Verse

| C#m B | A |You, with your words like knives And swords and weapons that you use against me| C#m B | A |You have knocked me off my feet again Got me feeling like I'm nothing| C#m B | A |You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard Calling me out when I'm wounded| C#m B | A |You, picking on the weaker man

Pre-Hook

| B | E A | Well, you can take me down With just one single blow | B | A | But you don't know what you don't know

** Hook

| E B | C#m A | E B | A |Someday, I'll be living in a big old city And all you're ever gonna be is mean| E B | C#m A | E B | A |Someday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit me And all you're ever gonna be is meanWhy you gotta be so mean?

Instruments

| E | D E B/D# |

Verse 2

| C#m B | A |You, with your switching sides And your wildfire lies and your humiliation| C#m B | A |You have pointed out my flaws again As if I don't already see them| C#m B | A | I walk with my head down, trying to block you out I'll never impress you | C#m B | A |I just wanna feel okay again

Pre-Hook

| B | E A | I bet you got pushed around Somebody made you cold| B | 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

** Hook

| E B | C#m A | E B | A |Someday, I'll be living in a big old city And all you're ever gonna be is mean| E B | C#m A | E B | A |Someday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit me And all you're ever gonna be is meanWhy you gotta be so mean?

Instruments

| E | D E B |

Banjo Solo

| A B | A |

Bridge

| B | E A |And I can see you years from now in a bar Talking over a football game| B | E A | With that same big loud opinion But nobody's listening| B | C#m B | A | Washed up and ranting about the same old bitter things| B | C#m B A | [2/4] A |Drunk and grumbling on about how I can't sing But all you are is mean| E B | C#m A | All you are is mean| E B | C#m A | And a liar, and pathetic, and alone in life | E B | C#m A |And mean, and mean, and mean, and mean

** Hook

| E B | C#m A | E B | A |Someday, I'll be living in a big old city And all you're ever gonna be is mean| E B | C#m A | E B | A |Someday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit me And all you're ever gonna be is meanWhy you gotta be so mean?

** Hook

| E B | C#m A | E B | A |Someday, I'll be living in a big old city And all you're ever gonna be is mean| E B | C#m A | E B | A |Someday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit me And all you're ever gonna be is meanWhy you gotta be so mean?

Ending

| E |