Chords for Grateful Dead - Stuck Inside Of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (Mountain View, CA 6/19/89)
Tempo:
73.3 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
C#m
B
G#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [F#] [D]
[G] [Am] [E]
[A] [E] [A] [E] [D]
[Em] [A] [Em] [D] [B] [E] [Bm]
[A] [E] [D] [B] [A] [E] Well there ain't men who [C#m] draw circles [E] up and [C#m] down the block.
I ask him what's the matter, [A] but I know he [B] don't talk.
[A] And the ladies, they [E] treat me kindly, [C#m] and they furnish me [E] with tape.
[C#m] But deep [E] inside my heart I know [A] I can't [E] escape.
[G#m] Because, uh, you just can't believe it.
[E] If you're stuck [B] inside [C#m] of the wall, [E] you can bet this is the case.
[D] [A] [E]
[B] [A] [E] Shakespeare, he's in the alley with his pointed shoes and [C#m] gal.
[E] [C#m] Speaking with some French girl [A] who says she knows him [B] well.
[F#m] [A] I [E] would send a message [C#m] to find out if she's [E] caught.
[C#m] But her post office has been [E] stolen [A] with the mailboxes [E] locked.
Oh, [G#m] Mama, do this really mean it?
[E] He's stuck [B] inside, [E] walking, [A] breathing that [E] best blues he can.
[B] [A] [E] [E]
[A] [E] A woman, she tried to [C#m] tell me, [E] said stay away from the railroad [C#m] line.
[E] She says all the railroad men there [A] drink up blood [B] like wine.
[A] And I said, I didn't [E] know that.
But then [C#m] again, that's the only one I [E] met.
[C#m] And he just smoked [E] my eyelids, and he punched my cigarette.
Oh, [G#m] Mama, do this really mean it?
[E] He's stuck inside, [C#m] walking, [E] breathing that best blues he can.
[B] [A] [E] [B] [A] [E]
Grandpa died [C#m] last week [E] with a dead [C#m] hand in the rocks.
[E] And everyone [C#m] still laughs about [A] how badly they are [B] shot.
[A] But me, I expected [E] it to happen.
[C#m] Because I knew he'd lost [E] control [C#m] when he built a fire on [E] Main Street.
[A] And he shot it full of [E] holes.
[G#m] Oh, Mama, [Fm] [G#m] do this really mean it?
[E] He's stuck [G#m] inside [A] in a mobile, breathing that best blues [E] he can.
[E]
[A] [E] [Bm] [G#] [E]
[C#m] [E] [C#m] [E] Now, [C#m]
[A] [B] [A]
[E] [C#m]
[E] [A] [E] [G#m]
[E] [D#m]
[E] [A] [E] [C#] [A] [E]
[Em] [A] [E] the senator, he come down [C#m] here,
[E] showing everyone his gun, [C#m] handing out free tickets [A] to the winning of his [B] son.
[A] Me, I didn't [E] understand it.
[C#m] Never would it be my [E] luck [C#m] to be caught without a [E] ticket.
And [A] he discovered me in a [E] truck.
[G#m] Oh, Mama, do this really mean it?
[E] He's stuck inside in a mobile, breathing that best blues he can.
[Bm] [A] [E] [B]
[A] [E] The preacher looked so baffled when I asked him why he [C#m] dressed with [E] 20 pounds of headlines [C#m] [A] stapled to his [B] chest.
[A] And he cursed me when I proved [E] it to him.
Then I said, see, not even you can hide.
You see, you're just like me.
[A] I hope you're satisfied.
[E] [G#m] Oh, Mama, do this really mean [E] [B] [C#m] it?
He's stuck inside in a mobile, [E] breathing that best blues he can.
[D] [B] [E] [B] [A] [E]
Another E-man gave me two killers.
And then he said, [C#m] jump right in.
[E] The first was [C#m] Texas medicine.
[A] The second was just railroad [B] gin.
[A] Like a fool, I [E] mixed them.
[C#m] Strangled up [E] my mind.
[C#m] Now people just [E] get uglier.
[A] And I have no self [E]-control.
[G#m] Oh, Mama, do this really mean it?
[E]
He's stuck [B] inside [C#m] in a mobile, [E] [A] breathing that [E] best blues [D] he can.
[A] [E] [B] [A] [E]
[C#m] [E] [C#m] [E]
[C#m] [A] [B] [A]
[E] [C#m]
[E] [A] [E] [G#m]
[G#] [E] [B]
[A] [E] [A] [Em] [A] [E]
[A] [Em] Now when Ruthie says, [E] come see me, you're a honky-tonk [C#m] with guns.
