Band: Cake
Song: Short Skirt/Long Jacket
Album: Comfort Eagle
Tabbed By: Brian H.
Email: weezer090@hotmail.com
How original is this!! Good job to Cake coming out with something brand new!
This tune is so catchy, the first time I heard it on the radio, I loved it!
This song is in standard tuning, and like all Cake songs, it has that one
signature riff, kinda like in "Never There." Very cool, they're unique!
CHORDS:
D - (x5777x)
A - (5776xx)
G - (3554xx)
INTRO: (Here's that signature riff throughout the song)
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5--3-5p3h5--3-5-3-0------0--5--3-5p3h5--3-5-3-0------0--|
E|---------------------1--3------------------------1--3----|
VERSE 1: (Just repeat that signature riff)
I wanna girl with a mind like a diamond
I wanna girl who knows what's best
I wanna girl with shoes that cut, and
Eyes that burn like cigarettes.
VERSE 2: (Now play these chords with slight overdrive)
D A G A
I wanna girl with the right allocations.
D A G A
Who's fast, and thorough, and sharp as a tack.
D A G A
She's playing with her jewelry, she's putting up her hair,
D A G
She's touring the facility, and picking up slack.
I wanna girl with a short skirt, and a loooooong jacket!
INTERLUDE: (Play like the intro)
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5--3-5p3h5--3-5-3-0------0--5--3-5p3h5--3-5-3-0------0--|
E|---------------------1--3------------------------1--3----|
VERSE 3: (Play like verse 1)
I want a girl who gets up early
I want a girl who stays up late
I want a girl with uninterrupted prosperity
Who used a machedy to cut through red tape
VERSE 4: (Play like verse 2)
With fingernails that shine like justice
And a voice that is dark like tinted glass
She is fast and thorough
And sharp as a tack
She's touring the facility
And picking up slack
I want a girl with a short skirt and a lonnnnng.... lonnng jacket
CHORUS:
D A G A
NA na NA na NA na.. NA na NA na NA na
D A G A
NA na NA na NA na.. NA na NA na NA na
D A G A
NA na NA na NA na.. NA na NA na NA na
D A G A
NA na NA na NA na.. NA na NA na NA na
D A G A
NA na NA na NA na.. NA na NA na NA na......
INTERLUDE: (Play like first interlude, just the signature riff)
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5--3-5p3h5--3-5-3-0------0--5--3-5p3h5--3-5-3-0------0--|
E|---------------------1--3------------------------1--3----|
VERSE 5: (Play like verse 1, and 3)
I want a girl with a smooth liquidation
I want a girl with good dividends
And at the city bank we will meet accidentally
We'll start to talk when she borrows my pen.
VERSE 6: (Play like verse 2, and 4)
She wants a car with a cupholder arm rest
She wants a car that will get her there
She's changing her name from Kitty to Karen
She's trading her MG for a white Chrystler Laberan
I want a girl with a short skirt and a lonnnnggggggggg jacket.
CHORUS: (Play like previous chorus)
D A G A
NA na NA na NA na.. NA na NA na NA na
D A G A
NA na NA na NA na.. NA na NA na NA na
D A G A
NA na NA na NA na.. NA na NA na NA na
D A G A
NA na NA na NA na.. NA na NA na NA na
D A G A
NA na NA na NA na.. NA na NA na NA na.
OUTRO: (The outro is just the signature riff played twice)
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5--3-5p3h5--3-5-3-0------0--5--3-5p3h5--3-5-3-0------0--|
E|---------------------1--3------------------------1--3----|
And that's the end of the song for you!! That song is very easy! Just one riff
and 3 chords. That shows you how easy it can be to write a good summer anthem
with just basic chords! I haven't really tabbed any other Cake stuff, because
they're tabbed at my buddy's site at: Quality Tabs Inc. You can find good tabs
for "The Distance" and a special bonus at the end of the tab for "Never There."
His site is: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Garage/4564/tabs.htm
If you have questions, email me at: weezer090@hotmail.com Thanks guys! Later!