Mean

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

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

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

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


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

what you don't know...


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


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

sides and
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Your wild fire lies

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

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

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


[Pre-Chorus]
E
I bet you got pushed around
A           D        E
Somebody made you cold
E  
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       E       F#m    
  Someday I'll be livin
               D
in a big ol' city
    A          E    
  And all you're ever
             D
gonna be is mean
A       E       F#m         
  Someday I'll be big enough
              D
so you can't hit me
    A          E    
  And all you're ever
             D
gonna be is mean
                   A       A~   E     D
Why you gotta be so mean?


[Bridge]
          E  
And I can see you years

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


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