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