Chords with lyrics
Don’t let
the A4’s and the 
D/F#D/F# scare you away, they’re easy to play!
A augmentedA regular A augmentedA can be played for the A4, but I just liked the
sound of the A4 better. I’m not sure about the 
G/EG/E
in the chorus.
EADGBe
Asus4Asus4 [x02230]
D/F#D/F# [200033]
G/EG/E [020030]
Standard Tuning
W/ Capo on 2
D MajorD Asus4Asus4 
G+G
You, with your words like knives and swords
D/F#D/F#
And weapons that you use against me
D MajorD Asus4Asus4 G+G
You, have knocked me off my feet again
D/F#D/F#
Got me feelin’ like a nothin’
D MajorD Asus4Asus4 G+G
You, with your voice like nails on a chalk board
D/F#D/F#
Callin’ me out when I’m wounded
D MajorD Asus4Asus4 G+G
You, pickin’ on the weaker man
A augmentedA D MajorD G+G D/F#D/F# A augmentedA
Well you can take me down with just one single blow
G+G -once
But you don’t know, what you don’t know...
D MajorD Asus4Asus4 G/EG/E D/F#D/F#
Someday I’ll be livin in a big ol’ city
D MajorD Asus4Asus4 G+G
And all you’re ever gonna be is mean
D MajorD Asus4Asus4 G/EG/E D/F#D/F#
Someday I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit me
D MajorD Asus4Asus4 G......Stop
And all you’re ever gonna be is mean
n.c. D MajorD
Why you gotta be so mean?
B minorBm A augmentedA
You, with your swithching sides and
G+G D/F#D/F#
Your wild fire lies and your humiliation
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G
You, have pointed out my flaws again
(stop)n.C.
As if I don’t already see them
B minorBm A augmentedA
I walk with my head down
G+G
tryin’ to block you out
D/F#D/F#
’cause I never impress you
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G D/F#D/F#
I just wanna feel okay again
A augmentedA
I bet you got pushed around
D MajorD G+G D/F#D/F# A augmentedA
Somebody made you cold
(A augmentedA)
But the cycle ends right now ’cause
G+G
You can’t lead me down that road
D/F#D/F# G+G -stop n.c.
And you don’t know what you don’t know
D MajorD Asus4Asus4 G/EG/E D/F#D/F#
Someday I’ll be livin in a big ol’ city
D MajorD Asus4Asus4 G+G
And all you’re ever gonna be is mean
D MajorD Asus4Asus4 G/EG/E D/F#D/F#
Someday I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit me
D MajorD Asus4Asus4 G+G
And all you’re ever gonna be is mean
D MajorD Asus4Asus4 G+G
Why you gotta be so mean?
A augmentedA
And I can’t see you years from now in a bar
D MajorD G+G D/F#D/F# A augmentedA
Talkin’ over a football game
(A augmentedA)
With that same big loud opinion
D MajorD G+G D/F#D/F# A augmentedA
But no one’s listening
(A augmentedA)
Washed up and ranting about the
D* *once A* G*
same old bitter things
A augmentedA D* A* G*
Drunk and rumblin’ all about how I can’t sing
n.c. D MajorD Asus4Asus4 G+G
But all you are is mean
(G+G) D MajorD Asus4Asus4 D MajorD
All you are is mean...and a liar...and pathetic
G+G D MajorD Asus4Asus4 D MajorD G+G
And alone in life and mean, and mean, and mean, and mean
D MajorD Asus4Asus4 G/EG/E D/F#D/F#
But someday I’ll be livin in a big ol’ city
D MajorD Asus4Asus4 G+G
And all you’re ever gonna be is mean, yeah--ah
D MajorD Asus4Asus4 G/EG/E D/F#D/F#
Someday I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit me
D MajorD Asus4Asus4 G+G
And all you’re ever gonna be is mean
(G+G) D MajorD
Why you gotta be so...Someday
Asus4Asus4 G/EG/E D/F#D/F#
I’ll be livin in a big ol’ city (why ya gotta be so mean)
D MajorD Asus4Asus4 G+G
And all you’re ever gonna be is mean (why ya gotta be so mean)
D MajorD Asus4Asus4 G/EG/E D/F#D/F#
Someday I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit me (why ya gotta be so mean)
D* *once Asus4* G*
And all you’re ever gonna be is mean
D*
Why you gotta be so mean?
Other versions of Mean
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