She Loves the Jerk

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------## "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 G Am7 We've talked it to death, cryin' on the telephone. C Nights when he drinks at home, D G/Am7-D/ she has to whisper throught her tears. G Am7 "Johnny," she says, "you'd never do these things to me." D Em/E But I can never make her see he's wasted such precious years. Am7 DG 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. CD G/Am7-D/ I guess he had what it takes to turn the heads of pretty girls. G Am7 She thought he would change; the worst of us will settle down. D Em/E But he couldn't stay out of town, not even with this precious pearl. AD7 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 A F# Bm Bb+ He's a no good so and so, but she'll never let him go. EE7 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