Mean Chords

by Taylor Swift
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: E
Capo: 4th fret
Author farm_girl93 [a] 63.
3 contributors total, last edit on Jul 8, 2023
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Chords

C
G
Am
F

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Capo 4th
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[Verse 1]
C
You, 
         G
With your words like knives
      Am                                    F
and swords and weapons that you use against me
C
You,
       G                     F
Have knocked me off my feet again
F
Got me feelin' like i'm nothing
C
You, 
           G
With your voice like nails
            Am
on a chalkboard 
                 F
Callin' me out when i'm wounded
C
You,
G                      F
Pickin' on the weaker man
 
[Pre-Chorus]
G
Well you can take me down
F                     G
with just one single blow.
G                    F
But you don't know what you don't know.
 
[Chorus]
C        G
Someday I'll be
Am                     F
Livin' in a big ole' city
C             G                F
And all your ever gonna be is mean.
C        G
Someday I'll be
Am                          F
Big enough so you can't hit me
C             G                 F
And all your ever gonna be is mean.
(stop)
Why you gotta be so mean?
 
C G Am F
 
[Verse 2]
C
You,
G
With your switching sides
     Am
and your wild fire lies 
         F
and your humiliation 
C
You,
G                     Am
Have pointed out my flaws again
F
As if I don't already see them.
C           G
I walk with my head down
Am
Try to block you out
F
Cause I'll never impress you
C
I,
       G               F
Just wanna feel okay again
 
[Pre-Chorus]
G
I'll bet you got pushed around,
F
Somebody made you cold,
G
But the cycle ends right now,
G                    F
Cause you can't lead me down that road
G                    F
And you don't know what you don't know
 
[Chorus]
C        G
Someday I'll be
Am                     F
Livin' in a big ole' city
C             G                F
And all your ever gonna be is mean.
C        G
Someday I'll be
Am                          F
Big enough so you can't hit me
C             G                 F
And all your ever gonna be is mean.
(stop)
Why you gotta be so mean?
 
C G Am F C G Am F
 
 
[Bridge]
G
And I can see years from now
in a bar
F
Talkin' over a football game
G
With that same big loud opinion
F
But nobody's listening
G
Washed up and ranting 
           C          Am       F
About the same ole' bitter things.
G
Drunk and goin on about
Am            F
How I can't sing.
 
But all you are is mean.
 
C G Am
 
F                C
All you are is mean.
       G
and a liar.
       Am
and pathetic
      F
and alone in life
      C
and mean.
      G
and mean.
      Am
and mean.
      F
and mean.
 
[Chorus]
C            G
But someday i'll be
Am                    F
Livin' in a big ole' city
C             G                 F
and all your ever gonna be is mean
 
Yeah
C        G
Someday I'll be
Am                          F
Big enough so you can't hit me
C             G                 F
and all your ever gonna be is mean.
F
Why you gotta be so(mean)
C        G
Someday I'll be 
Am                    F
Livin' in a big ole' city(Why you gotta be so mean)
C             G                 F
and all your ever gonna be is mean.
 
(Why you gotta be so mean?)
C        G
Someday I'll be 
Am                          F
Big enough so you can't hit me(Why you gotta be so mean)
C             G                F
And all your ever gonna be is mean.
                      C
Why you gotta be so mean? 
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