Standard (EADGBE)

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Intro

You with your words

 like knives and swords

And weapons that

you use against me

You have knocked me

 off my feet again

Got me feeling like a nothing

You with your voice like

 nails on a chalk board

Callin me out when I'm wounded

You picking on the weaker man

Refrain 1

Well you can take me down

with just one single blow

 But you don't know

what you don't know

Chorus 1

Someday I'll be living

 in a big old city

 And all you're ever

 gonna be is mean

Someday I'll be big

 enough so you can't hit me

 And all you're ever

 gonna be is mean

-- - -/

Why you gotta be so mean?

Verse 2

You with your

switching sides and

 Your wild fire lies

and your humiliation

You have pointed out my flaws again

(hold)

As if I don't already see them

I walk with my head down

 trying to block you out

cause I never impress you

I just wanna feel okay again

Refrain 2

I bet you got pushed around

Somebody made you cold

But the cycle ends right now cause

 You can't lead me down that road

(hold)

And you don't know what you don't know

Chorus 2

Someday I'll be living

 in a big old city

 And all you're ever

 gonna be is mean

Someday I'll be big

 enough so you can't hit me

 And all you're ever

 gonna be is mean

--

Why you gotta be so mean?

Guitar solo

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Bridge

 And I can't see you years

from now in a bar

Talking over a football game

With that same big loud opinion

 But no one's listening

Washed up and ranting about the

same old bitter things

Drunk and grumbling all

 about how I can't sing

 But all you are is mean

All you are is mean and a

liar and pathetic

 And alone in life and mean

 and mean and mean and mean

Chorus 3

Someday I'll be living

in a big old city

And all you're ever

gonna be is mean yeah

Someday I'll be big

 enough so you can't hit me

 And all you're ever

 gonna be is mean

Why you gotta be so mean?

Chorus 4

Someday I'll be living

 in a big old city

 And all you're ever

 gonna be is mean

Someday I'll be big

 enough so you can't hit me

 And all you're ever

 gonna be is mean

 Why you gotta be so mean?