This song will work your arms right! Each hit in the verse is a downstroke, with a muting downstroke immediately following. I play the Dm7 in the fifth position, the C in the third, the Bb in the first.
Jerk
(Tabachneck)
Verse 1:
i am a
F
jerk
oh, I
Am7
say things that jerks say
and i
Dm7
do things that jerks do
i play
Bb
games that only jerks play
C
it’s just the
F
jerk’s
way
i start out
Am7
like this on monday
and if you
Dm7
catch me on sunday
i’m mellowing
Bb
out and getting ready for the
C
next weekly wave
Chorus 1:
F
you can’t change me now
Am7
35 years of
Bb
vim and vigor
F
you can’t change me now
Am7
16 spent calming
Bb
itchy
triggers
F
you can’t change me now
well, my
Am7
hair got gone as my
B
head got bigger
C
Verse 2:
i am a jerk
yeah, i want things my own way
it’s been like that since my first birthday
my first cake was a twinkie
my first word was lame, i’m a jerk
i’m ungrateful and selfish
loving me must be hellish
if every inch that you give me a yard comes away
Chorus 2:
you can’t change me now
35 years of piss and spittle
you can’t change me now
six years of beatdowns for playing fiddle
you can’t change me now
well my heart got hard as my bones got brittle
Bridge:
still i
Dm7
kiss every baby
C
i
Bb
make time for every
C
dog
i give
Dm7
advice when they
Gm7
ask
me
link my
Bb
friends on my
C
blog
i give my
Dm7
seat to old
C
ladies
and take the
Bb
outside of the
C
sidewalk
yeah, i
Dm7
kiss every
Gm7
baby
i make
Bb
time for every
C
dog
Verse 3:
i am a jerk
but lots of you seem to like me
and my family keeps trying
even though i was born spitting mad vitriol i’m a jerk
i never asked for the title
but some among us who are spiteful
may whisper that i’m not a creature that you wanna know
Chorus 3:
you can’t change me now
35 years of pock-faced jingles
you can’t change me now
all this, and ladies, the boy’s still single
you can’t change me now….