Capo 4
E5                 G5
  Naa, naa, nanaa, na, naa, na, naa
E5                   G5
  I swear to tell the truth

 E5                    G5
  and nothing but the truth

 E5                G5
  loving him ain't easy

 C5
  it's bad bad news, yeah


 E5                     G5
  mamma says \"use your head you don't need him ,

 E5                       G5
  look at all the shit he pulled you through\"

 E5                  G5
  papa calles \"baby girl if you don't leave him

 C5
  there's nothing I can do for you, there's nothing I can do\"


        G5
  He's a mean man

          D5
  but it's my man

 E5        C5
  my man alone

         G5
  he's a mean, mean one

  D5
  A son of a gun

  E5                     C5
  He keeps me by the telephone

        G5
  he's a mean man

 D5       E5        C5
  my man, my man alone yeah

  it's my man, my man.

  He likes to mess around
  It?s always in a mess
  he likes to have a drink or two
  before he gets down to rest yeah
  knock knock, 6 o'clock in the morning
  baby I've been missing you
  He comes and goes without a warning
  doing what he do
  doing what he do


  He's a mean man
  but it's my man
  my man alone
  he's a mean, mean one
  son of a gun
  keeps me by the telephone
  he's a mean man
  my man, my man alone yeah
  it's my man, my man.

  he lies and he cheats
  he loves and he leaves
  that's just the way it goes
  but I do what I can
  I stand by my man
  I think he loves me
  And I think he knows
  And I think he knows

  He's a mean man
  but it's my man
  my man alone
  he's a mean, mean one
  son of a gun
  keeps me by the telephone
  he's a mean man
  my man
  my man alone...
  he's a mean man
  my man
  my man
  my man alone...