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

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro Riff:

G |G  |G  |G  :
G |G  |F  |F  :
G |G  |G  |G  :
G |G  |F  |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

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