She Loves the Jerk by John Hiatt (From "Riding with the King" CD)
also Covered by Rodney Crowell
INTRO G / G/Am7/D
G
We've talked it to death, cryin' on the telephone.
Am7 C
Nights when he drinks at home,
D G/Am7-D/G
She has to whisper throught her tears.
G Am7
"Johnny," she says, "you'd never do these things to me."
Em/E C D
But I can never make her see he's wasted such precious years.
Am7 D G
Well, "you married the wrong guy" is all I ever say.
CHORUS
G E Am Ab+
He's a no good so and so, but she'll never let him go.
D G
Though she knows it will never work, she loves the jerk.
C G/Am7-D/
She loves the jerk.
2nd Verse
G Am7
He was the guy always out on the make.
C D
I guess he had what it takes to turn the heads of pretty girls.
G Am7 C- D
She thought he would change; the worst of us will settle down.
Em/E Am7
But he couldn't stay out of town, not even with this precious pearl.
D G
Now she lives with the lies and the bumps and the bruises.
REPEAT CHORUS, THEN BRIDGE
BRIDGE
G7 C D B7 Em
Well, I hang up the phone and I pretend she's in my arms.
C B7 Em
What I wouldn't give for just one-tenth
D
E (Key modulates from G to A)
"Of what she gives Mister Charming."
CHORUS (Now in E)
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