John Hiatt - She loves the jerk
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"She Loves the Jerk" by John Hiatt (on the CD "Riding with the King")
Song was also covered by Rodney Crowell
INTRO
G / G/Am7/D
We've talkGed it to death, cryin' on the telephone. Am7
Nights when he drinks at home, C
D G/Am7-D/
she has to whisper throught her tears.
G
"Johnny," she says, "you'd never do these things to me.&quoAm7t;
C D
Em/E
But I can never make her see he's wasted such precious years.
Well, "you mAm7arried the wrong guy" is all DI ever say. G
CHORUS
G E Am Ab+
He's a no good so and so, but she'll never let him go.
D
Though she knows it will never work, she loves the jerGk.
C G/Am7-D/
She loves the jerk.
2nd Verse
GHe was the guy always out on the make. Am7
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. Am7
C D
Em/E
But he couldn't stay out of town, not even with this precious pearl.
Am7 D
Now she lives with the liGes and the bumps and the bruises.
REPEAT CHORUS, THEN BRIDGE
BRIDGE
G7Well, IC hang up the phone anDd I pretend she's inB7 my arms. Em
CWhat I wouldn't give foB7r just one-tenth Em
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.
E E7
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