Chords used:
       E-A-D-G-B-E
Csus4  x-3-3-0-1-x
 
G/B    x-2-0-0-0(3)
C/G    3-x-2-0-1-0
F/G    3-x-3-2-1-1
[Intro]
-
          Csus4
  C             C
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
e|----------------|
B|1-1-1-1---1-1-1-|
G|0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|
D|2-2-2-2---3-3-2-|
A|3-3-3-3---3-3-3-|
E|----------------|
| DO  DOsus4 | DO   DOsus4 | DO   DOsus4 | DO |
[Versetto]
        DO           LAm 
Oh, the ragman draws circles 
DO              LAm 
Up and down the block 
    DO               LAm 
I’d ask him what the matter was 
      FA                 SOL (7) 
But I know that he don’t talk 
        FA              DO 
And the ladies treat me kindly 
          LAm             DO 
And they furnish me with tape 
    LAm            DO 
But deep inside my heart 
  FA             DO 
I know I can’t escape 
MIm 
Oh Mama, can this really be the end?
 
Oh Mama, can this really be the end? 
      DO      SOL/SI  LAm 
To be stuck inside of Mobile, 
DO/SOL   FA/SOL           DO 
With the Memphis blues again?  [bass:
 C, Bb, G, F, E, C = E, D,  B, A, G#,
 E without capo] 
With the Memphis blues again?  [bass: C, Bb, G, F, E, C = E, D,  B, A, G#, E without capo] 
[Versetto]
      DO                       LAm 
Well, Shakespeare, he’s in the alley
 
Well, Shakespeare, he’s in the alley 
         DO                    LAm 
With his pointed shoes and his bells
 
With his pointed shoes and his bells 
DO                LAm 
 Speaking to some French girl 
    FA                SOL 
Who says she knows me well 
    FA             DO 
And I would send a message 
    LAm              DO 
To find out if she’s talked 
        LAm                  DO 
But the post office has been stolen 
        FA         DO 
And the mailbox is locked 
MIm 
Oh Mama, can this really be the end?
 
Oh Mama, can this really be the end? 
      DO      SOL/SI  LAm 
To be stuck inside of Mobile, 
DO/SOL   FA      FA/SOL    DO 
With the Memphis blues again?  
 [bass: C, Bb, G, F, E, C = E,
 D,  B, A, G#, E without capo]
With the Memphis blues again?   [bass: C, Bb, G, F, E, C = E, D,  B, A, G#, E without capo]
[Versetto]
DO             LAm 
Mona tried to tell me 
   DO                       LAm 
To stay away from the train line 
    DO                LAm 
She said that all the railroad men 
           FA                 SOL 
Just drink up your blood like wine 
      FA                  DO 
An’ I said, “Oh, I didn’t know that 
           LAm                       
But then again, there’s only one I’ve
 DO 
 met 
But then again, there’s only one I’ve met 
    LAm               DO 
An’ he just smoked my eyelids 
    FA             DO 
An’ punched my cigarette” 
MIm 
Oh Mama, can this really be the end?
 
Oh Mama, can this really be the end? 
      DO      SOL/SI  LAm 
To be stuck inside of Mobile, 
DO/SOL   FA      FA/SOL    DO 
with the Memphis blues again?  
 [bass: C, Bb, G, F, E, C = E,
 D,  B, A, G#, E without capo]
with the Memphis blues again?   [bass: C, Bb, G, F, E, C = E, D,  B, A, G#, E without capo]
[Versetto]
DO                LAm 
Grandpa died last week 
             DO            LAm 
And now he’s buried in the rocks 
    DO              LAm 
But everybody still talks about 
    FA              SOL 
How badly they were shocked 
    FA                   DO 
But me, I expected it to happen 
  LAm               DO 
I knew he’d lost control 
        LAm             DO 
When he built a fire on Main Street 
 
When he built a fire on Main Street  
    FA              DO 
And shot it full of holes 
MIm 
Oh Mama, can this really be the end?
 
