Elvis Costello - She Loves The Jerk

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we’ve talked it to death
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crying on the telephone
C
nights when he drinks at home
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she has to whisper through the tears

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darling , she says ,
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you never do these things to me
C
but i could never make her see
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he’s wasted such precious years

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you married the wrong guy is all i ever say
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he’s a no – good so – and – so
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but she’ll never let him go
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though she knows it’ll never work , she loves the jerk
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she loves the jerk

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he was the guy
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always out on the lake
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i guess he had what it takes
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to turn the heads of pretty girls

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she thought he would change
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the worst of us will settle down
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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
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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
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she loves the jerk

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i hang up the phone and i pretend she’s in my arms
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what i wouldn’t give for just one tenth of what she gives mr . charming

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he’s a no – good so – and – so
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but she’ll never let him go
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though she knows it’ll never work , she loves the jerk
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she loves the jerk
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she loves the jerk
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she loves the jerk
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she loves the jerk

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