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(dots succeeding a chord indicate the number of beats it is held for)

Verse:
         
You, with your

          
 words like kn

         
ives and sword

s and weapons 

that you use a

gainst me
     
You have knock

             
ed me off my f

....
eet again, got

 me feeling li

ke a nothing
         
You, with your

          
 voice like na

         
ils on a chalk

board, calling

 me out when I

'm
          
wounded / You

.
          
picking on the

         
 weaker man


Pre-chorus:
        
Well, you can 

             
take me down w

..           
ith just one s

..
ingle
     
blow / But you

..
 don't know, w

hat you don't 

know

Chorus:
       
Someday I'll b

         
e living in a 

        
big ol' city a

nd
        
all you're eve

.             
r gonna be is 


mean
       
Someday I'll b

         
e big enough s

            
o you can't hi

.
t me and
        
all you're eve

.             
r gonna be is 


mean
              
Why you gotta 

     
be so mean?

. ...



Verse:
         
You, with your

          
 switching sid

            
es and your wi

...
ldfire lies an

d your humilia

tion
     
You have point

          
ed out my flaw

.
s again as if 

I don't alread

y see them
       
I walk with my

..            
 head down try

       
ing to block y

ou out 'cause 

I'll never imp

ress you
     
I just want to

       
 feel okay aga

in


Pre-chorus:
        
I'll bet you g

              
ot pushed arou

           
nd / Somebody 


made you
          
cold, but the 

              
cycle ends rig

              
ht now 'cause 


you can't lead

 me down that 

road and
         
you don't know

       
, what you don

't know


Chorus:
       
Someday I'll b

         
e living in a 

        
big ol' city a

nd
        
all you're eve

.             
r gonna be is 


mean
       
Someday I'll b

         
e big enough s

            
o you can't hi

.
t me and
        
all you're eve

              
r gonna be is 


mean
              
Why you gotta 

     
be so mean?

Mandolin solo:
. ... .... ....


Bridge:
          
And I can see 

..            
you years from

              
 now in a bar 

           
talking over a

        
 football game
              
with that same

              
 big, loud opi

           
nion but nobod

    
y's listening 
        
Washed up and 

              
ranting about 

        
the same ol' b

   
itter things
        
Drunk and grum

              
bling on about

        
 how I can't s

..
ing,
    
but all you ar

e is

mean    /    A

.
ll you are is
        
mean and a lia

.        
r and pathetic

      
 and alone in 

life and
       
mean and mean 

        
and mean and m

..
ean


Chorus:
          
But, someday I

        
'll be living 

             
in a big ol' c


ity and
        
all you're eve

.             
r gonna be is 


mean / Yeah-ye

ah
       
Someday I'll b

         
e big enough s

            
o you can't hi

.
t me and
         
all you're eve

              
r gonna be is 

                    
mean
                                (Why you gotta be so mean?)
          
Someday I'll b

         
e living in a 

           
big ol' city a

              
nd
                                    (Why you gotta be so mean?)
           
all you're eve

.             
r gonna be is 

                      
mean
                                (Why you gotta be so mean?)
          
Someday I'll b

         
e big enough s

            
o you can't hi

.                
t me and
                                       (Why you gotta be so mean?)
           
all you're eve

.             
r gonna be is 


mean
              
Why you gotta 

      :||
be so mean?