G / G/Am7/D
G Am7
We've talked it to death, cryin' on the telephone.
Nights when he drinks at home,
D G/Am7-D/she has to whisper throught her tears.
G
"Johnny," she says, "you'd never do these things to me."
C DBut I can never make her see he's wasted such precious years.
Am7 D GWell, "you married the wrong guy" is all I ever say.
CHORUS
G E Am G#+
He's a no good so and so, but she'll never let him go.
Though she knows it will never work, she loves the jerk.
She loves the jerk.
2nd Verse
G Am7
He was the guy always out on the make.
C D G/Am7-D/I guess he had what it takes to turn the heads of pretty girls.
G
She thought he would change; the worst of us will settle down.
C DBut he couldn't stay out of town, not even with this precious pearl.
Am7 DNow she lives with the lies and the bumps and the bruises.
REPEAT CHORUS, THEN BRIDGE
BRIDGE
Well, I hang up the phone and I pretend she's in my arms.
C B7 EmWhat I wouldn't give for just one-tenth
D E (Key modulates from G to
A)of what she gives Mister Charming.
CHORUS
A F# Bm Bb+
He's a no good so and so, but she'll never let him go.
Though she knows it will never work, she loves the jerk.
N.C.
She loves the jerk.
OUTRO
A/D/A/D Repeat and fade
Chords Texts HIATT JOHN She Loves The Jerk. Chordsound to play your music, study scales, positions for guitar, search, manage, request and send chords, lyrics and sheet music