[E] Where I can [C#m] watch her walls perform.
[A] Look at her [B] minion move.
[A] And I said, oh, [E] come on now.
[C#m] You know, you know about my [E] debutante.
[C#] She says, your debutante [E] don't know what you need.
[A] I know [E] what you want.
[G#m] Oh, Mama, do [B] this really mean it?
[C#] [E] He's [B] stuck [C#m] inside in a [E] mobile, breathing that best blues he [Bm] can.
[E] [D]
[B] [A] [E] Now the bricks they [C#m] lay on his street, where the [E] young have been climbed.
They all fall there so perfectly.
[A] It all seems [B] so well timed.
[A] And me, I [E] sit here so patiently, [C#m] trying to find [E] out what price.
[C#m] I have to [E] pay to get out of going through [A] all of these things [E] twice.
[G#m] That's right.
Do this really mean it?
[E] He's stuck inside in [E] a mobile, feeling that best blues he [D] can.
[Bm] [A] [G#m] Oh, Mama, do this really mean it?
[E] He's stuck [G#m] inside [C#m] in a mobile, [A] breathing that best blues he [D] can.
[B] [A] [E] [B] [A] [E] [B] [A] [E]
[G] [Am] [E]
[A] [E] [A] [E] [D]
[Em] [A] [Em] [D] [B] [E] [Bm]
[A] [E] [D] [B] [A] [E] Well there ain't men who [C#m] draw circles [E] up and [C#m] down the block.
I ask him what's the matter, [A] but I know he [B] don't talk.
[A] And the ladies, they [E] treat me kindly, [C#m] and they furnish me [E] with tape.
[C#m] But deep [E] inside my heart I know [A] I can't [E] escape.
[G#m] Because, uh, you just can't believe it.
[E] If you're stuck [B] inside [C#m] of the wall, [E] you can bet this is the case.
[D] [A] [E]
[B] [A] [E] Shakespeare, he's in the alley with his pointed shoes and [C#m] gal.
[E] [C#m] Speaking with some French girl [A] who says she knows him [B] well.
[F#m] [A] I [E] would send a message [C#m] to find out if she's [E] caught.
[C#m] But her post office has been [E] stolen [A] with the mailboxes [E] locked.
Oh, [G#m] Mama, do this really mean it?
[E] He's stuck [B] inside, [E] walking, [A] breathing that [E] best blues he can.
[B] [A] [E] [E]
[A] [E] A woman, she tried to [C#m] tell me, [E] said stay away from the railroad [C#m] line.
[E] She says all the railroad men there [A] drink up blood [B] like wine.
[A] And I said, I didn't [E] know that.
But then [C#m] again, that's the only one I [E] met.
[C#m] And he just smoked [E] my eyelids, and he punched my cigarette.
Oh, [G#m] Mama, do this really mean it?
[E] He's stuck inside, [C#m] walking, [E] breathing that best blues he can.
[B] [A] [E] [B] [A] [E]
Grandpa died [C#m] last week [E] with a dead [C#m] hand in the rocks.
[E] And everyone [C#m] still laughs about [A] how badly they are [B] shot.
[A] But me, I expected [E] it to happen.
[C#m] Because I knew he'd lost [E] control [C#m] when he built a fire on [E] Main Street.
[A] And he shot it full of [E] holes.
[G#m] Oh, Mama, [Fm] [G#m] do this really mean it?
[E] He's stuck [G#m] inside [A] in a mobile, breathing that best blues [E] he can.
[E]
[A] [E] [Bm] [G#] [E]
[C#m] [E] [C#m] [E] Now, [C#m]
[A] [B] [A]
[E] [C#m]
[E] [A] [E] [G#m]
[E] [D#m]
[E] [A] [E] [C#] [A] [E]
[Em] [A] [E] the senator, he come down [C#m] here,
[E] showing everyone his gun, [C#m] handing out free tickets [A] to the winning of his [B] son.
[A] Me, I didn't [E] understand it.
[C#m] Never would it be my [E] luck [C#m] to be caught without a [E] ticket.
And [A] he discovered me in a [E] truck.
[G#m] Oh, Mama, do this really mean it?
[E] He's stuck inside in a mobile, breathing that best blues he can.
[Bm] [A] [E] [B]
[A] [E] The preacher looked so baffled when I asked him why he [C#m] dressed with [E] 20 pounds of headlines [C#m] [A] stapled to his [B] chest.
[A] And he cursed me when I proved [E] it to him.
Then I said, see, not even you can hide.
