MEAN - Taylor Swift

Capo 2


[Verse 1]

           
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 1]

             
  Well, you ca

             
n take me down

              
 with just one

       
 single blow
    
But you don't 

know what you 

don't know


[Chorus]

            
Someday I'll b

            
e livin' in a 

        
big ol' city
             
And all you're

             
 ever gonna be

    
 is mean
            
Someday I'll b

            
e big enough s

            
o you can't hi

t me
             
And all you're

             
 ever gonna be

    
 is mean
          
Why you gotta 

     
be so mean?

C slide to D


[Verse 2]

            
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 th

em
            
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 2]


  I bet you go

t pushed aroun

d
            
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 

        
big ol' city
             
And all you're

             
 ever gonna be

    
 is mean
            
Someday I'll b

            
e big enough s

            
o you can't hi

t me
             
And all you're

             
 ever gonna be

    
 is mean
              
Why you gotta 

      
be so mean?

C slide to D


[Instrumental]




[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 nobody'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 alone in l

             
ife and mean, 

             
and mean, and 

         
mean, and mean


[Chorus]

            
But someday I'

            
ll be livin' i

            
n a big ol' ci

ty
             
And all you're

             
 ever gonna be

    
 is mean...yea

hh
            
Someday I'll b

            
e big enough s

            
o you can't hi

t me
             
And all you're

             
 ever gonna be

    
 is mean
              
Why you gotta 

        
be so.. Someda

y
           
I'll be livin'

              
 in a big ol' 


city
             
And all you're

             
 ever gonna be

    
 is mean
            
Someday I'll b

            
e big enough s

            
o you can't hi

t me
             
And all you're

             
 ever gonna be

    
 is mean
              
Why you gotta 

    
be so mean