She Loves The Jerk
John HiattVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
We've talked it to death, cryin' on the telephone.
Nights when he drinks at home,
she has to whisper throught her tears.
"Johnny," she says, "you'd never do these things to me."
But I can never make her see he's wasted such precious years.
Well, "you married the wrong guy" is all I ever say.
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
He was the guy always out on the make.
I guess he had what it takes to turn the heads of pretty girls.
She thought he would change; the worst of us will settle down.
But he couldn't stay out of town, not even with this precious pearl.
Now she lives with the lies and the bumps and the bruises.
REPEAT CHORUS, THEN BRIDGE
Well, I hang up the phone and I pretend she's in my arms.
What I wouldn't give for just one-tenth
D E (Key modulates from G to
)
of what she gives Mister Charming.
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.
/// Repeat and fade
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Readable chord sheet for She Loves The Jerk by John Hiatt
[G] [G] [Am7] [D]
We've talk[G]ed it to death, cryin' on the telephone. [Am7]
Nights when he drinks at home, [C]
she has [D]to whisper throught her tears. [G] [Am7] [D]
[G]
"Johnny," she says, "you'd never do these things to me." [Am7]
[C] [D]
But I can neve[Em]r m[E]ake her see he's wasted such precious years.
Well, "you marrie[Am7]d the wrong guy" is all I ever say[D]. [G]
[G]He's a no good so and [E]so, but she'[Am]ll never let him go. [Ab]
Though she knows it w[D]ill never work, she loves the jerk. [G]
[C]She loves the jerk. [G] [Am7] [D]
2nd Verse
[G]He was the guy always out on the make. [Am7]
[C] [D]
I guess he had what it takes to t[G]ur[Am7]n th[D]e heads of pretty girls.
[G]
She thought he would change; the worst of us will settle down. [Am7]
[C] [D]
But he couldn't stay out of to[Em]wn,[E] not even with this precious pearl.
[Am7] [D]
Now she lives with the li[G]es and the bumps and the bruises.
REPEAT CHORUS, THEN BRIDGE
[G7]Well, I[C] hang up the phone an[D]d I pretend she's in[B7] my arms. [Em]
[C]What I wouldn't give fo[B7]r just one-tenth [Em]
D E (Key modulates from G to
[A])
of what she gives Mister Charming.
[A]He's a no good so and [F#]so, but she'l[Bm]l never let him go. [Bb]
[E] [E7]
Though she knows it will never work, she loves the jerk.
[N.C.]She loves the jerk.
[A]/[D]/[A]/[D] Repeat and fade