You see, you're just like me.
[A] I hope you're satisfied.
[E] [G#m] Oh, Mama, do this really mean [E] [B] [C#m] it?
He's stuck inside in a mobile, [E] breathing that best blues he can.
[D] [B] [E] [B] [A] [E]
Another E-man gave me two killers.
And then he said, [C#m] jump right in.
[E] The first was [C#m] Texas medicine.
[A] The second was just railroad [B] gin.
[A] Like a fool, I [E] mixed them.
[C#m] Strangled up [E] my mind.
[C#m] Now people just [E] get uglier.
[A] And I have no self [E]-control.
[G#m] Oh, Mama, do this really mean it?
[E]
He's stuck [B] inside [C#m] in a mobile, [E] [A] breathing that [E] best blues [D] he can.
[A] [E] [B] [A] [E]
[C#m] [E] [C#m] [E]
[C#m] [A] [B] [A]
[E] [C#m]
[E] [A] [E] [G#m]
[G#] [E] [B]
[A] [E] [A] [Em] [A] [E]
[A] [Em] Now when Ruthie says, [E] come see me, you're a honky-tonk [C#m] with guns.
[E] Where I can [C#m] watch her walls perform.
[A] Look at her [B] minion move.
[A] And I said, oh, [E] come on now.
[C#m] You know, you know about my [E] debutante.
[C#] She says, your debutante [E] don't know what you need.
[A] I know [E] what you want.
[G#m] Oh, Mama, do [B] this really mean it?
[C#] [E] He's [B] stuck [C#m] inside in a [E] mobile, breathing that best blues he [Bm] can.
[E] [D]
[B] [A] [E] Now the bricks they [C#m] lay on his street, where the [E] young have been climbed.
They all fall there so perfectly.
[A] It all seems [B] so well timed.
[A] And me, I [E] sit here so patiently, [C#m] trying to find [E] out what price.
[C#m] I have to [E] pay to get out of going through [A] all of these things [E] twice.
[G#m] That's right.
Do this really mean it?
[E] He's stuck inside in [E] a mobile, feeling that best blues he [D] can.
[Bm] [A] [G#m] Oh, Mama, do this really mean it?
[E] He's stuck [G#m] inside [C#m] in a mobile, [A] breathing that best blues he [D] can.
[B] [A] [E] [B] [A] [E] [B] [A] [E]
Key:
E
A
C#m
B
G#m
E
A
C#m
_ _ [D] _ _ [F#] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ [D] _
[Em] _ [A] _ [Em] _ [D] _ [B] _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _
_ [A] _ [E] _ [D] _ [B] _ [A] [E] Well there ain't men who [C#m] draw circles [E] up and [C#m] down the block.
I ask him what's the matter, [A] but I know he [B] don't talk.
[A] And the ladies, they [E] treat me kindly, [C#m] and they furnish me [E] with tape.
_ [C#m] But deep [E] inside my heart I know [A] I can't [E] escape.
[G#m] Because, uh, you just can't believe it.
[E] If you're stuck [B] inside [C#m] of the wall, [E] you can bet this is the case.
[D] _ [A] _ [E] _
_ [B] _ [A] _ [E] _ Shakespeare, he's in the alley with his pointed shoes and [C#m] gal.
[E] _ [C#m] Speaking with some French girl [A] who says she knows him [B] well.
[F#m] [A] I [E] would send a message [C#m] to find out if she's [E] caught.
[C#m] But her post office has been [E] stolen [A] with the mailboxes [E] locked.
Oh, [G#m] _ Mama, do this really mean it?
[E] He's stuck [B] inside, [E] walking, [A] breathing that [E] best blues he can.
[B] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [E] _
[A] _ [E] A woman, she tried to [C#m] tell me, [E] said stay away from the railroad [C#m] line.
[E] She says all the railroad men there [A] drink up blood [B] like wine.
[A] And I said, I didn't [E] know that.
But then [C#m] again, that's the only one I [E] met.
[C#m] And he just smoked [E] my eyelids, and he punched my cigarette.
Oh, [G#m] _ Mama, do this really mean it?
[E] He's stuck inside, [C#m] walking, [E] breathing that best blues he can.
[B] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [B] _ [A] _ [E] _
Grandpa died [C#m] last week [E] with a dead [C#m] hand in the rocks.
[E] And everyone [C#m] still laughs about [A] how badly they are [B] shot.
[A] But me, I expected [E] it to happen.
[C#m] Because I knew he'd lost [E] control [C#m] when he built a fire on [E] Main Street.
[A] And he shot it full of [E] holes.
