Standard Tuning
[Intro]
[Verse]
You, with your words like knives and swords
And weapons that you use against me
You, have knocked me off my feet again
Got me feelin like a nothin
You, with your voice like nails on a chalk board
Callin me out when I m wounded
You, pickin on the weaker man
[Bridge]
Well you can take me down with just one single blow
(once)
But you don t know, what you don t know...
[Chorus]
Someday I ll be livin in a big ol city
And all you re ever gonna be is mean
Someday I ll be big enough so you can t hit me
And all you re ever gonna be is mean
(once) /B
Why you gotta be so mean?
[Verse]
You, with your swithching sides and
Your wild fire lies and your humiliation
You, have pointed out my flaws again
(once)
As if I don t already see them
I walk with my head down
Tryin to block you out cause I never impress you
I just wanna feel okay again
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
(once)
And you don t know what you don t know
[Chorus]
Someday I ll be livin in a big ol city
And all you re ever gonna be is mean
Someday I ll be big enough so you can t hit me
And all you re ever gonna be is mean
(once)
Why you gotta be so mean?
[Verse]
And I can see you years from now in a bar
Talkin over a football game
With that same big loud opinion
But no one s listening
Washed up and ranting about the
* *once * (fingerpicking)
Same old bitter things
* * *
Drunk and grumblin all about how I can t sing
But all you are is mean
All you are is mean and a liar and pathetic
And alone in life and mean, and mean, and mean, and mean
But someday I ll be livin in a big ol city
And all you re ever gonna be is mean, yeah
Someday I ll be big enough so you can t hit me
And all you re ever gonna be is mean
Why you gotta be so...Someday
I ll be livin in a big ol city (why ya gotta be so mean)
And all you re ever gonna be is mean (why ya gotta be so mean)
Someday I ll be livin in a big ol city (why ya gotta be so mean)
* *once * *
And all you re ever gonna be is mean
*
Why you gotta be so mean?