Thank You Aimee - Mean Live chords by Taylor Swift

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Performance: Eras Tour

Key: G

Intro:

Cadd9 G Cadd9 G

Verse 1:
Cadd9       G
 When I picture my hometown
      D/F#
 There’s a bronze spray-tanned statue of you
Cadd9       G
 And a plaque underneath it
   Cadd9             G
 That threatens to push me down the stairs, at our school
      Cadd9    G     D/F#
 And it was always the same searing pain
    D/F#*
 But I dreamed that one day, I could say

Chorus:
G                Cadd9          D/F#
 All that time you were throwin’ punches, I was buildin’ somethin’
    D/F#
 And I can’t forgive the way you made me feel
G                 Cadd9           D/F#
 Screamed “Fuck you, Aimee” to the night sky, as the blood was gushin’
    D/F#
 But I can’t forget the way you made me heal


Interlude:
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G


Verse 2:
Cadd9      G        D/F#
  And it wasn’t a fair fight, or a clean kill

 Each time that Aimee stomped across my gravе
Cadd9        G
  And then she wrote hеadlines
    Cadd9             G
 In the local paper, laughing at each baby step I’d take
      Cadd9    G     D/F#
 And it was always the same searing pain

 But I dreamed that one day, I could say


Chorus:
G                Cadd9         D/F#
 All that time you were throwin’ punches, I was buildin’ somethin’
    D/F#
 And I couldn’t wait to show you it was real
G                 Cadd9           D/F#
 Screamed “Fuck you, Aimee” to the night sky, as the blood was gushin’
    D/F#
 But I can’t forget the way you made me heal
G            Cadd9       D/F#
 Everyone knows that my mother is a saintly woman
     D/F#
 But she used to say she wished that you were dead
G              Cadd9
 I push each boulder up the hill
              D/F#
 Your words are still just ringing in my head, ringing in my head


Bridge:
  Em7               Cadd9
 I wrote a thousand songs that you find uncool
  G            D/F#
 I built a legacy which you can’t undo
   Em7                Cadd9
 But when I count the scars, there’s a moment of truth
      G             D/F#     Cadd9
 That there wouldn’t be this, if there hadn’t been you


Verse 3:
          G
 And maybe you’ve reframed it
   D/F#
 And in your mind you never beat my spirit black and blue
Cadd9         G
  I don’t think you’ve changed much
   Cadd9              G
 And so I changed your name, and any real defining clues
      Cadd9         G
 And one day
your kid comes home singin’
  D/F#
 A song that only us two is gonna know is about—


Verse 4:
Em7       D/F#         Cadd9
You, with your words like knives and swords
Cadd9
And weapons that you use against me
Em7    D/F#       Cadd9
You, have knocked me off my feet again
Cadd9*
Got me feelin' like a nothin'
Em7       D/F#         Cadd9
You, with your voice like nails on a chalk board
Cadd9
Callin' me out when I'm wounded
Em7 D/F#         Cadd9
You, pickin' on the weaker man


Pre-Chorus:
D/F#           G        Cadd9 D/F#
 Well you can take me down with just one single blow
  Cadd9
But you don't know, what you don't know


Chorus:
G    D/F#  Em7         Cadd9
Someday I'll be livin' in a big ol' city
  G     D/F#       Cadd9
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
G    D/F#  Em7*         Cadd9*
Someday I'll be singing this song in Wembley
  G     D/F#       Cadd9
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
          G    D/F# Em7
Why you gotta be so mean?
Cadd9       G    D/F# Em7
Why you gotta be so mean?


Chorus:
G                Cadd9         Em7
 All that time you were throwin’ punches, I was buildin’ somethin’
      Cadd9
But it was all for nothin’
                   D/F#            Em7
 Screamed “Thank you, Aimee” to the night sky, and the stars are stunnin’
     Cadd9              G
 'Cause I can’t forget the way you made me heal


Outro:
      D/F#
Thank you, Aimee
      Em7
Thank you, Aimee

     Cadd9           G
Cause I'm livin' in a big ol' city

      D/F#
Thank you, Aimee
      Em7
Thank you, Aimee

  Cadd9
I'm playing this song in Wembley
        D/F#
And all, You're ever gonna be
 Em7   Cadd9
Is mean
  G*     D/F#*      Cadd9*
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
          G*
Why you gotta be so mean?