Mean

[Verse]
Gm             F     
  You, with your words
                 D#
like knives and swords

And weapons that you use against me
Gm        F       
  You, have knocked
           D#
me off my feet again

Got me feelin' like a nothin'
Gm             F          
  You, with your voice like
            D#
nails on a chalk board

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


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

what you don't know...


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


[Verse]
Gm             F  
You, with your swithching

sides and
     D#  
Your wild fire lies

and your humiliation
Gm        F       
  You, have pointed
        D#
out my flaws again

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

'Cause I never impress you
Gm     F           D#
I just wanna feel okay again


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

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

what you don't know


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


[Bridge]
          F  
And I can see you years

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


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