C
You, 
      G
With your words like knives
    Am                        F
and swords and weapons that you use against me
C
You,
     G              F
Have knocked me off my feet again
F
Got me feelin' like i'm nothing
C
You, 
       G 
With your voice like nails
        Am       
on a chalkboard 
           F
Callin' me out when i'm wounded
C
You,
G               F
Pickin' on the weaker man

Pre-Chorus
G
Well you can take me down
F              G
with just one single blow.
G              F
But you don't know what you don't know.

Chorus
C     G
Someday I'll be
Am              F
Livin' in a big ole' city
C         G           F
And all your ever gonna be is mean.
C     G
Someday I'll be
Am                  F
Big enough so you can't hit me
C         G           F
And all your ever gonna be is mean.
(stop)
Why you gotta be so mean?

C G Am F

Verse 2
C
You,
G              
With your switching sides
   Am
and your wild fire lies 
      F
and your humiliation 
C
You,
G              Am
Have pointed out my flaws again
F
As if I don't already see them.
C       G
I walk with my head down
Am
Try to block you out
F 
Cause I'll never impress you
C
I,
     G          F
Just wanna feel okay again

Pre-Chorus
G
I'll bet you got pushed around,
F
Somebody made you cold,
G
But the cycle ends right now,
G              F
Cause you can't lead me down that road
G              F
And you don't know what you don't know

Chorus
C     G
Someday I'll be
Am              F
Livin' in a big ole' city
C         G           F
And all your ever gonna be is mean.
C     G
Someday I'll be
Am                  F
Big enough so you can't hit me
C         G           F
And all your ever gonna be is mean.
(stop)
Why you gotta be so mean?

C G Am F C G Am F


Bridge
G
And I can see years from now
in a bar
F
Talkin' over a football game
G
With that same big loud opinion
F
But nobody's listening
G
Washed up and ranting 
       C       Am     F
About the same ole' bitter things.
G
Drunk and goin on about
Am        F
How I can't sing.
              
But all you are is mean.

C G Am 

F           C
All you are is mean.
     G
and a liar.
     Am
and pathetic
    F
and alone in life
    C 
and mean.
    G
and mean.
    Am
and mean.
    F
and mean.

Chorus
C        G
But someday i'll be
Am              F
Livin' in a big ole' city
C         G           F
and all your ever gonna be is mean

Yeah
C     G 
Someday I'll be
Am                  F
Big enough so you can't hit me
C         G           F
and all your ever gonna be is mean.
F
Why you gotta be so(mean)
C     G
Someday I'll be 
Am              F
Livin' in a big ole' city(Why you gotta be so mean)
C         G           F
and all your ever gonna be is mean.

(Why you gotta be so mean?)
C     G
Someday I'll be 
Am                  F
Big enough so you can't hit me(Why you gotta be so mean)
C         G           F
And all your ever gonna be is mean.
               C
Why you gotta be so mean? 

 Capo 3

Bm              A
You, with your words like knives
    G
And swords and weapons that you use against me,
Bm       A          G
You, have knocked me off my feet again,
 
Got me feeling like I'm nothing.
Bm          A               G
You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard

Calling me out when I'm wounded.
Bm    A         G
You, pickin' on the weaker man.

A
Well you can take me down,
D          G   A
With just one single blow.
   Bm             D
But you don't know, what you don't know,

CHORUS:
D      A     G
Someday, I'll be living in a big old city,
   D       A          G
And all you're ever gonna be is mean.
D      A     G
Someday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit me,
   D       A           G
And all you're ever gonna be is mean.
              D
Why you gotta be so mean?

Verse 2:
Bm           A
You, with your switching sides,
       G
And your walk by lies and your humiliation
Bm      A          G
You, have pointed out my flaws again,

As if I don't already see them.
Bm       A
I walk with my head down,
        G
Trying to block you out cause I'll never impress you
Bm    A       G
I just wanna feel okay again.

A
I bet you got pushed around,
D      G
Somebody made you cold,
A
But the cycle ends right now,
     G
You can't lead me down that road,

You don't know, what you don't know

[Repeat Chorus]

G 

      A
And I can see you years from now in a bar,
D           G
Talking over a football game,
A
With that same big loud opinion but,
D              G
Nobody's listening,
A                      Bm     A     G
Washed up and ranting about the same old bitter things,
A                      Bm     G
Drunk and grumbling on about how I can't sing.

           D     A     Bm
But all you are is mean,
G         D
All you are is mean.
     A       Bm       G
And a liar, and pathetic, and alone in life,
   D      C      Bm     G
And mean, and mean, and mean, and mean

[Repeat chorus a couple times] 

End on D