Chords Used (At least how I play them)
E A C# B D
E|-------0-------0---------0-------0-------0----|
B|-------0-------0---------0-------0-------0----|
G|-------9-------2---------6-------4-------7----|
D|-------9-------2---------6-------4-------7----|
A|-------7-------0---------4-------2-------5----|
E|--------x-------x--------x--------x-------x---|
Verse 1
C# B A
You, with your words like knives and swords and weapons that you use against me
C# B A
You, have knocked me off my feet again got me feeling like I'm nothing
C# B A
You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard, calling me out when I'm wounded
C# B A
You, pickin' on the weaker man
Pre Chorus 1
B C# A
Well, you can take me down with just one single blow
B C# A~
But you don't know what you don't know
Chorus
E B C# A
Someday I'll be living in a big old city
E B A
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
E B C# A
Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
C#B A
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
A~ E D/E
Why you gotta be so mean?
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/artist_vs_poet/mean_crd.html ]
Verse 2
C# B A
You, with your switching sides and your walk-by lies and your humiliation
C# B A
You, have pointed out my flaws again as if I don't already see them
C# B A
I'll walk with my head down trying to block you out 'cause I'll never impress you
C# B A
I just wanna feel okay again
Pre Chorus 2
B C# A
I'll bet you got pushed around, somebody made you cold
B C# A
But the cycle ends right now 'cause you can't lead me down that road
A
And you don't know what you don't know
Bridge
B A
B C# A
And I can see you years from now in a bar, talking over a football game
B C# A
With that same big loud opinion but nobody's listening
B C# C# B A
Washed up and ranting about the same old bitter things
B C# C# B A
Drunk and rambling on about how I can't sing
Bridge 2
E B C# A
But all you are is mean
E B C# A
All you are is mean and a liar and pathetic and a f***ing whore
E B C# A
And mean, and mean, and mean, and mean
Chorus 2
(Mute the strings, but continue with the strumming pattern)
But someday I'll be living in a big old city
And all you're ever gonna be is mean, yeah
Order
Verse 1
Pre Chorus 1
Chorus
Verse 2
Pre Chorus 2
Chorus
Bridge 1
Bridge 2
Chorus 2
Chorus
