That's All Right (Mama)

by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup recording of 1946-1949 from That's Allright Mama (Relic 7036) & That's Allright Mama (RCA 61043-2 or Black Label 2006) & The Father of Rock & Roll (RCA LPV-573) & Look on Yonder's Wall (Delmark 614) & Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1946-1949) (Document 5202) Well now, that's all right, now mama, that's all right for you That's all right mama, just anyway you do Now that's all right, that's all right That's all right now mama, anyway you do missing verse Well, my mama she done told me. pap's done told me too Son, that gal you're foolin' with, she ain't no good for you But that's all right, that's all right That's all right, now mama, any way you do I'm leaving town tomorrow. leaving town for sure Then you won't be bothered with me hanging 'round your door But that's all right, that's all right That's all right, mama, any way you do I oughta mind my pap, guess I'm not too smart If I was I'd leave you, go before you break my heart But that's all right. that's all right That's alright, mama, any way you do __________ Note: "That's All Right" proved Elvis Presley's ticket to Sun Records stardom.

 

Buy the Book!

I cleaned up my tab for Sonny Boy's Help Me and made it into a short book. There's a Kindle version for 99 cents, and if you buy the paperback you get the Kindle free.

Playing "Help-Me" In the Style of Sonny Boy Williamson II: A step by step, note for note analysis of some of Sonny Boy's Signature Riffs