Short Fat Fannie
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Short Fat Fannie:Larry Williams.
#2 on R&B charts and #5 on Rock charts in 1957.
INTRO: (Singer whistling) C F C7
#1.
F
I was slippin' and a slidin' with Long Tall Sally,
C
Peepin' and a-hidin' duckin' back in the alley.
F
Don't wanna Rip It Up, don't wanna dance with Annie,
D G7
I got a brand new lover named Short Fat Fannie.
#2.
C
One day while I was busy in the Heartbreak Hotel.
That's where I met Fannie and she sure looked swell.
F
I told her that I loved her, I'd never leave her..
G7
She put her arms around me..gave me Fever.
[Refrão]F
She's my Tutti-Fruitti, I love the child so..
C
she watch me like a Hound Dog everywhere I go.
F
Whenever I'm around I'm on my P's and Q's..
D G7
She might step on my Blue Suede Shoes.
#3.
C
Well, at a honky-tonk party just the other night,
Fannie got jealous and she started a fight.
F
Because I was dancin' with Mary Lou,
D G7
I had to call Jim Dandy to the rescue.
#4.
C
Short Fat Fannie she's my heart's desire.
Short Fat Fannie sets my soul on fire.
F
On Monday we were married on Blueberry Hill,
G7
now we're so happy and I love her still.
[Refrão]F
She's my big bad Tutti-Fruitti, I love the child so..
C
she watch me like a Hound Dog everywhere I go.
F
Whenever I'm around I'm on my P's and Q's..
D G7
She might step on my Blue Suede Shoes.
#5.
C
Well, at a honky-tonk party just the other night,
Fannie got jealous and she started a fight.
F
Because I was dancin' with Mary Lou,
D G7
I had to call Jim Dandy to the rescue.
#6.
F
Short Fat Fannie is my heart's desire..
C
Got the kind of lovin' sets my soul on fire.
F
Short Fat Fannie, well I love her so,
D G7 F C
I'll never let Short Fat Fannie Go.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
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