Mean

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

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

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

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


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

what you don't know...


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


[Verse]
A#m             G#  
You, with your swithching

sides and
     F#  
Your wild fire lies

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

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

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


[Pre-Chorus]
G#
I bet you got pushed around
C#           F#        G#
Somebody made you cold
G#  
But the cycle ends

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

what you don't know


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


[Bridge]
          G#  
And I can see you years

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


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