3 Chords used in the song: D, A, G
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# Intro:
A|--5----3-5-3---3-5-3-0----------0----------------|
E|---------------------------1---3--------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D A G A
I want a girl with a mind like a diamond
D A G A
I want a girl who knows what's best
D A G A
I want a girl with shoes that cut
D A G A
And eyes that burn like cigarettes
D A G A
I want a girl with the right allocations
D A
Who's fast and thorough
G A
And sharp as a tack
D A
She's playing with her jewelry
G A
She's putting up her hair
D A
She's touring the facility
G
And picking up slack
I want a girl with a short skirt and a lonnnng jacket......
# [Intro Riff]
D A G A
I want a girl who gets up early
D A G A
I want a girl who stays up late
D A G A
I want a girl with uninterrupted prosperity
D A G A
Who uses a machete to cut through red tape
D A G A
With fingernails that shine like justice
D A G A
And a voice that is dark like tinted glass
D A
She is fast and thorough
G A
And sharp as a tack
D A
She's touring the facility
G A
And picking up slack
G
I want a girl with a short skirt and a lonnnnng.... lonnng jacket
D A G A
Na na na Na na Na... Na Na Na NA NA NA
Na na na Na na Na... Na Na Na NA NA NA
Na na na Na na Na... Na Na Na NA NA NA
Na na na Na na Na... Na Na Na NA NA NA
Na na na Na na Na... Na Na Na NA NA NA
[Intro Riff]
I want a girl with a smooth liquidation
I want a girl with good dividends
At Citibank we will meet accidentally
We'll start to talk when she borrows my pen
D A G A
She wants a car with a cupholder arm rest
D A G A
She wants a car that will get her there
D A G A
She's changing her name from Kitty to Karen
D A G A
She's trading her MG for a white Chrysler La Baron
G
I want a girl with a short skirt and a lonnnnggggggggg jacket
D A G A
Na na na Na na Na... Na Na Na NA NA NA
Na na na Na na Na... Na Na Na NA NA NA
Na na na Na na Na... Na Na Na NA NA NA
Na na na Na na Na... Na Na Na NA NA NA
Na na na Na na Na... Na Na Na NA NA NA
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About this song: Short Skirt/long Jacket
Lead singer John McCrea told Rolling Stone about the line, "I want a girl with a short skirt and a long jacket": "I think it was inspired by seeing somebody with those two oppositional fashion gestures. And that's sort of what the song is about, directly oppositional forces housed within the same mechanism or personage. I saw this woman as trying to arrive at balance - the skirt going up and the jacket going down." (Source Short Skirt/Long Jacket Songfacts).