F  C  C4  C
To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again

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Mona tried to tell me to stay away from the train line
    C                 Am                      F                  G
She said that all the railroad men just drink up your blood like wine
      F                   C                     Am                         C
An I said, Oh, I didnt know that, but then again, theres only one Ive met
    Am                C           F              C
An he just smoked my eyelids and punched my cigarette
Em
Oh Mama, can this really be the end?
      C       G/B     Am     G        F             C     C   G/B  Am  G  F  C  C4  C
To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again

C                 Am                C             Am
Grandpa died last week and now hes buried in the rocks
    C               Am              F               G
But everybody still talks about how badly they were shocked
    F                    C          Am                C
But me, I expected it to happen - I knew hed lost control
        Am              C               F               C
When he built a fire on Main Street and shot it full of holes
Em
Oh Mama, can this really be the end?
      C       G/B     Am     G        F             C     C   G/B  Am  G  F  C  C4  C
To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again

        C       Am             C                    Am
Now the senator came down here showing everyone his gun
C                 Am            F              G
Handing out free tickets to the wedding of his son
    F                C          Am                C
An me, I nearly got busted and wouldnt it be my luck
       Am               C                F                 C
To get caught without a ticket and be discovered beneath a truck
Em
Oh Mama, is this really the end?
      C       G/B     Am     G        F             C     C   G/B  Am  G  F  C  C4  C
To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again

        C                  Am             C                Am
Now the preacher looked so baffled when I asked him why he dressed
     C                Am        F              G
With twenty pounds of headlines stapled to his chest
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But he cursed me when I proved to him - Then I whispered, Not even you can hide
    Am                    C     F                C
You see, youre just like me. I hope youre satisfied.
Em
Oh Mama, can this really be the end?
      C       G/B     Am     G        F             C     C   G/B  Am  G  F  C  C4  C
To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again

        C               Am                C                 Am
Now the rainman gave me two cures then he said, Jump right in
    C               Am         F                       G
The one was Texas medicine the other was just railroad gin
    F             C                 Am              C
An like a fool I mixed them and it strangled up my mind
        Am              C            F                C
An now people just get uglier and I have no sense of time
Em
Oh Mama, can this really be the end?
      C       G/B     Am     G        F             C     C   G/B  Am  G  F  C  C4  C
To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again

     C                Am             C            Am
When Ruthie says come see her in her honky-tonk lagoon
            C                   Am              F           G
Where I can watch her waltz for free neath her  Panamanian moon
     F              C            Am                         C 
An I say, Aw come on now - You know you know about my debutante
                    Am                            C         F               C
An she says, Your debutante just knows what you need, but I know what you want
Em
Oh Mama, can this really be the end?
      C       G/B     Am     G        F             C     C   G/B  Am  G  F  C  C4  C
To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again

        C             Am                     C           Am
Now the bricks lay on Grand Street where the neon madmen climb
     C                 Am            F                 G
They all fall there so perfectly. It all seems so well timed
    F             C         Am                       C
An here I sit so patiently waiting to find out what price
    Am                 C            F                        C
You have to pay to get out of going through all these things twice
Em
Oh Mama, is this really the end?
      C       G/B     Am     G        F             C     C   G/B  Am  G  F  C  C4  C
To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again