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Intermediate
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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"
Song History
Published: January 2, 2023
Last Updated: February 7, 2026