Hiatt John - She Loves The Jerk guitar tab

"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."

C D

Em/E

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

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.

C D

Em/E

But he couldn't stay out of town, not even with this precious pearl.

Am7 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

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