Key: B
Introduction:
Bb Cm
Talking to death, crying on the telephone
D#
The nights when he drinks at home
F Bb Cm F
She has to whisper through her tears
Bb Cm
Johnny, she says, could never do those things to me
D#
But I could never make her see
F G
She?s wasted such precious years
Cm F Bb
Well you married the wrong guy that?s all I ever say
Bb G
He?s a no good so and so
Cm F D#
But she?ll never let him go, though she knows it will never work
Bb D# Bb
She loves the jerk, she loves the jerk
He was the guy always out on the make
D# F D Gm
I hung up the phone and I pretend she?s in my arms
D# F Gm F G
What I wouldn?t give for just one bit of what she gives Mr. Johnny
Bridge + Chorus (up 1 measure)