Mean

[Verse]
C#m             B     
  You, with your words
                 A
like knives and swords

And weapons that you use against me
C#m        B       
  You, have knocked
           A
me off my feet again

Got me feelin' like a nothin'
C#m             B          
  You, with your voice like
            A
nails on a chalk board

Callin' me out when I'm wounded
C#m   B                     A
You, pickin' on the weaker man


[Pre-Chorus]
B
 Well you can take me down
E               A      B
 with just one single blow
       A~  
But you don't know,

what you don't know...


[Chorus]
E       B       C#m     
  Someday I'll be livin'
              A
in a big ol' city
    E          B    
  And all you're ever
             A
gonna be is mean
E       B       C#m         
  Someday I'll be big enough
              A
so you can't hit me
    E          B    
  And all you're ever
             F......
gonna be is mean
  ......           E         B
Why you gotta be so mean?


[Verse]
C#m             B  
You, with your swithching

sides and
     A  
Your wild fire lies

and your humiliation
C#m        B       
  You, have pointed
        A
out my flaws again

As if I don't already see them
C#m          B
I walk with my head down
          A
Tryin' to block you out

'Cause I never impress you
C#m     B           A
I just wanna feel okay again


[Pre-Chorus]
B
I bet you got pushed around
E           A        B
Somebody made you cold
B  
But the cycle ends

right now 'cause
A
You can't lead me down that road
        A  
And you don't know

what you don't know


[Chorus]
E       B       C#m    
  Someday I'll be livin
               A
in a big ol' city
    E          B    
  And all you're ever
             A
gonna be is mean
E       B       C#m         
  Someday I'll be big enough
              A
so you can't hit me
    E          B    
  And all you're ever
             A
gonna be is mean
                   E       E~   B     A
Why you gotta be so mean?


[Bridge]
          B  
And I can see you years

from now in a bar
E               A            B
 Talkin' over a football game
B
With that same big loud opinion
E            A        B
But no one's listening
B
Washed up and ranting about the
E~         B~       A~
Same old   bitter   things
B                                 E  
  Drunk and grumblin' all about how I
  B     A
can't sing
                  E    B  C#m
But all you are is mean
A              E          
  All you are is mean...and
   B          C#m
a liar...and pathetic
    A                 E     
  And alone in life and mean,
     B         C#m        A
and mean, and mean, and mean


[Chorus]
E       B       C#m  
  But someday I'll be
                 A
livin in a big ol' city
    E          B                A      
  And all you're ever gonna be is mean,
  A
yeah--ah
E       B       C#m         
  Someday I'll be big enough
              A
so you can't hit me
    E          B    
  And all you're ever
             A
gonna be is mean
A                   E
Why you gotta be so...Someday
B       C#m                 
  I'll be livin in a big ol'
  A
city (why ya gotta be so mean)
    E          B             
  And all you're ever gonna be
    A
is mean (why ya gotta be so mean)
E       B       C#m                
  Someday I'll be big enough so you
       A
can't hit me (why ya gotta be so mean)
    E     B         
  And all you're ever
        A~
gonna be is mean
                   E~
Why you gotta be so mean?