Intro:
C#m B
You with your words
A
like knives and swords
And weapons that
you use against me
C#m B
You have knocked me
A
off my feet again
Got me feeling like a nothing
C#m B
You with your voice like
A
nails on a chalk board
Callin me out when I'm wounded
C#m B A
You picking on the weaker man
Refrain 1:
B
Well you can take me down
E A B
with just one single blow
A
But you don't know
what you don't know
Chorus 1:
E B C#m
Someday I'll be living
A
in a big old city
E B
And all you're ever
A
gonna be is mean
E B C#m
Someday I'll be big
A
enough so you can't hit me
E B
And all you're ever
A
gonna be is mean
E D E B/Eb
Why you gotta be so mean?
Verse 2:
C#m
You with your
B
switching sides and
A
Your wild fire lies
and your humiliation
C#m B A
You have pointed out my flaws again
As if I don't already see them
C#m B
I walk with my head down
A
trying to block you out
cause I never impress you
C#m B A
I just wanna feel okay again
Refrain 2:
B
I bet you got pushed around
E A B
Somebody made you cold
But the cycle ends right now cause
A
You can't lead me down that road
And you don't know what you don't know
Chorus 2:
E B C#m
Someday I'll be living
A
in a big old city
E B
And all you're ever
A
gonna be is mean
E B C#m
Someday I'll be big
A
enough so you can't hit me
E B
And all you're ever
A
gonna be is mean
E D E B
Why you gotta be so mean?
Guitar Solo: A B A
Bridge:
B
And I can't see you years
from now in a bar
E A B
Talking over a football game
With that same big loud opinion
E A B
But no one's listening
Washed up and ranting about the
C#m B A
same old bitter things
B
Drunk and grumbling all
C#m B A
about how I can't sing
E B C#m
But all you are is mean
A E
All you are is mean and a
B C#m
liar and pathetic
A E
And alone in life and mean
B C#m A
and mean and mean and mean
Chorus 3:
E
Someday I'll be living
in a big old city
And all you're ever
gonna be is mean yeah
E B C#m
Someday I'll be big
A
enough so you can't hit me
E B
And all you're ever
A
gonna be is mean
Why you gotta be so mean?
Chorus 4:
E B C#m
Someday I'll be living
A
in a big old city
E B
And all you're ever
A
gonna be is mean
E B C#m
Someday I'll be big
A
enough so you can't hit me
E B
And all you're ever
A
gonna be is mean
E
Why you gotta be so mean?