Short Fat Fannie Chords

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Short Fat Fannie by Larry Williams is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords C, F, C7, D and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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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. 
 
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. 


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. 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante