Spooky Girlfriend chords by Elvis Costello

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: F#m

🎸 Intro:

F#m   C#m (2x)



🎸 Verse 1:
F#m                 C#m
I want a girl to make a mess
F#m                  A
To do no wrong she must confess
F#m                 C#m
And then perhaps hitch up her dress
D               A           E
'Cos when the flashbulbs explode
D               A           E
She's such a sensitive soul…
F#m    C#m     F#m    C#m
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do

{Verse 2]
F#m                    C#m
I want a girl who is helpless and frail
F#m                    A
Who won't pull on my ponytail
F#m                C#m
I want a girl who has no past
F#m
She's made up now
    A
But that won't last
D               A        E
'Cos when she sits on my knee
D                A      E
I hear her whisper to me

🎸 Chorus:
          F#m                       C#m             F#m          C#m      F#m      C#m
"Can't you see
I could be
I could be your spooky girlfriend…         Do, do, do, do
      F#m                C#m                F#m         C#m
I could be
I could be your spooky girlfriend…"
F#m    C#m     F#m    C#m
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do

🎸 Verse 3:
F#m                        C#m
And the broken toys are scattered in the attic
F#m                           C#m
Newspapers play with the words of the fanatic
F#m                              C#m
While the greeting cards are your most poetic lyric
F#m                                      A
And the flat champagne is sweet sugar syrup

🎸 Break:
F#m    C#m    F#m   C#m
F#m
I want to paint you with glitter and with dirt
C#m
Picture you with innocence and hurt
F#m
The shutter closes,exposes the shot
C#m
She says, "Are you looking up my skirt "
D
When you say "No"
               C#
She says "Why not "

🎸 Verse 4:
F#m                C#m
I want a girl to turn my screw
F#m                    A
To wind my watch, to buckle my shoe
F#m                    C#m
And if she won't her mother will do
     D         A            E
But when she does as she's told
       D        A            E
We'll all turn platinum and gold
D              A         E
But when she sits on my knee
D            A           E
I hear her whisper to me
F#m
"Can't you see "
          C#m           F#         C#m
"I could be your spooky girlfriend"