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Frim Fram Sauce
Words & Music by Joe Ricardel & Red EvansRecorded by Nat King Cole, 1945
E D9 E7 A D9 A D9
I don't want french fried po - ta - toes,
A D9 A D9
Red ripe to - ma - toes,
B7 Edim B7
I'm nev- er sat - is - fied.
D9 Cdim A F#7
I want the frim fram sauce with the aus - en fay
D9 E7/6 A Edim E7
With cha - fa - fa on the side.
E D9 E7 A D9 A D9
I don't want pork chops and ba - con,
A D9 A D9
That won't a - wa - ken
B7 Edim B7
My ap - pe - tite in - side.
D9 Cdim A F#7
I want the frim fram sauce with the aus - en fay
D9 Dm6 A
With cha - fa - fa on the side.
Bridge:
A7 D D6
A fella's really got to eat
A7 Fdim D9
And a fella should eat right.
B7 Cdim E
Five will get you ten
Fdim B7 Cdim E7
I'm gonna feed myself right tonight.
E D9 E7 A D9 A D9
I don't want fish cakes and rye bread -
A D9 A D9
You heard what I said.
B7 Edim B7
Waiter, please serve mine fried
D9 Cdim A F#7
I want the frim fram sauce with the aus - en fay
D9 Dm6 A
With cha - fa - fa on the side.
*Fifty years later, Diana Krall revived this one and brought it to the attention of a couple of generations' worth of listeners who had never heard it. I had, thanks to long-time piano bar acquaintance George P., who's been singing it for a lucky few of us for many years. Thanks to recent visitor mrjazz for the suggestion.