BmAG
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
ADGA
Well you can take me down with just one single blow
G
But you don't know, what you don't know...
DAsus4G
Someday I'll be livin' in a big ol' city
DAsus4G
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
DAsus4G
Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
DAsus4G......
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
...... DD
Why you gotta be so mean?
BmA
You, with your swithching sides and
G
Your wild fire lies and your humiliation
BmAG
You, have pointed out my flaws again
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
BmAG
I just wanna feel okay again
A
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
DAsus4G
Someday I'll be livin in a big ol' city
DAsus4G
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
DAsus4G
Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
DAsus4G
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
DD -once Asus4G
Why you gotta be so mean?
A
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 grumblin' all about how I can't sing
DABm
But all you are is mean
GDABm
All you are is mean...and a liar...and pathetic
GDABmG
And alone in life and mean, and mean, and mean, and mean
DAsus4G
But someday I'll be livin in a big ol' city
DAsus4GG
And all you're ever gonna be is mean, yeah--ah
DAsus4G
Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
DAsus4G
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
(G)D
Why you gotta be so...Someday
Asus4G
I'll be livin in a big ol' city (why ya gotta be so mean)
DAsus4G
And all you're ever gonna be is mean (why ya gotta be so mean)
DAsus4G
Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me (why ya gotta be so mean)
DAsus4G
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
D
Why you gotta be so mean?
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.