Chords
"She Loves the Jerk" by John Hiatt (on the CD "Riding with the King")
Song was also covered by Rodney Crowell
INTRO
G+G / G/Am7/D
G+G
Am7Am7
We've talked it to death, ....
C majorC
Nights when he drinks ...
D MajorD G/Am7-D/
she has to whisper ....
G+G
Am7Am7
"Johnny," she says, "you'd ...
C majorC
D MajorD
Em/E
But I can never make her see ...
Am7Am7
D MajorD
G+G
Well, "you married the wrong guy" is ....
CHORUS
G+G
E MajorE
A minorAm
AbAb+
He's a no good so and so, but she...
D MajorD
G+G
Though she knows it will never ...
C majorC G/Am7-D/
She loves ...
2nd Verse
G+G
Am7Am7
He was the guy ...
C majorC
D MajorD
G/Am7-D/
I guess he had what it takes to turn ...
G+G
Am7Am7
She thought he would change; the ...
C majorC
D MajorD
Em/E
But he couldn't stay out of town, .....
Am7Am7
D MajorD
G+G
Now she lives with the lies and ....
REPEAT CHORUS, THEN BRIDGE
BRIDGE
G7G7
C majorC
D MajorD
B7B7
E minorEm
Well, I hang up the phone ...
C majorC
B7B7
E minorEm
What I wouldn't give for ...
D MajorD
E MajorE (Key modulates from
G+G to
A augmentedA)
of what she gives ...
CHORUS
A augmentedA
F#F#
B minorBm
Bb majorBb+
He's a no good so and so, but ...
E MajorE
E7E7
Though she knows it will .....
N.C.
She loves .....
OUTRO
A/D/A/D Repeat and fade