Mean

[Verse]
Cm             A#     
  You, with your words
                 G#
like knives and swords

And weapons that you use against me
Cm        A#       
  You, have knocked
           G#
me off my feet again

Got me feelin' like a nothin'
Cm             A#          
  You, with your voice like
            G#
nails on a chalk board

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


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

what you don't know...


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


[Verse]
Cm             A#  
You, with your swithching

sides and
     G#  
Your wild fire lies

and your humiliation
Cm        A#       
  You, have pointed
        G#
out my flaws again

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

'Cause I never impress you
Cm     A#           G#
I just wanna feel okay again


[Pre-Chorus]
A#
I bet you got pushed around
D#           G#        A#
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


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


[Bridge]
          A#  
And I can see you years

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


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