I Didn't Mean To Be Mean chords by Mental As Anything

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Intro Riff:

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G  |G   |F   |F   :
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Verse 1:
     G            C                G
It's hard to be a nice guy all the time
G         C                 G
Everybody knows that guilty feeling
G                 C             G
When you hurt the one you love
     G          C               G
Yes, I'm guilty of that crime

Interlude:
G   C7   G   G/F
G   C7   G   G/F

Verse 2:
       G            C                    G
It's a strain to maintain that loving feeling
G             C              G
Even when you say, "Don't be cruel"
G            C                      G
People being what they are, there's danger
        G           C        G
There's gun battles   in the suburbs

Chorus:
D        Bm         Em
I didn't mean to be mean
    G         A D
Oh, no
D        Bm         Em
I didn't mean to be mean
    G         A D
Oh, no

Interlude:
G   C7   G   G/F
G   C7   G   G/F

Verse 1:
     G            C                G
It's hard to be a nice guy all the time
G         C                 G
Everybody knows that guilty feeling
G                 C            G
When you hurt the one you love
     G          C              G
Yes, I'm guilty of that crime

Verse 3:
    G          C            Bb    G
Now I wouldn't say I was no saint
G               C                        Bb   G
  But there are worse things that I ain't
G               C            Bb   G
My old mum will stand by me
    G                C          Bb   G
And she's as true as she can be

Chorus:
D        Bm         Em
I didn't mean to be mean
    G       A D
Oh, no
D        Bm         Em
I didn't mean to be mean
    G      A D
Oh, no

Intro riff:
G  |G   |G   |G   :
G  |G   |F   |F   :

Outro:
     D         Bm         Em
Oooh, I didn't mean to be mean
    G       A       D
Oh, no     no, no, no
D        Bm         Em
I didn't mean to be mean
    G       A D
Oh, no

D Bm Em    G    A D


D        Bm         Em
I didn't mean to be mean
    G       A D
Oh, no

Outro:
D Bm Em     G      A G    A  G    A   G    A G
         Oh no                                     fade