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From: Member2945@aol.com

"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 (320003@1)                                                   Am7We've (x02010@1)talked it to death, cryin' on the telephone.
                                        CNights (x32010@1)when he drinks at home, 
        D (xx0232@1)                                          G/Am7-D/
she has to whisper throught her tears.
G (320003@1)                                                                          Am7"Johnny," (x02010@1)she says, "you'd never do these things to me."
                                        C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)            
              Em/E
But I can never make her see he's wasted such precious years.
                 Am7 (x02010@1)                             D (xx0232@1)          GWell, (320003@1)"you married the wrong guy" is all I ever say.


CHORUS

G (320003@1)                   E (022100@1)         Am (x02210@1)                  Ab+
He's a no good so and so, but she'll never let him go.
                     D (xx0232@1)                                                     GThough (320003@1)she knows it will never work, she loves the jerk.
C (x32010@1)                    G/Am7-D/  
She loves the jerk.

2nd Verse

G (320003@1)                                                   Am7He (x02010@1)was the guy always out on the make.
                                   C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)                                G/Am7-D/
I guess he had what it takes to turn the heads of pretty girls.
       G (320003@1)                                                                          Am7She (x02010@1)thought he would change; the worst of us will settle down.
                                          C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)                             Em/E
But he couldn't stay out of town, not even with this precious pearl.
               Am7 (x02010@1)                              D (xx0232@1)                        G (320003@1)             
Now she lives with the lies and the bumps and the bruises.

REPEAT CHORUS, THEN BRIDGE

BRIDGE
G7 (320001@1)   C (x32010@1)                  D (xx0232@1)                 B7 (x21202@1)                  Em (022000@1)Well, I hang up the phone and I pretend she's in my arms.
C (x32010@1)                    B7 (x21202@1)                  EmWhat (022000@1)I wouldn't give for just one-tenth 
                    D (xx0232@1)                          E (022100@1) (Key modulates from Gto (320003@1)A)
of what she gives Mister Charming.  

CHORUS

A (x02220@1)                   F# (244322@1)         Bm (x24432@1)                  Bb+
He's a no good so and so, but she'll never let him go.
                     E (022100@1)                           E7 (020130@1)                        
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