Rockabilly Guitar Lesson! Baby Let's Play House (with tabs)

Here a brief breakdown of the guitar part on Elvis's classic song Baby, Let's Play House. The part was played by the great Scotty Moore.

[CC-qbsm]

I remember Keith Richards talking about hearing this song when he was younger and he said something like “the song really cooked me”.... well Keith, this song really cooks me too! Nicely done Tom!

[DelusionalCovers]

This is how it’s supposed to be played! Looks like a ton of fun!

[johnnyrocker]

One of the best Scotty Moore lessons I've seen. Probably THE best. Many thanks.

[John-obdh]

I was the singer in a little rock band in 59 .We used to do this great track.

[epi]

As someone whose New Year's resolution is to dive deep into Scotty's style, I'm grateful for all of your work and generosity. Many thanks!

[foxyjazzbopper]

Wow... brilliant lesson... many thanks!!

[sgall]

A master class in Scotty Moore picking! You're such a neat player. Kudos for sharing this. 👍

[nickangelica]

Now this is how you make an instructional guitar video.

[ferpirata]

Great lesson. Congratulations from Spain

[luccian_ellan]

Listening to it 2023🎉From Brazil 🇧🇷 I need this backing track!

[andrerock]

Brilliant lesson, Tom! Thanks a million! Have a fantastic New Year!

[PelvisCashley]

Hi Tom Happy New Year sir....please keep the Scotty Moore stuff coming.
Thanks a million!

[tasosdiaforetico]

brilliant - great twang and vibe that B7 to C7 is always so cool

[TheBlueYodelingDad]

This is really great! I wish I had something like this when I was trying to figure this out in college thirty years ago. All I had was a Wolf Marshall CD and tab book, which was great, but man, these visuals are just perfect. Great job with this, and way to channel Scotty's sound!

[rozarzeszow]

Amazing Tom! Please make more full song covers :D Nice job!

[raindogred]

This cleared up some stuff for me..i thought there was more going on with the E chords and play it much more complicated than it needs..must be the slap delay SM used in the original recording..watching it here its pretty straight forward and you nailed it to my ear. nice clear vid cheers

[genebrenner]

Yep. That's how I play it too. One of the more clearly heard solos on the early Sun sides.

[yayastedi]

Oh, baby, baby, baby, baby baby
Baby, baby baby, be-be-be-be-be-be baby baby, baby
Baby baby baby
Come back, baby, I want to play house with you
Well, you may go to college
You may go to school
You may have a pink Cadillac
But don't you be nobody's fool
Now baby come back, baby, come
Come back, baby, come
Come back, baby I want to play house with you
Now listen and I'll tell you baby
What I'm talking about
Come on back to me, little girl
So we can play some house
Now baby come back, baby, come
Come back, baby, come
Come back, baby
I want to play house with you (oh let's play house, baby)
Now this is one thing, baby
That I want you to know
Come on back and let's play a little house
And we can act like we did before
Well, baby come back, baby, come
Come back, baby, come
Come back, baby I want to play house with you (hit it)
Yeah
Now listen to me, baby
Try to understand
I'd rather see you dead, little girl
Than to be with another man
Now baby come back, baby, come
Come back, baby, come
Come back, baby, I want to play house with you
Oh, baby baby baby
Baby baby baby be-be-be-be-be-be baby baby baby
Baby baby baby
Come back, baby, I want to play house with you

[la.reaction]

One of the best lessons out there ! Any chance of doing one on Elvis Presley's milkcow blues boogie ?

[Edward-MTBKR]

Excellent! Is there a name for that picking style with the middle finger up picking? Or is this a variation of "Travis" picking?