Tutti Frutti Guitar Tab

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Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 13:52:43 -0700
From: Collins Crapo 
Subject: CRD: /l/little_richard/tutti_frutti.crd

TUTTI FRUTTI
songwriting credits unavailable
performed by Little Richard
tab transcribed by Collins Crapo 

Wa bop a lu bop a lom bam boom

CHORUS:
      F
Tutti Frutti, all over rootie
Tutti Frutti, all over rootie
      Bb
Tutti Frutti, all over rootie
      F
Tutti Frutti, all over rootie
      C                Bb
Tutti Frutti, all over rootie
F
Wa bop a lu bop a lom bam boom

Verse 1:
I've got a girl named Sue
She knows just what to do
           Bb
I've got a girl named Sue
    F
She knows just what to do
She bops to the east
She bops to the west
But she's the girl that I love best

(chorus)

Verse 2:
I've got a girl named Daisy
She almost drives me crazy
I've got a girl named Daisy
She almost drives me crazy
She knows how to love me, yes indeed
But you don't know what she do to me

(chorus)

(instrumental; same pattern as chorus)

(chorus)

(repeat verse 2)

(chorus)

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Drake Average	#1 by Drake Bergman at Aug 19, 1982 at 11:54 AM EST
	it doesn't actually say ''oh rutti'', but in fact says ''all rooty" as in slang for 'all right'. the original lyric was something like "nice booty" but had to be changed for obvious reasons

No Picture kenzie Professional Badass	#2 by kenzie at Jun 6, 1983 at 6:08 PM EST
	The last two verses are obvious and straight forward. It is the first verse that requires analysis and translation which I shall do below. "Tutti frutti" is the American name for Neopolitan icecream. "Oh rutti" is a corruption of the French "en route" which means "on the way". So the first verse sings like so, Neopolitan icecream, on the way, Neopolitan icecream, on the way, Neopolitan icecream, on the way, Neopolitan icecream, on the way, Neopolitan icecream, on the way, Then we get to the line, "A wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boo" A "wop bop" is obviously an Italian dance. "A loo bop" is a dance in the toilet. So Little Richard is singing about an Italian dance in the toilet. "A lop bam boom" is obviously complete gibberish.

No Picture Alex Average	#3 by Alex Zaphiropoulos at Apr 6, 1997 at 8:12 PM EST
	mmmmm....tuttie frutti...

No Picture James Average	#4 by James Newsome at Oct 4, 2007 at 8:35 PM EST
	Little richard is a tutti frutti.. he likes to blow horses!

No Picture Kevin Average	#5 by Kevin turbyfill at Oct 10, 2007 at 11:48 AM EST
	DarkenRahl makes sense for the most part. However: 1. Tutti Frutti and Neapolitan are not the same thing. Tutti frutti is entirely fruit flavored and often has dried or candied fruit as well as flavoring. Neapolitan is 1/3 strawberry, 1/3 chocolate, and 1/3 vanilla, which isn't even that fruity. 2. "A lop bam boom" isn't necessarily gibberish. Ferdinand Lop was a French presidential candidate in the 1940s, and since he ran right after WWII, Little Richard probably added war onomatopoeia (BAM! BOOM!). It is also possible that instead of "Bam boom," he's saying "bamboo," which would probably be a reference to a love of pandas. Also, only at the end does he go "A Lop bam boom (bamboo). The rest of the song its "A lop bum bum." The "bum bum" is likely either just a musical segway, or perhaps a reference to the subject of both the original version and many other Little Richard songs (you know what I'm talking about).