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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
[Verse 1]
Tired o' Cslippin' and a-slidin' with Long Tall Sally
CPeepin' and a-hidin' duckin' back in the alley
Don't Fwanna Rip It Up, don't wanna dance with Annie
    CN.C.                          CN.C.
I got a brand new lover, name is    Short Fat Fannie
[Verse 2]
One Cday while I was visitin' the Heartbreak Hotel
That's Cwhere I met Fannie and she sure looked swell
I Ftold her that I loved her, I'd never leave her
      CN.C.                  CN.C.
She put her arms around me    gave me Fever
[Chorus]
She's Fmy Tutti-Frutti, I love the child so
She Cwatch me like a Hound Dog everywhere I go
WhenFever I'm around I'm on my Ps and Qs
  G7N.C.
She might step on my Blue Suede Shoes
[Verse 3]
Well, at a Chonky-tonk party just the other night
CFannie got jealous and she started a fight
BeFcause I was dancin' with Mary Lou
           CN.C.                 CN.C.
I had to call Jim Dandy To The    Rescue
[Verse 4]
CShort Fat Fannie, she's my heart's desire
CShort Fat Fannie sets my soul on fire
On FMonday we were married on Blueberry Hill
  CN.C.
Now we're so happy and I love her still
[Instrumental]
|  C|  C|  C|  C|
|  F|  F|  C|  C|
|  G|  F|  C|  C|
[Chorus]
She's my Fbig fat Tutti-Frutti and I love the child so
She Cwatch me like a Hound Dog everywhere I go
WhenFever I'm around I'm on my Ps and Qs
         G7N.C.
'Cause she might step on my Blue Suede Shoes
[Verse 5]
Well, at a Chonky-tonk party just the other night
CFannie got jealous and she started a fight
BeFcause I was dancin' with Mary Lou
           CN.C.                 CN.C.
I had to call Jim Dandy to the    rescue
[Verse 6]
CShort Fat Fannie is my heart's desire
CGot the kind of lovin' sets my soul on fire
FShort Fat Fannie, well I love her so
  DN.C.                              C  
I'll never let Short Fat Fannie go

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Short Fat Fannie

by Larry Williams

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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

[Verse 1]

Tired o' slippin' and a-slidin' with Long Tall Sally

Peepin' and a-hidin' duckin' back in the alley

Don't wanna Rip It Up, don't wanna dance with Annie

C C

N.C. N.C.

I got a brand new lover, name is Short Fat Fannie

[Verse 2]

One day while I was visitin' the Heartbreak Hotel

That's where I met Fannie and she sure looked swell

I told her that I loved her, I'd never leave her

C C

N.C. N.C.

She put her arms around me gave me Fever

[Chorus]

She's my Tutti-Frutti, I love the child so

She watch me like a Hound Dog everywhere I go

Whenever I'm around I'm on my Ps and Qs

N.C.

She might step on my Blue Suede Shoes

[Verse 3]

Well, at a honky-tonk party just the other night

Fannie got jealous and she started a fight

Because I was dancin' with Mary Lou

C C

N.C. N.C.

I had to call Jim Dandy To The Rescue

[Verse 4]

Short Fat Fannie, she's my heart's desire

Short Fat Fannie sets my soul on fire

On Monday we were married on Blueberry Hill

N.C.

Now we're so happy and I love her still

[Instrumental]

C C C C

| | | | |

F F C C

| | | | |

G F C C

| | | | |

[Chorus]

She's my big fat Tutti-Frutti and I love the child so

She watch me like a Hound Dog everywhere I go

Whenever I'm around I'm on my Ps and Qs

N.C.

'Cause she might step on my Blue Suede Shoes

[Verse 5]

Well, at a honky-tonk party just the other night

Fannie got jealous and she started a fight

Because I was dancin' with Mary Lou

C C

N.C. N.C.

I had to call Jim Dandy to the rescue

[Verse 6]

Short Fat Fannie is my heart's desire

Got the kind of lovin' sets my soul on fire

Short Fat Fannie, well I love her so

D C

N.C.

I'll never let Short Fat Fannie go

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