Oh Mama, can this really be the end? 
      DO      SOL/SI  LAm 
To be stuck inside of Mobile, 
DO/SOL   FA      FA/SOL    DO 
with the Memphis blues again?  
 [bass: C, Bb, G, F, E, C = E,
 D,  B, A, G#, E without capo]
with the Memphis blues again?   [bass: C, Bb, G, F, E, C = E, D,  B, A, G#, E without capo]
[Versetto]
        DO      LAm 
Now the senator came down here 
DO                   LAm 
Showing ev’ryone his gun 
DO                LAm 
 Handing out free tickets 
       FA             SOL 
To the wedding of his son 
    FA               DO 
An’ me, I nearly got busted 
    LAm               DO 
An’ wouldn’t it be my luck 
       LAm              DO 
To get caught without a ticket 
          FA                DO 
And be discovered beneath a truck 
MIm 
Oh Mama, is this really the end? 
      DO      SOL/SI  LAm 
To be stuck inside of Mobile, 
DO/SOL   FA      FA/SOL    DO 
with the Memphis blues again?  
 [bass: C, Bb, G, F, E, C = E,
 D,  B, A, G#, E without capo]
with the Memphis blues again?   [bass: C, Bb, G, F, E, C = E, D,  B, A, G#, E without capo]
[Versetto]
        DO                 LAm 
Now the preacher looked so baffled 
       DO               LAm 
When I asked him why he dressed 
     DO               LAm 
With twenty pounds of headlines 
FA             SOL 
Stapled to his chest 
       FA               DO 
But he cursed me when I proved to him
 
But he cursed me when I proved to him 
       LAm                         
Then I whispered, “Not even you can
 DO 
 hide 
Then I whispered, “Not even you can hide 
    LAm                   DO 
You see, you’re just like me 
  FA               DO 
I hope you’re satisfied” 
MIm 
Oh Mama, can this really be the end?
 
Oh Mama, can this really be the end? 
      DO      SOL/SI  LAm 
To be stuck inside of Mobile, 
DO/SOL   FA      FA/SOL    DO 
with the Memphis blues again?  
 [bass: C, Bb, G, F, E, C = E,
 D,  B, A, G#, E without capo]
with the Memphis blues again?   [bass: C, Bb, G, F, E, C = E, D,  B, A, G#, E without capo]
[Versetto]
        DO              LAm 
Now the rainman gave me two cures 
        DO                LAm 
Then he said, “Jump right in” 
    DO              LAm 
The one was Texas medicine 
    FA                      SOL 
The other was just railroad gin 
    FA            DO 
An’ like a fool I mixed them 
       LAm             DO 
An’ it strangled up my mind 
        LAm             DO 
An’ now people just get uglier 
      FA               DO 
An’ I have no sense of time 
MIm 
Oh Mama, can this really be the end?
 
Oh Mama, can this really be the end? 
      DO      SOL/SI  LAm 
To be stuck inside of Mobile, 
DO/SOL   FA/SOL           DO 
with the Memphis blues again?  
 [bass: C, Bb, G, F, E, C = E,
 D,  B, A, G#, E without capo]
with the Memphis blues again?   [bass: C, Bb, G, F, E, C = E, D,  B, A, G#, E without capo]
[Versetto]
     DO               LAm 
When Ruthie says come see her 
       DO           LAm 
In her honky-tonk lagoon 
            DO                  LAm 
Where I can watch her waltz for free
 
Where I can watch her waltz for free 
           FA          SOL 
’Neath her  Panamanian moon 
     FA             DO 
An’ I say, “Aw come on now 
    LAm                        DO 
You know you know about my debutante”
 
You know you know about my debutante” 
                    LAm           
An’ she says, “Your debutante just
                DO 
 knows what you need 
An’ she says, “Your debutante just knows what you need 
    FA              DO 
But I know what you want” 
MIm 
Oh Mama, can this really be the end?
 
Oh Mama, can this really be the end? 
      DO      SOL/SI  LAm 
To be stuck inside of Mobile, 
DO/SOL   FA/SOL           DO 
with the Memphis blues again?  
 [bass: C, Bb, G, F, E, C = E,
 D,  B, A, G#, E without capo]
with the Memphis blues again?   [bass: C, Bb, G, F, E, C = E, D,  B, A, G#, E without capo]
[Versetto]
        DO            LAm 
Now the bricks lay on Grand Street 
          DO          LAm 
Where the neon madmen climb 
     DO                LAm 
They all fall there so perfectly 
   FA                SOL 
It all seems so well timed 
    FA            DO 
An’ here I sit so patiently 
LAm                      DO 
Waiting to find out what price 
    LAm                DO 
You have to pay to get out of 
      FA                       DO 
Going through all these things twice
 
Going through all these things twice 
MIm 
Oh Mama, is this really the end? 
      DO      SOL/SI  LAm 
To be stuck inside of Mobile, 
DO/SOL   FA/SOL           [ DO ] 
with the Memphis blues again? 
[Outro]
| DO | % | % | % |
| DO SOL/SI | LAm DO/SOL | FA/SOL FA/SOL | DO
 [last three bars: break on every chord]