Mean To Me

Words and music by Neil Finn. Copyright © 1986 Roundhead Music. Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.

Transcribed by Tom Johnstone

          Q    E.  S E  E  E 
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     B||--0----0---0-4--2--0-----||
     G||--4----4---4-4--4--4-----||
     D||--4----4---4-4--4--4-----||
     A||-------------------------||
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Intro/Verse

         E       Asus2    C#m                Asus2           (Lick)
She came all the way from America, she had a blind date with destiny

        E           Asus2   C#m        Bsus               Badd4
And the sound of Te Awa  -  mutu had a truly sacred ring

        Asus2       E                 G#7*                A*
Now her parents are divorced, and her friend's committin' suicide

  B7*
I could not escape

Chorus

E               Asus2                   D               
A plea from the heart, you know what it means to me  

B7
You said don't walk away 

E              Asus2                     D           B7
I'm down on my knees, so please don't be mean to me

Verse

     E         Asus2      C#m         Asus2              B7
So I talked to you for an hour in the bar of a smalltown hotel

        E        Asus2      C#m             B7                         B7sus  B7
And you asked me what I was thinking: I was thinking of a padded cell

       Asus2           E      G#7                  A 
With a black and white TV, to stop us from getting lonely

  B7
I could not escape

(Repeat Chorus)

Bridge

C#m      A

C#m      A
Ahaa  /  I saw you lyin' in the arms of a poet

C#m      A
Ahh   /  I heard him tell you tan-tantalizing

C#m      A             B7
lies  /  Whaddya know, whaddya know  /  I could not escape

(Repeat Chorus ad lib)

Chords

Asus2      x02200
Bsus       xx4400
Badd4      xx4440
G#7        464544
A          577655  or  x02220
B7         797877  or  x24242
B7sus      x24252