Standard (♪ Capo 6)

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 feelin’ like a nothing

You, with your voice like nails on a chalk board callin’ me out when I’m wounded

You, pickin’ on the weaker man

Well you can take me down with just one single blow

but you don’t know, what you don’t know

Someday I’ll be livin’ in a big ol’ 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?

Break: C D

You, with your swithching sides and your wild fire lies and your humiliation

You, have pointed out my flaws again. 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

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

and you don’t know what you don’t know

Someday I’ll be livin’ in a big ol’ 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?

Break: C D

Solo: G

And I can see you years from now in a bar. Talking over a football game

With that same big loud opinion, but nobody’s is listening

Washed up and ranting about the same old bitter things

Drunk and grumbling on about how I can’t sing

But all you are is mean

All you are is mean and alone in life and mean,

and mean and mean and mean

(Palm muted)

Someday I’ll be livin’ in a big ol’ 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?

Someday I’ll be livin’ in a big ol’ city and all you’re ever gonna be is mean

(Why you gotta be so 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?