[G#m] Oh, Mama, [Fm] [G#m] do this really mean it?
[E] He's stuck [G#m] inside [A] in a mobile, breathing that best blues [E] he can.
[E] _
[A] _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G#] _ [E] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ [E] Now, [C#m] _
_ _ [A] _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [D#m] _
[E] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [C#] _ [A] _ [E] _
_ [Em] _ [A] _ [E] the senator, he come down [C#m] here,
[E] showing everyone his gun, _ [C#m] handing out free tickets [A] to the winning of his [B] son.
_ [A] Me, I didn't [E] understand it.
[C#m] Never would it be my [E] luck [C#m] to be caught without a [E] ticket.
And [A] he discovered me in a [E] truck.
[G#m] Oh, _ _ Mama, do this really mean it?
_ [E] He's stuck inside in a mobile, breathing that best blues he can.
[Bm] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [B] _
[A] _ [E] _ The preacher looked so baffled when I asked him why he [C#m] dressed with [E] 20 pounds of headlines [C#m] _ [A] stapled to his [B] chest.
[A] And he cursed me when I proved [E] it to him.
Then I said, see, not even you can hide.
You see, you're just like me.
[A] I hope you're satisfied.
[E] _ [G#m] Oh, _ Mama, do this really mean _ [E] _ [B] [C#m] it?
He's stuck inside in a mobile, [E] breathing that best blues he can.
[D] _ [B] _ [E] _ _ [B] _ [A] _ [E]
Another E-man gave me two killers.
And then he said, [C#m] jump right in.
[E] The first was [C#m] Texas medicine.
[A] The second was just railroad [B] gin. _
[A] Like a fool, I [E] mixed them.
_ [C#m] Strangled up [E] my mind. _
[C#m] Now people just [E] get uglier.
[A] And I have no self [E]-control.
[G#m] Oh, Mama, _ _ do this really mean it?
[E]
He's stuck [B] inside [C#m] in a mobile, [E] [A] breathing that [E] best blues [D] he can. _
[A] _ [E] _ _ [B] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [E] _ [C#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [G#m] _ _
[G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [B] _
[A] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ [E] _
_ _ [A] _ [Em] Now when Ruthie says, [E] come see me, you're a honky-tonk [C#m] with guns.
_ [E] Where I can [C#m] watch her walls perform.
[A] Look at her [B] minion move.
[A] And I said, oh, [E] come on now.
[C#m] You know, you know about my [E] debutante.
[C#] She says, your debutante [E] don't know what you need.
[A] I know [E] what you want.
[G#m] Oh, _ _ Mama, do [B] this really mean it?
[C#] [E] He's [B] stuck [C#m] inside in a [E] mobile, breathing that best blues he [Bm] can.
_ [E] _ _ [D] _
[B] _ [A] [E] Now the bricks they [C#m] lay on his street, where the [E] young have been climbed.
They all fall there so perfectly.
[A] It all seems [B] so well timed.
_ [A] And me, I [E] sit here so patiently, [C#m] trying to find [E] out what price.
[C#m] I have to [E] pay to get out of going through [A] all of these things [E] twice.
[G#m] That's right.
_ _ Do this really mean it?
_ [E] He's stuck inside in [E] a mobile, feeling that best blues he [D] can.
[Bm] _ [A] [G#m] Oh, _ Mama, do this really mean it?
[E] He's stuck [G#m] inside [C#m] in a mobile, [A] breathing that best blues he [D] can.
[B] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [B] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [B] _ [A] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ [D] _
[Em] _ [A] _ [Em] _ [D] _ [B] _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _
_ [A] _ [E] _ [D] _ [B] _ [A] [E] Well there ain't men who [C#m] draw circles [E] up and [C#m] down the block.
I ask him what's the matter, [A] but I know he [B] don't talk.
[A] And the ladies, they [E] treat me kindly, [C#m] and they furnish me [E] with tape.
_ [C#m] But deep [E] inside my heart I know [A] I can't [E] escape.
[G#m] Because, uh, you just can't believe it.
[E] If you're stuck [B] inside [C#m] of the wall, [E] you can bet this is the case.
[D] _ [A] _ [E] _
_ [B] _ [A] _ [E] _ Shakespeare, he's in the alley with his pointed shoes and [C#m] gal.
[E] _ [C#m] Speaking with some French girl [A] who says she knows him [B] well.
[F#m] [A] I [E] would send a message [C#m] to find out if she's [E] caught.
[C#m] But her post office has been [E] stolen [A] with the mailboxes [E] locked.
