Taylor Swift
Mean
Speak Now
2010
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com

Key: E

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
E -    022100
B -    x24442
C#m -  x46654
A -    x02220
D -    xx0232
B/D# - x698xx

Intro:
C#m (x13321@4)         BYou (x2444x@1)with your words 
                Alike (x02220@1)knives and swords
And weapons that 
you use against me 
C#m (x13321@4)    BYou (x2444x@1)have knocked me 
       Aoff (x02220@1)my feet again

Got me feeling like a nothing
C#m (x13321@4)         BYou (x2444x@1)with your voice like 
           Anails (x02220@1)on a chalk board
Callin me out when I'm wounded
C#mB              AYou (x02220@1)picking on the weaker man

Refrain 1:
B (x2444x@1) Well you can take me down 
E (022100@1)             A (x02220@1)    B (x2444x@1) with just one single blow
    ABut (x02220@1)you don't know
what you don't know

Chorus 1:
E (022100@1)     B (x2444x@1)     C#mSomeday (x13321@4)I'll be living 
             Ain (x02220@1)a big old city 
    E (022100@1)        BAnd (x2444x@1)all you're ever 
            Agonna (x02220@1)be is mean
E (022100@1)     B (x2444x@1)     C#mSomeday (x13321@4)I'll be big 
                    Aenough (x02220@1)so you can't hit me 
    E (022100@1)        BAnd (x2444x@1)all you're ever 
            Agonna (x02220@1)be is mean
                    E-- D-E E-B/Eb (022100@1)Why you gotta be so mean?

Verse 2:
C#m (x13321@4)                              
You with your 
Bswitching (x2444x@1)sides and
     AYour (x02220@1)wild fire lies 
and your humiliation
C#m (x13321@4)    B (x2444x@1)            A (x02220@1)                                                  
You have pointed out my flaws again
        (hold)                      
As if I don't already see them
C#m (x13321@4)          B (x2444x@1)                       
   I walk with my head down
          A (x02220@1)                               
trying to block you out 
cause I never impress you
C#m (x13321@4)  B (x2444x@1)         A (x02220@1)                                                       
I just wanna feel okay again

Refrain 2:
B (x2444x@1)                                  
  I bet you got pushed around
E (022100@1)        A (x02220@1)      B (x2444x@1)                                   
  Somebody made you cold
  
But the cycle ends right now cause
    AYou (x02220@1)can't lead me down that road
                        (hold)                                       
And you don't know what you don't know

Chorus 2:
E (022100@1)     B (x2444x@1)     C#mSomeday (x13321@4)I'll be living 
             Ain (x02220@1)a big old city 
    E (022100@1)        BAnd (x2444x@1)all you're ever 
            Agonna (x02220@1)be is mean
E (022100@1)     B (x2444x@1)     C#mSomeday (x13321@4)I'll be big 
                    Aenough (x02220@1)so you can't hit me 
    E (022100@1)        BAnd (x2444x@1)all you're ever 
            Agonna (x02220@1)be is mean
                    E (022100@1)  DE--B (xx0232@1)Why you gotta be so mean?

Guitar Solo: A--B-A--

Bridge:
            BAnd (x2444x@1)I can't see you years 
from now in a bar
E (022100@1)              A (x02220@1)      B (x2444x@1) Talking over a football game
With that same big loud opinion
   E (022100@1)       A (x02220@1)  BBut (x2444x@1)no one's listening
Washed up and ranting about the 
C#m(hold) B(hold) A(hold) 
same old  bitter  things
BDrunk (x2444x@1)and grumbling all 
          C#mB     Aabout (x02220@1)how I   can't sing
                   E (022100@1) BC#m
But all you are is mean
A (x02220@1)            EAll (022100@1)you are is mean and a
B (x2444x@1)        C#mliar (x13321@4)and pathetic
     A (x02220@1)              EAnd (022100@1)alone in life and mean
    B (x2444x@1)      C#m (x13321@4)    Aand (x02220@1)mean and mean and mean

Chorus 3:
E(hold)
Someday I'll be living 
in a big old city 
And all you're ever 
gonna be is mean yeah
E (022100@1)     B (x2444x@1)     C#mSomeday (x13321@4)I'll be big 
                    Aenough (x02220@1)so you can't hit me 
    E (022100@1)        BAnd (x2444x@1)all you're ever 
            Agonna (x02220@1)be is mean
Why you gotta be so mean?

Chorus 4:
E (022100@1)     B (x2444x@1)     C#mSomeday (x13321@4)I'll be living 
             Ain (x02220@1)a big old city 
    E (022100@1)        BAnd (x2444x@1)all you're ever 
            Agonna (x02220@1)be is mean
E (022100@1)     B (x2444x@1)     C#mSomeday (x13321@4)I'll be big 
                    Aenough (x02220@1)so you can't hit me 
    E(hold)    B(hold)
And all you're ever 
            A(hold)
gonna be is mean
                    E(hold)
Why you gotta be so mean?