D A G
1. You, with your words like knives and swords
and weapons that you use against me !
D A G
You, have knocked me off my feet again,
got me feelin' like a nothin' !
Bm A G
You, with your voice like nails on a chalk board,
callin' me out when I'm wounded,
Bm A G
you, pickin' on the weaker man !
A - D G A
Well, you can take me down with just one single blow,
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but you don't know, what you don't know.
D A Em G
Someday I'll be livin in a big ol' city,
D A G
and all you're ever gonna be is mean.
D A Em G
Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me,
D A G
and all you're ever gonna be is mean.
- D
Why you gotta be so mean? + C - D
Bm A
2. You, with your switching sides and
G
your wild fire lies and your humiliation !
Bm A G
You, have pointed out my flaws again,
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as if I don't already see them.
Bm A
I walk with my head down
G
tryin' to block you out 'cause I never impress you,
Bm A G
I just wanna feel okay again.
A - D G A
I bet you got pushed around, somebody made you cold,
but the cycle ends right now,
G
'cause you can't lead me down that road,
G - - - - - - -
and you don't know what you don't know.
+ CHORUS + C - D - G ~ ~
A
+ And I can see you years from now in a bar,
G A
talkin' over a football game with that same big loud opinion,
- G A
but nobody is listening.
A Bm A G
Washed up and ranting about the same old bitter things,
A Bm A G
drunk and rumblin' all about how I can't sing.
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But all you are is mean.
G D A Bm
All you are is mean, and a liar, and pathetic,
G D A Bm G
and alone in life and mean, and mean, and mean, and mean.
+ CHORUS (leave out the last word) + CHORUS
(orig. = capo 2nd)
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