G / G/Am7/DGAm7
We've talked it to death, cryin' on the telephone.
C
Nights when he drinks at home,
DG/Am7-D/
she has to whisper throught her tears.
GAm7
"Johnny," she says, "you'd never do these things to me."
CDEm/E
But I can never make her see he's wasted such precious years.
Am7DG
Well, "you married the wrong guy" is all I ever say.
GEAmAb+
He's a no good so and so, but she'll never let him go.
DG
Though she knows it will never work, she loves the jerk.
CG/Am7-D/
She loves the jerk.
2nd Verse
GAm7
He was the guy always out on the make.
CDG/Am7-D/
I guess he had what it takes to turn the heads of pretty girls.
GAm7
She thought he would change; the worst of us will settle down.
CDEm/E
But he couldn't stay out of town, not even with this precious pearl.
Am7DG
Now she lives with the lies and the bumps and the bruises.
G