That's All Right, Mama Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays586

That's All Right, Mama by Johnny Cash & Bob Dylan is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, A7, D and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Written by Arthur Crudup. Johnny Cash & Bob Dylan covered this song during Dylan's sessions for Nashville Skyline; it appears on bootlegs of this joint session. 

A 
Well, that's alright, mama 
A 
That's alright for you 
A                    A7 
That's alright mama, just anyway you do 
A7              D 
Well, that's alright, that's alright. 
D        E7                       A 
That's alright now mama, anyway you do 



A 
Mama she done told me, 
A 
Papa done told me too 
A                      
'Son, that gal your foolin' with, 
A7 
She ain't no good for you' 
                 D 
But, that's alright, that's alright. 
            E7                   A 
That's alright now mama, anyway you do 

Solo 


A 
I'm leaving town, baby 
A 
I'm leaving town for sure 
A 
Well, then you wont be bothered with 
A7 
Me hanging 'round your door 
               D 
Well, that's alright, that's alright. 
            E7                    A 
That's alright now mama, anyway you do 


Enjoy! 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante