She Loves The Jerk Chords
She Loves The Jerk by Elvis Costello is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Am, C, D/F#, D, F#, Em, E, C/G, D/A, G7, B7/F#, A, Bm and Bm(/F#). Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G
G
We've talked it to death
Am
Crying on the telephone
C
Nights when he drinks at home
D/F# G Am D
She has to whisper through the tears
F# G
“Darling,” she says,
Am
“You never do these things to me”
C
But I could never make her see
D/F# Em E
He's wasted such precious years
Am D/F# G
“You married the wrong guy” is all I ever say
E
He's a no-good so-and-so
Am /G#
But she'll never let him go
/G D G
Though she knows it'll never work, she loves the jerk
C/G G Am D/A
She loves the jerk
G
He was the guy
Am
Always out on the lake
C
I guess he had what it takes
D/F# G Am D/A
To turn the heads of pretty girls
G
She thought he would change
Am
The worst of us will settle down
C/G
But he couldn't stay out of town
D/F# Em E
Not even for this precious pearl
Am D/F#
Now she lives with the lies and the bumps and the bruises
G E
He's a no-good so-and-so
Am /G#
But she'll never let him go
/G D G
Though she knows it'll never work, she loves the jerk
C/G G G7
She loves the jerk
C/G D/F# B7/F# Em
I hang up the phone and I pretend she's in my arms
C/G B7/F# Em D/F# E
What I wouldn't give for just one tenth of what she gives Mr. Charming
A F#
He's a no-good so-and-so
Bm /Bb
But she'll never let him go
Bm(/F#) E A
Though she knows it'll never work, she loves the jerk
D A
She loves the jerk
D A
She loves the jerk
D A
She loves the jerk
D A
She loves the jerk
D A