Chords
I Told You I Was Mean

Key: G

Introduction:  G   C   E   Am   G  

difficulty
very easy |||||
     C 
I lied to you.
                 E 
I never cried for you.
                           Am 
I swear that I tried to.
                       G 
But I have better things to do.
         C 
Now you're on the road,
                     E 
with your painful load,
                 Am 
and the words I spoke,
                     G 
left your big heart broken.
 F                                   G 
You know you still bother
                 C             E             Am 
because love is for the poor.
 F                         G 
So I left you knockin'
       C       E               Am 
outside my front door.
 F               G 
You knew what this was.
                 C               E   Am 
I don't want you anymore.
 F                           G 
I warned you before.
 F                           G 
I warned you before.
 F                             G                                             C 
That i could've sworn, I told you I was mean.

                       C 
You were a sweet old thing.
                     E                                       Am 
And I was lonely, so I let you hold me,
             G 
for a limited time only.
         C 
You seeeeeeeeeeee...
 C                                 E 
You're nothing to meeeeeeeeeeee...
                                 Am 
Cuz I'll always beeeeeeeeee...
 G 
a bad bad seed.
               F                                   G 
And....you know you still bother
                 C             E             Am 
because love is for the poor.
 F                         G 
So I left you knockin'
       C       E               Am 
outside my front door.
 F               G 
You knew what this was.
                 C               E   Am 
I don't want you anymore.
 F                           G 
I warned you before.
 F                           G 
I warned you before.
 F                               G                                               C 
That I could've sworn, I told you I was mean.
               E               Am         G 
dum di dum, dum dum
                                         C 
I'm just a mean ol' thing'.
               E               Am 
dum di dum, dum dum
 F                             G 
Ain't no use to bother,
                 C             E             Am 
because love is for the poor.
 F                             G 
So cut out your knockin'
                       C                                   E                                 Am 
cuz I will never come, I will never come to the door.
 F                         G 
You knew just what this was
                         C               E           Am 
and I don't want you forevermore.
 F                           G 
I warned you before, hey baby.
 F                           G 
I warned you before, oh honey.
 F                             G                                             C 
Well I could've sworn, I told you I was mean.
                 E               Am 
dum di dum, dum dum
 G                                     C 
I'm just a mean ol' thing.
               E               Am 
dum di dum, dum dum