Mean To Me Chords by Crowded House

[Start]

[Intro]
         E       A        Dbm    
She came all the way from America
          A               Bsus4   B
She had a blind date with destiny ■
        E        A  Dbm    
And the sound of Te Awamutu
      Bm7   B          
Had a truly sacred ring
        A           E       
Now her parents are divorced
        Ab                  A      
And her friend's committing suicide
  B         E     
I could not escape


[Verse]
            A        
A plea from the heart
                 D          
You know what it means to me
B   B7               E7  
You say I don't walk away
            A7      
I'm down on my knees
   E               D       B 
So please don't be mean to me
     E         A          Dbm 
So I talked to you for an hour
       A                   B    
In the bar of a small town hotel
        E     E7 A          Dbm     
And you asked me what I was thinking
      B                        
I was thinking of a padded cell
       A                  E
With a black and white TV ■
Abm             Ab      A     
To stop us from getting lonely
  B         E     
I could not escape
                A    
A plea from the heart
                 D          
You know what it means to me
B                   E   
You said don't walk away
E7          A       
I'm down on my knees
                   D       B7
So please don't be mean to me
                     E7    
You know I could not escape


[Chorus]
                A    
A plea from the heart
A7         E D        B7
Mysterious ■ sympathy ■ 
                      E7    
I couldn't wait for a chance
                A   
To walk out the door
E7               D        B 
You know what it means to me
B7 Dbm A E Dbm
■  ■   ■ ■ ■  
A                                     Dbm
I saw you lying in the arms of a poet ■  
        A                           
I heard ■ him tell you tatantalizing
Dbm  A             
Lies What d'ya know
A             
What d'ya know
            A     
I could not escape
E7                 A7   
You're down on the floor
    E7           D        E 
You know what it means to me
                      E7    
I couldn't wait for a chance
                E7  
To walk out the door
D    A   
Mean Mean
            E7    
I could not escape
            A       
I'm down on my knees
    E            D    
You know what it means
B B7      E7   
■ What it means


[Outro]
A7 E7 D B
■  ■  ■ ■
        E7        
I wanna knowohohoh
A D Abm E E7 A
■ ■ ■   ■ ■  ■
        D             B     B7 E
What it means what it means ■  ■
D        N.C.          
■ In the arms of a poet
N.C.                  
You know what it means