Mean

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

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

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

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


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

what you don't know...


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


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

sides and
     E  
Your wild fire lies

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

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

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


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

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

what you don't know


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


[Bridge]
          F#  
And I can see you years

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


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