Mean by Taylor Swift
Tabbed by P.Yabao
(Manila, Philippines)
 
Most country songs use 'drone' strings that do not change, a lot are on the G chord formation
as many of Taylor songs are, so I raised the capo to 9th and transposed all to follow a G chord drone. 
This in turn becomes the very same key as the original song. Your guitar will also sound like a banjo 
because of the high capo and that makes it sound like the original. Have fun! 

Standard
     
Capo on 9th fr

et

Em7/G:  022033
Dsus4:  xx0233
Cadd9:  x32033
G:      320033
2Dsus4: 540055
2Cadd9: 870088

*The chorus uses 2 variations of Dsus4 and Cadd9 (with a 2-suffix), this is a G chord form
that is moved higher to the 5th and 8th fret (relative to capo). If your guitar does not have
a cutout on the body and you cannot reach these frets, use the original Dsus4 and Cadd9 instead. 
    
[Verse] 
         
You, with your

         
 words like kn

              
ives and sword

  
s
              
And weapons th

       
at you use aga

inst me 
         
You, have knoc

         
ked me off my 

       
feet again
       
Got me feelin'

 like a nothin

'
         
You, with your

         
 voice like na

              
ils on a chalk

   
 board
           
Callin' me out


 when I'm woun

ded
    
You, pickin' o

             
n the weaker m


an
 
[Pre-Chorus]
         
Well you can t

              
ake me down wi

          
th just one si

   
ngle blow
     
But you don't 

know, what you

 don't know
 
[Chorus] 
        
Someday I'll b

         
e livin in a b

             
ig ol' city 
    G          2Dsus4                2Cadd9
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
        
Someday I'll b

         
e big enough s

              
o you can't hi

    
t me 
    G          2Dsus4                2Cadd9
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
              
Why you gotta 

   
be so mean?
 
*intermission hammering chords 

      G -- Ope
e|-----3-----0
b|-----3-----0
g|-----0-----0
d|-----0-----0
a|-----2-----0
e|-----3-----0

n -- hammer on
-------------h
-------------h
--------------
--------------
-------------h
-------------h

 G chord
3-------------
3-------------
0-------------
0-------------
2-------------
3-----3---2---

-3--------|
-3--------|
-0--------|
-2--------|
-2--------|
-x--------|
             
              

             
              

             
            Yo


u, with your..

.
           
[Verse]
         
You, with your

         
 switching sid

                                             
es and
         
Your wild fire

              
 lies and your

     
 humiliation
         
You, have poin

         
ted out my fla

                                         
ws again
      
As if I don't already see them
         
I walk with my

                                             
 head down
          
tryin' to bloc

                                                     
k you out 
         
'cause I never

 impress you
       
I just wanna f

                
eel okay again

[Pre-Chorus]
         
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
 
[Chorus] 
        
Someday I'll b

         
e livin in a b

       
ig ol' city 
G          2Dsus4                2Cadd9
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
           
Someday I'll b

        
e big enough s

/          
o you can't hi


t me 
    G          2Dsus4                2Cadd9
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
              
Why you gotta 

                        
be so mean?

*Use hammer chord riff

[Instrumental]
G (2 measures)
 
[Bridge] 
            
And I can see 


you years from

 now in a bar
         
Talkin' over a

             
 football game

With that same

 big loud opin

ion
         
But no one's l

        
istening

Washed up and 

ranting about 

the 
    
same old bitte

       
r things
         
Drunk and rumb

              
lin' all about

         
 how I can't s

        
ing
              
But all you ar

            
e is mean
         
All you are is

             
 mean, and a l

         
iar, and pathe

   
tic
         
And a low-life

             
 and mean, and

         
 mean, and mea

                 
n, and mean
 
[Chorus] 
*(slow)
        
Someday I'll b

              
e livin in a b

       
ig ol' city 
             
And all you're

         
 ever gonna be

        
 is mean...yea

hh

*(back with rhythm)

        
Someday I'll b

         
e big enough s

             
o you can't hi


t me 
    G          2Dsus4                2Cadd9
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
              
Why you gotta 

              
be so.. Someda

          
y
       
I'll be livin 

          
in a big ol' c

 
ity 
    G          2Dsus4                2Cadd9
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
        
Someday I'll b

         
e big enough s

            
o you can't hi


t me 
    G          2Dsus4                2Cadd9
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
              
Why you gotta 

     
be so mean