Uploaded February 2011 | Updated September 2026, 37 minutes ago
Playing "Mean" by Taylor Swift on the piano...and more. :)
Just a little fun thing I put together. Hope you guys have fun watching it too. And yes I just learned how to play the table.
More Taylor Swift covers: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2C4A7C0AA6968885
Follow me on Twitter! twitter.com/itsdanlee
Add me on Facebook: facebook.com/DanLMusic
The video concept was inspired by Taylor Edwards' version of this song.
Go watch it if you haven't seen it already. It's pretty much amazing.
youtu.be/6Lk_GWwMO-s
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CHORDS & LYRICS
C#m - B - A - (x4)
You, with your words like knives and swords and weapons that you use against me
You have knocked me off my feet again got me feeling like I'm nothing
You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard, calling me out when I'm wounded
You, pickin' on the weaker man
B - E - A - B - E - A
Well, you can take me down with just one single blow
But you don't know what you don't know
E - B - C#m - A - E - B - A - (x2)
Someday I'll be living in a big old city
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
- E
Why you gotta be so mean?
C#m - B - A - (x4)
You, with your switching sides and your walk-by lies and your humiliation
You, have pointed out my flaws again as if I don't already see them
I'll walk with my head down trying to block you out 'cause I'll never impress you
I just wanna feel okay again
B - E - A - B - E - A
I'll bet you got pushed around, somebody made you cold
But the cycle ends right now 'cause you can't lead me down that road
And you don't know what you don't know
E - B - C#m - A - E - B - A - (x2)
Someday I'll be living in a big old city
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
- E
Why you gotta be so mean?
B - E - A - (x2)
And I can see you years from now in a bar, talking over a football game
With that same big loud opinion but nobody's listening
B - C#m - B - A - (x2)
Washed up and ranting about the same old bitter things
Drunk and grumbling on about how I can't sing
E - B - A
But all you are is mean
E - B - C#m - A - (x2)
All you are is mean and a liar and pathetic and alone in life
And mean, and mean, and mean, and mean
E - B - C#m - A - E - B - A - (x2)
Someday I'll be living in a big old city
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
(Why you gotta be so mean?)
E - B - C#m - A - E - B - A - (x2)
Someday, I'll be, living in a big old city
(Why you gotta be so mean?)
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
(Why you gotta be so mean?)
Someday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
(Why you gotta be so mean?)
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
- E
Why you gotta be so mean?
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"Mean" as originally performed by Taylor Swift
Written by: Taylor Swift
Published by: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Taylor Swift Music (BMI)
***
Playing "Mean" by Taylor Swift on the piano...and more. :)
Just a little fun thing I put together. Hope you guys have fun watching it too. And yes I just learned how to play the table.
More Taylor Swift covers: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2C4A7C0AA6968885
Follow me on Twitter! twitter.com/itsdanlee
Add me on Facebook: facebook.com/DanLMusic
The video concept was inspired by Taylor Edwards' version of this song.
Go watch it if you haven't seen it already. It's pretty much amazing.
youtu.be/6Lk_GWwMO-s
***
CHORDS & LYRICS
C#m - B - A - (x4)
You, with your words like knives and swords and weapons that you use against me
You have knocked me off my feet again got me feeling like I'm nothing
You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard, calling me out when I'm wounded
You, pickin' on the weaker man
B - E - A - B - E - A
Well, you can take me down with just one single blow
But you don't know what you don't know
E - B - C#m - A - E - B - A - (x2)
Someday I'll be living in a big old city
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
- E
Why you gotta be so mean?
C#m - B - A - (x4)
You, with your switching sides and your walk-by lies and your humiliation
You, have pointed out my flaws again as if I don't already see them
I'll walk with my head down trying to block you out 'cause I'll never impress you
I just wanna feel okay again
B - E - A - B - E - A
I'll bet you got pushed around, somebody made you cold
But the cycle ends right now 'cause you can't lead me down that road
And you don't know what you don't know
E - B - C#m - A - E - B - A - (x2)
Someday I'll be living in a big old city
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
- E
Why you gotta be so mean?
B - E - A - (x2)
And I can see you years from now in a bar, talking over a football game
With that same big loud opinion but nobody's listening
B - C#m - B - A - (x2)
Washed up and ranting about the same old bitter things
Drunk and grumbling on about how I can't sing
E - B - A
But all you are is mean
E - B - C#m - A - (x2)
All you are is mean and a liar and pathetic and alone in life
And mean, and mean, and mean, and mean
E - B - C#m - A - E - B - A - (x2)
Someday I'll be living in a big old city
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
(Why you gotta be so mean?)
E - B - C#m - A - E - B - A - (x2)
Someday, I'll be, living in a big old city
(Why you gotta be so mean?)
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
(Why you gotta be so mean?)
Someday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
(Why you gotta be so mean?)
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
- E
Why you gotta be so mean?
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"Mean" as originally performed by Taylor Swift
Written by: Taylor Swift
Published by: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Taylor Swift Music (BMI)
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