C#m B A
You, with your words like knives and swords
(A)
And weapons that you use against me
C#m B A
You, have knocked me off my feet again
(A)
Got me feelin’ like a nothin’
C#m B A
You, with your voice like nails on a chalk board
(A)
Callin’ me out when I’m wounded
C#m B A
You, pickin’ on the weaker man
B E A B
Well you can take me down with just one single blow
A
But you don’t know, what you don’t know…
E Bsus4 A
Someday I’ll be livin’ in a big ol’ city
E Bsus4 A
And all you’re ever gonna be is mean
E Bsus4 A
Someday I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit me
E Bsus4 A sus
And all you’re ever gonna be is mean
E D E
Why you gotta be so mean?
C#m B
You, with your switching sides and
A
Your wild fire lies and your humiliation
C#m B A
You, have pointed out my flaws again
sus
As if I don’t already see them
C#m B
I walk with my head down
A
Tryin’ to block you out
A
‘Cause I never impress you
C#m B A
I just wanna feel okay again
B
I bet you got pushed around
E A B
Somebody made you cold
(B)
But the cycle ends right now ’cause
A
You can’t lead me down that road
A sus
And you don’t know what you don’t know
E Bsus4 A
Someday I’ll be livin’ in a big ol’ city
E Bsus4 A
And all you’re ever gonna be is mean
E Bsus4 A
Someday I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit me
E Bsus4 A
And all you’re ever gonna be is mean
E D E B A
Why you gotta be so mean?
B
And I can see you years from now in a bar
E A B
Talkin’ over a football game
(B)
With that same big loud opinion
E A B
But no one’s listening
(B)
Washed up and ranting about the
E* *once B* A*
Same old bitter things
B E* B* A*
Drunk and grumblin’ all about how I can’t sing
-no chord E B C#m
But all you are is mean
A E B C#m
All you are is mean…and a liar…and pathetic
A E B C#m A
And alone in life and mean, and mean, and mean, and mean
(*Palm mute*)
E* Bsus4* A*
But someday I’ll be livin’ in a big ol’ city
E* Bsus4* A* A
And all you’re ever gonna be is mean, yeah–ah
E Bsus4 A
Someday I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit me
E Bsus4 A
And all you’re ever gonna be is mean
(A) E
Why you gotta be so…Someday
Bsus4 A
I’ll be livin in a big ol’ city (why ya gotta be so mean)
E Bsus4 A
And all you’re ever gonna be is mean (why ya gotta be so mean)
E Bsus4 A
Someday I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit me (why ya gotta be so mean)
E* Bsus4* A*
And all you’re ever gonna be is mean
E*
Why you gotta be so mean?