Oh, [G#m] _ Mama, do this really mean it?
[E] He's stuck [B] inside, [E] walking, [A] breathing that [E] best blues he can.
[B] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [E] _
[A] _ [E] A woman, she tried to [C#m] tell me, [E] said stay away from the railroad [C#m] line.
[E] She says all the railroad men there [A] drink up blood [B] like wine.
[A] And I said, I didn't [E] know that.
But then [C#m] again, that's the only one I [E] met.
[C#m] And he just smoked [E] my eyelids, and he punched my cigarette.
Oh, [G#m] _ Mama, do this really mean it?
[E] He's stuck inside, [C#m] walking, [E] breathing that best blues he can.
[B] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [B] _ [A] _ [E] _
Grandpa died [C#m] last week [E] with a dead [C#m] hand in the rocks.
[E] And everyone [C#m] still laughs about [A] how badly they are [B] shot.
[A] But me, I expected [E] it to happen.
[C#m] Because I knew he'd lost [E] control [C#m] when he built a fire on [E] Main Street.
[A] And he shot it full of [E] holes.
[G#m] Oh, Mama, [Fm] [G#m] do this really mean it?
[E] He's stuck [G#m] inside [A] in a mobile, breathing that best blues [E] he can.
[E] _
[A] _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G#] _ [E] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ [E] Now, [C#m] _
_ _ [A] _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [D#m] _
[E] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [C#] _ [A] _ [E] _
_ [Em] _ [A] _ [E] the senator, he come down [C#m] here,
[E] showing everyone his gun, _ [C#m] handing out free tickets [A] to the winning of his [B] son.
_ [A] Me, I didn't [E] understand it.
[C#m] Never would it be my [E] luck [C#m] to be caught without a [E] ticket.
And [A] he discovered me in a [E] truck.
[G#m] Oh, _ _ Mama, do this really mean it?
_ [E] He's stuck inside in a mobile, breathing that best blues he can.
[Bm] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [B] _
[A] _ [E] _ The preacher looked so baffled when I asked him why he [C#m] dressed with [E] 20 pounds of headlines [C#m] _ [A] stapled to his [B] chest.
[A] And he cursed me when I proved [E] it to him.
Then I said, see, not even you can hide.
You see, you're just like me.
[A] I hope you're satisfied.
[E] _ [G#m] Oh, _ Mama, do this really mean _ [E] _ [B] [C#m] it?
He's stuck inside in a mobile, [E] breathing that best blues he can.
[D] _ [B] _ [E] _ _ [B] _ [A] _ [E]
Another E-man gave me two killers.
And then he said, [C#m] jump right in.
[E] The first was [C#m] Texas medicine.
[A] The second was just railroad [B] gin. _
[A] Like a fool, I [E] mixed them.
_ [C#m] Strangled up [E] my mind. _
[C#m] Now people just [E] get uglier.
[A] And I have no self [E]-control.
[G#m] Oh, Mama, _ _ do this really mean it?
[E]
He's stuck [B] inside [C#m] in a mobile, [E] [A] breathing that [E] best blues [D] he can. _
[A] _ [E] _ _ [B] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [E] _ [C#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [G#m] _ _
[G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [B] _
[A] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ [E] _
_ _ [A] _ [Em] Now when Ruthie says, [E] come see me, you're a honky-tonk [C#m] with guns.
_ [E] Where I can [C#m] watch her walls perform.
[A] Look at her [B] minion move.
[A] And I said, oh, [E] come on now.
[C#m] You know, you know about my [E] debutante.
[C#] She says, your debutante [E] don't know what you need.
[A] I know [E] what you want.
[G#m] Oh, _ _ Mama, do [B] this really mean it?
[C#] [E] He's [B] stuck [C#m] inside in a [E] mobile, breathing that best blues he [Bm] can.
_ [E] _ _ [D] _
[B] _ [A] [E] Now the bricks they [C#m] lay on his street, where the [E] young have been climbed.
They all fall there so perfectly.
[A] It all seems [B] so well timed.
_ [A] And me, I [E] sit here so patiently, [C#m] trying to find [E] out what price.
[C#m] I have to [E] pay to get out of going through [A] all of these things [E] twice.
[G#m] That's right.
_ _ Do this really mean it?
_ [E] He's stuck inside in [E] a mobile, feeling that best blues he [D] can.
[Bm] _ [A] [G#m] Oh, _ Mama, do this really mean it?
[E] He's stuck [G#m] inside [C#m] in a mobile, [A] breathing that best blues he [D] can.
[B] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [B] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [B] _ [A] _ [E] _ _
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