Key: G
Introduction:
G
We've talked it to death
Am
Crying on the telephone
C
Nights when he drinks at home
D/F# G Am D
She has to whisper through the tears
F# G
?Darling,? she says,
Am
?You never do these things to me?
C
But I could never make her see
D/F# Em E
He's wasted such precious years
Am D/F# G
?You married the wrong guy? is all I ever say
E
He's a no-good so-and-so
Am
But she'll never let him go
D G
Though she knows it'll never work, she loves the jerk
C/G G Am D/A
She loves the jerk
G
He was the guy
Am
Always out on the lake
C
I guess he had what it takes
D/F# G Am D/A
To turn the heads of pretty girls
G
She thought he would change
Am
The worst of us will settle down
C/G
But he couldn't stay out of town
D/F# Em E
Not even for this precious pearl
Am D/F#
Now she lives with the lies and the bumps and the bruises
G E
He's a no-good so-and-so
Am
But she'll never let him go
D G
Though she knows it'll never work, she loves the jerk
C/G G G7
She loves the jerk
C/G D/F# B7/F# Em
I hang up the phone and I pretend she's in my arms
C/G B7/F# Em D/F# E
What I wouldn't give for just one tenth of what she gives Mr. Charming
A F#
He's a no-good so-and-so
Bm
But she'll never let him go
Bm E A
Though she knows it'll never work, she loves the jerk
D A
She loves the jerk
D A
She loves the jerk
D A
She loves the jerk
D A
She loves the jerk