Mean Live

Key: [E]

Chords used:

[C#m]You with your [B]words
like knives and [A]swords
And weapons that
you use against me
[C#m]You have [B]knocked me
off my [A]feet again

Got me feeling like a nothing
[C#m]You with your [B]voice like
nails on a [A]chalk board
Callin me out when I'm wounded
[C#m]You [B]picking on the [A]weaker man

[B]  Well you can take me down
[E]  with just one [A]single [B]blow
But [A]you don't know
what you don't know

[E]Someday [B]I'll be [C#m]living
in a big old [A]city
And [E]all you're [B]ever
gonna be is [A]mean
[E]Someday [B]I'll be [C#m]big
enough so you can't [A]hit me
And [E]all you're [B]ever
gonna be is [A]mean
                    [E]-- [D]-[E] [E] -[B]/[Eb]
Why you gotta be so mean?

[C#m]You with your
[B]switching sides and
Your [A]wild fire lies
and your humiliation
[C#m]You have [B]pointed out my [A]flaws again
        (hold)
As if I don't already see them
[C#m]   I walk with [B]my head down
trying to [A]block you out
cause I never impress you
[C#m]I just [B]wanna feel o[A]kay again

[B]  I bet you got pushed around
[E]  Somebody [A]made you [B]cold

But the cycle ends right now cause
You [A]can't lead me down that road
                        (hold)
And you don't know what you don't know

[E]Someday [B]I'll be [C#m]living
in a big old [A]city
And [E]all you're [B]ever
gonna be is [A]mean
[E]Someday [B]I'll be [C#m]big
enough so you can't [A]hit me
And [E]all you're [B]ever
gonna be is [A]mean
                    [E]    [D] [E]--[B]
Why you gotta be so mean?

[A]--[B]-[A]--

And I can't [B]see you years
from now in a bar
[E]  Talking over a [A]football [B]game
With that same big loud opinion
But[E] no one's [A]liste[B]ning
Washed up and ranting about the
[C#m]same old  [B]bitter  [A]things
[B]Drunk and grumbling all
about how [C#m]I   [B]can't [A]sing
But all you are is [E]mean[B]  [C#m]
[A]All you are is [E]mean and a
[B]liar and pa[C#m]thetic
And a[A]lone in life and [E]mean
and [B]mean and [C#m]mean and [A]mean

[E]Someday I'll be living
in a big old city
And all you're ever
gonna be is mean yeah
[E]Someday [B]I'll be [C#m]big
enough so you can't [A]hit me
And [E]all you're [B]ever
gonna be is [A]mean
Why you gotta be so mean?

[E]Someday [B]I'll be [C#m]living
in a big old [A]city
And [E]all you're [B]ever
gonna be is [A]mean
[E]Someday [B]I'll be [C#m]big
enough so you can't [A]hit me
And [E]all you're [B]ever
gonna be is [A]mean
Why you gotta be so [E]mean?