Stuck Inside of Mobile - Bob Dylan - 50 bpm Oh, the [G]ragman draws [Em]circles [G]up and down the [Em]block I'd [G]ask him what the [Em]matter was, but I [C]know that he don't [D]talk And the [C]ladies treat me [G]kindly and [Em]furnish me with [G]tape, but [Em]deep inside my [G]heart I [C]know I can't es[G]cape [Bm]Oh, []Mama, can []this really be the []end to be [|G]stuck in[|C]side of [|Em]Mobile [|G]with the [|C]Memphis [|]blues a[|G]gain.[|F] [|D][|C][B][G][] Well [G]Shakespeare he's in the [Em]alley with his [G]pointed shoes and his [Em]bells [G]speaking to some [Em]French girl who [C]says she knows me [D]well And [C]I would send a [G]message to [Em]find out if she's [G]talked but [Em]the post office has been [G]stolen and the [C]mailbox is [::17::G]locked [G]Mona tried to [Em]tell me to [G]stay away from the train line.[Em] She [G]said that all the [Em]railroad men just [C]drink up your blood like [D]wine And I [C]said "Oh I didn't [G]know that but [Em]then again there's only one I've [G]met and [Em]he just smoked my [G]eyelids and [C]punched my cigar[::17::G]ette [G]Grandpa died last []week, now he's [Em]buried in the []rocks but [G]everybody still [Em]talks about how [C]badly they were [D]shocked But [C]me, I expected it to [G]happen I [Em]knew he'd lost con[G]trol when he [Em]built a fire on [G]Main Street and [C]shot it full of [::17::G]holes Now the [G]senator came down [Em]here [G]showing ev'ryone his [Em ]gun [G]handing out free [Em]tickets to the [C]wedding of his [D]son And [C]me, I nearly get [G]busted and [Em]wouldn't it be my [G]luck to get [Em]caught without a [G]ticket and be dis[C]covered beneath a [::17::G]truck Now the [G]preacher looked so [Em]baffled when I [G]asked him why he [Em]dressed with [G]twenty pounds of [Em]headlines [C]stapled to his [D]chest But he [C]cursed me when I [G]proved it to him then I [Em]said, "Not even you can [G]hide. You [Em]see, you're just like [G]me, I [C]hope you're satis[::17::G]fied Now the [G]rainman gave me two [Em]cures then he [G]said, Jump right [Em]in The [G]one was Texas [Em]medicine the [C]other was just railroad [D]gin And [C]like a fool I [G]mixed them and it [Em]strangled up my [G]mind and now, [Em]people just get [G]uglier and I [C]have no sense of [::17::G]time When [G]Ruthie says come [Em]see her in her [G]honky-tonk la[Em]goon where I can [G]watch her waltz for [Em]free 'neath her [C]Panamanian [D]moon [C]I say, Aw come [G]on now you [Em]know about my [G]debutante, she says your [Em]debutante just knows what you [G]need, [C]I know what you [::17::G]want Now the [G]bricks lay on [Em]Grand Street where the [G]neon madmen [Em]climb they [G]all fall there so [Em]perfectly, it [C]all seems so well [D]timed And [C]here I sit so [G]patiently [Em]waiting to find out what [G]price you [Em]have to pay to get [G]out of going [C]through all these things [::17::G]twice