VerseBmAG
You, with your words like knives and swords
G
And weapons that you use against me
BmAG
You, have knocked me off my feet again
G
Got me feelin' like a nothin'
BmAG
You, with your voice like nails on a chalk board
G
Callin' me out when I'm wounded
BmAG
You, pickin' on the weaker man
Pre-ChorusADGA
Well you can take me down with just one single blow
G
But you don't know, what you don't know
ChorusDABmG
Someday I'll be livin in a big ol' city
DAG
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
DABmG
Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
DAG
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
N.C. D
Why you gotta be so mean?
C slide in to DVerseBmA
You, with your swithching sides and
GG
Your wild fire lies and your humiliation
BmAG
You, have pointed out my flaws again
G N.C.
As if I don't already see them
BmA
I walk with my head down
G
tryin' to block you out
G
'cause I never impress you
BmAGG
I just wanna feel okay again
Pre-ChorusA
I bet you got pushed around
DGA
Somebody made you cold
A
But the cycle ends right now 'cause
G
You can't lead me down that road
G
And you don't know what you don't know
ChorusDABmG
Someday I'll be livin in a big ol' city
DAG
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
DABmG
Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
DAG
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
D
Why you gotta be so mean?
C slide in to DInstrumentalG (2 measures)
BridgeA
And I can see you years from now in a bar
DGA
Talkin' over a football game
A
With that same big loud opinion
DGA
But no one's listening
A
Washed up and ranting about the
DAG
same old bitter things
ADAG
Drunk and rumblin' all about how I can't sing
N.C. DA
But all you are is mean
GDAD
All you are is mean, and a liar, and pathetic
GDADG
And alone in life and mean, and mean, and mean, and mean
ChorusDABmG
Someday I'll be livin in a big ol' city
DAG
And all you're ever gonna be is mean...yeahh
DABmG
Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
DAG
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
D
Why you gotta be so.. Someday
ABmG
I'll be livin in a big ol' city
DAG
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
DABmG
Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
DAG
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
D
Why you gotta be so mean
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