G   C D
G   C D

[Verse 1]
        G                                 Am
We've talked it to death, cryin' on the telephone
                          C
Nights when he drinks at home
     D                           G    Am D
she has to whisper through her tears

[Verse 2]
  G                                               Am
Johnny, she says, "you'd never do these things to me"
Am                        C
But I can never make her see
       D                    E     E7
he's wasted such precious year - ears

[Chorus]
             Am                       D          G
Well, "you married the wrong guy" is all I ever say
G              E          Am                E
He's a no good so and so, but she'll never let him go
             D                   C                    G
Though she knows it will never work, she loves the jerk
 C             G    Am D
She loves the jerk

[Verse 3]
            G                     Am
He was the guy always out on the make
                         C       D                         G   Am D
I guess he had what it takes to turn the heads of pretty girls
       G                                                  Am
She thought he would change, the worst of us will settle down
         Am                  C         D                        E     E7
But he couldn't stay out of town, not even with this precious pear - earl

[Chorus]
         Am                          D
Now she lives with the lies and the bumps and the bruises
 G             E          Am                E
He's a no good so and so, but she'll never let him go
                                C                   G   C
Though she knows it will never work, she loves the jerk
 C             G    C  G  G7
She loves the jerk

[Bridge]
      C               D           Bm7                Em
Well, I hang up the phone and I pretend she's in my arms
 C               Bm7               Em                 D                   E
What I wouldn't give for just one-tenth of what she gives Mister Charming

[Chorus] (Key Change, G to A)
 A             F#         Bm               Bb+
He's a no good so and so, but she'll never let him go
             E                  E7                  A   D
Though she knows it will never work, she loves the jerk
        N.C.    A  D
She loves the jerk

[Outro]
      A            D
He's never gonna change (she loves the jerk)
      A           D
Hey, ain't love strange
         A           D
She'll never let him go (she loves the jerk)
   A               D
I know, I know, I know
        A          D
She's never gonna see (she loves the jerk)
           A             D
She'd be better off with me
       A           D
He's never gonna change (she loves the jerk)
    A           D
Oh, no oh oh oh no