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
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A
I want a girl with a mind like a diamondD
A
G
A
I want a girl who knows what's bestD
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G
A
I want a girl with shoes that cutD
A
G
A
And eyes that burn like cigarettesD
A
G
A
I want a girl with the right allocations
D
A
Who's fast and thoroughG
A
And sharp as a tackD
A
She's playing with her jewelryG
A
She's putting up her hairD
A
She's touring the facilityG
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 earlyD
A
G
A
I want a girl who stays up lateD
A
G
A
I want a girl with uninterrupted prosperityD
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G
A
Who uses a machete to cut through red tapeD
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G
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With fingernails that shine like justiceD
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G
A
And a voice that is dark like tinted glassD
A
She is fast and thoroughG
A
And sharp as a tackD
A
She's touring the facilityG
A
And picking up slackG
I want a girl with a short skirt and a lonnnnng.... lonnng jacketD
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 penD
A
G
A
She wants a car with a cupholder arm restD
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G
A
She wants a car that will get her thereD
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G
A
She's changing her name from Kitty to KarenD
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G
A
She's trading her MG for a white Chrysler La BaronG
I want a girl with a short skirt and a lonnnnggggggggg jacketD
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).