[Verse]
Am G F
You, with your words like knives and swords
And weapons that you use against me
Am G F
You, have knocked me off my feet again
Got me feelin' like a nothin'
Am G F
You, with your voice like nails on a chalk board
Callin' me out when I'm wounded
Am G F
You, pickin' on the weaker man
[Pre-Chorus]
G
Well you can take me down
C F G
with just one single blow
F~
But you don't know, what you don't know...
[Chorus]
C G Am F
Someday I'll be livin' in a big ol' city
C G F
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
C G Am F
Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
C G F......
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
......
C G
Why you gotta be so mean?
[Verse]
Am G
You, with your swithching sides and
F
Your wild fire lies and your humiliation
Am G F
You, have pointed out my flaws again
As if I don't already see them
Am G
I walk with my head down
F
Tryin' to block you out
'Cause I never impress you
Am G F
I just wanna feel okay again
[Pre-Chorus]
G
I bet you got pushed around
C F G
Somebody made you cold
G
But the cycle ends right now 'cause
F
You can't lead me down that road
F
And you don't know what you don't know
[Chorus]
C G Am F
Someday I'll be livin in a big ol' city
C G F
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
C G Am F
Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
C G F
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
C C~ G F
Why you gotta be so mean?
[Bridge]
G
And I can see you years from now in a bar
C F G
Talkin' over a football game
G
With that same big loud opinion
C F G
But no one's listening
G
Washed up and ranting about the
C~ G~ F~
Same old bitter things
G C G F
Drunk and grumblin' all about how I can't sing
C G Am
But all you are is mean
F C G Am
All you are is mean...and a liar...and pathetic
F C G Am F
And alone in life and mean, and mean, and mean, and mean
[Chorus]
C G Am F
But someday I'll be livin in a big ol' city
C G F F
And all you're ever gonna be is mean, yeah--ah
C G Am F
Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
C G F
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
F C
Why you gotta be so...Someday
G Am F
I'll be livin in a big ol' city (why ya gotta be so mean)
C G F
And all you're ever gonna be is mean (why ya gotta be so mean)
C G Am F
Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me (why ya gotta be so mean)
C G F~
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
C~
Why you gotta be so mean?
[Verse]
Am G You, with your words
F
like knives and swords
And weapons that you use against me
Am G You, have knocked
F
me off my feet again
Got me feelin' like a nothin'
Am G You, with your voice like
F
nails on a chalk board
Callin' me out when I'm wounded
Am G F
You, pickin' on the weaker man
[Pre-Chorus]
G
Well you can take me down
C F G
with just one single blow
F~
But you don't know,
what you don't know...
[Chorus]
C G Am Someday I'll be livin'
F
in a big ol' city
C G And all you're ever
F
gonna be is mean
C G Am Someday I'll be big enough
F
so you can't hit me
C G And all you're ever
F......
gonna be is mean
......
C G
Why you gotta be so mean?
[Verse]
Am G
You, with your swithching
sides and
F
Your wild fire lies
and your humiliation
Am G You, have pointed
F
out my flaws again
As if I don't already see them
Am G
I walk with my head down
F
Tryin' to block you out
'Cause I never impress you
Am G F
I just wanna feel okay again
[Pre-Chorus]
G
I bet you got pushed around
C F G
Somebody made you cold
G
But the cycle ends
right now 'cause
F
You can't lead me down that road
F
And you don't know
what you don't know
[Chorus]
C G Am Someday I'll be livin
F
in a big ol' city
C G And all you're ever
F
gonna be is mean
C G Am Someday I'll be big enough
F
so you can't hit me
C G And all you're ever
F
gonna be is mean
C C~ G F
Why you gotta be so mean?
[Bridge]
G
And I can see you years
from now in a bar
C F G
Talkin' over a football game
G
With that same big loud opinion
C F G
But no one's listening
G
Washed up and ranting about the
C~ G~ F~
Same old bitter things
G C Drunk and grumblin' all about how I
G F
can't sing
C G Am
But all you are is mean
F C All you are is mean...and
G Am
a liar...and pathetic
F C And alone in life and mean,
G Am F
and mean, and mean, and mean
[Chorus]
C G Am But someday I'll be
F
livin in a big ol' city
C G F And all you're ever gonna be is mean,
F
yeah--ah
C G Am Someday I'll be big enough
F
so you can't hit me
C G And all you're ever
F
gonna be is mean
F C
Why you gotta be so...Someday
G Am I'll be livin in a big ol'
F
city (why ya gotta be so mean)
C G And all you're ever gonna be
F
is mean (why ya gotta be so mean)
C G Am Someday I'll be big enough so you
F
can't hit me (why ya gotta be so mean)
C G And all you're ever
F~
gonna be is mean
C~
Why you gotta be so mean?