How to Play Fanlight Fanny on Guitar?

George Formby - Fanlight Fanny can be played in the key of Am using the Am, Dm, G7, C, E7, G#7 chords. For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G. For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B. For G7, To play G7, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute A, high E. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For E7, To play E7, let low E, D, B, high E ring open, mute A, G. For G#7, To play G#7 | Ab7, barre fret 1 from the D string to the B string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, mute A. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Fanlight Fanny with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

George Formby - Fanlight Fanny Chords

Chord reference Am, Dm, G7, C, E7, G#7

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[Am]Up the [Dm]west end, [Am]that’s the [Dm]best end, [Am] where the night clubs thrive [G7]Down into a dive you [C]go. [E7] [Am]There’s a [Dm]jazz queen, [Am]she’s a [Dm]has been, [Am]has been Lord knows what [G7]Every night she’s there on [C]show. [G#7] [G7] [C] She [C7]dances underneath a magic [F]spell She’s [D7]full of charm and beer and stout as [G7]well. [E7]

She’s [Am]66 but looks sixteen, her friends don’t know her now her face is clean [G7]Fanlight Fanny the frowsy [G#7]night [G7]club [C]queen. [E7] [Am]See her glide around the floor, then glide around into the pub next door. [G7]Fanlight Fanny the frowsy [G#7]night [G7]club [C]queen. [E7]

She looks [Am]swell in the [G#7]lime, a [Am]queen all the [G#7] time, You [Am]get your money’s [E7]worth. [D7]By [G#7]day [A7]you’ll [D7]say “[G7]It’s her second time on earth”. She [Am]waltzes in the west end shops, then waltzes out in between two cops. [G7]Fanlight Fanny the frowsy [G#7]night [G7]club [C]queen. [E7]

By [Am]tecs she’s followed and when she’s collared the judge she always cheats, [G7]Twice a month two weeks she’ll [C]do. [E7] She’s [Am]often boasted she’s been toasted, toasted by her friends. She [G7]ought to be cremated [C]too. [G#7] [G7] [C] You [C7]can’t tell if she’s brunette or a [F]blonde, She’s [D7]like something you drag out of a [G7]pond. [E7] [Am]She’s a peach but understand, She’s called a peach because she’s always canned. [G7]Fanlight Fanny the frowsy [G#7]night [G7]club [C]queen. [G#7] [G7] [C]

[Am]When she’s dressed she’s like May West, She wears two saucepan lids upon her chest. [G7]Fanlight Fanny the frowsy [G#7]night [G7]club [C]queen. [E7]

She looks [Am]well in the [G#7]lime, a [Am]queen all the [G#7] time, You [Am]get your money’s [E7]worth. [D7]By [G#7]day [A7]you’ll [D7]say “[G7]It’s her second time on earth”.

[Am]Every morning at the break of day, they call for the empties and they cart away [G7]Fanlight Fanny the frowsy [G#7]night [G7]club [C]queen. [E7]

Artist George Formby

Album Single

Genres Pop

Year 1935

Key Am

George Formby - Fanlight Fanny can be played in the key of Am using the Am, Dm, G7, C, E7, G#7 chords.

For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B.
For G7, To play G7, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute A, high E.
For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For E7, To play E7, let low E, D, B, high E ring open, mute A, G.
For G#7, To play G#7 | Ab7, barre fret 1 from the D string to the B string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, mute A.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Fanlight Fanny with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.