Transpose up
(VER)
E
You, with your
B
words like knives
And
C#m
swords and weapons
That you use against
A
me
E
You have kn
B
ocked me off my feet a
A
gain
A
Got me feelin’ like a nothing
E
You, with your
B
voice
Like nails on a chalk
C#m
board
Calling me out
A
when I’m wounded
E
You,
B
pickin’ on the weaker
A
man
(PRE CHO)
B
Well, you can take me down
A
With just one single
B
blow
B
But you don’t know
A
what you don’t know
(CHO)
E
Someday,
B
I’ll
be
C#m
Livin’ in a big old ci
A
ty
E
And all you’re e
B
ver gonna be is
A
mean
E
Someday,
B
I’ll
be
C#m
Big enough so you can’t hit
A
me
E
And all you’re e
B
ver gonna be is
A
mean
Why you gotta be so mean?
E
B
C#m
A
(VER)
E
You,
B
with your switching sides
And
C#m
your wildfire lies and your
A
humiliation
E
You
B
have pointed out my f
C#m
laws
again
A
As if I don’t already see them
E
I walk with
B
my head down
C#m
Trying to block you out
A
’Cause I’ll never impress you
E
I just
B
wanna feel okay a
A
gain
(PRE CHO)
B
I bet you got pushed around
A
Somebody made you cold
B
But the cycle ends right now
B
’Cause you can’t lead
A
me down that road
B
And you don’t know
A
what you don’t know
(CHO)
E
Someday,
B
I’ll
be
C#m
Livin’ in a big old ci
A
ty
E
And all you’re e
B
ver gonna be is
A
mean
E
Someday,
B
I’ll
be
C#m
Big enough so you can’t hit
A
me
E
And all you’re e
B
ver gonna be is
A
mean
Why you gotta be so mean?
E
B
C#m
A
E
B
C#m
A
(BRI)
B
And I can see you years from now in a bar
A
Talking over a football game
B
With that same big, loud opinion
A
But nobody’s listening
B
Washed up and ranting
About the
E
same old bi
C#m
tter
thing
A
s
B
Drunk and grumbling on about
C#m
How I can’t sin
A
g
But all you are is mean
E
B
C#m
(BUILDUP)
A
All you are is
E
mean
And a
B
liar, and pat
C#m
hetic
And a
A
lone in life, and
E
mean
And m
B
ean, and m
C#m
ean, and m
A
ean
(CHO)
E
But someday, I
B
’ll
be
C#m
Livin’ in a big old ci
A
ty
E
And all you’re
B
ever gonna be is
A
mean,
yeah
E
Someday,
I
B
’ll
be
C#m
Big enough so you can’t hit
A
me
E
And all you’re e
B
ver gonna be is m
A
ean
A
Why you gotta be so mean?
E
Someday,
I
B
’ll
be
C#m
Livin’ in a big old cit
A
y
(Why you gotta be so mean?)
E
And all you’re e
B
ver gonna be is m
A
ean
(Why you gotta be so mean?)
E
Someday,
B
I’ll
be
C#m
Big enough so you can’t hit
A
me
(Why you gotta be so mean?)
E
And all you’re e
B
ver gonna be is
A
mean
Why you gotta be so
E
mean?
