Thank You Aimee - Mean Live chords by Taylor Swift

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Performance: Eras Tour

Key: G

Intro:

Cadd9  G  Cadd9  G

Verse 1:
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 When I picture my hometown
           D/F#
 There’s a bronze spray-tanned statue of you
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 And a plaque underneath it
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 That threatens to push me down the stairs, at our school
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 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
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 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:
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Verse 2:
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   And it wasn’t a fair fight, or a clean kill

 Each time that Aimee stomped across my gravе
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   And then she wrote hеadlines
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 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
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 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
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 Everyone knows that my mother is a saintly woman
         D/F#
 But she used to say she wished that you were dead
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 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
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 I built a legacy which you can’t undo
     Em7                                Cadd9
 But when I count the scars, there’s a moment of truth
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 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
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   I don’t think you’ve changed much
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 And so I changed your name, and any real defining clues
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 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
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And weapons that you use against me
Em7        D/F#              Cadd9
You, have knocked me off my feet again
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Got me feelin' like a nothin'
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You, with your voice like nails on a chalk board
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Callin' me out when I'm wounded
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You, pickin' on the weaker man


Pre-Chorus:
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 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?