Mean To Me

Billie Holiday

R&B / SoulAdvanced for beginners18 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

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Em7

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Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
 
A4/7     D7M     B7    Em7      C#7         F#m7    Bm7  G7M 
You're mean to me.        Why must you be mean to me 
     C     Bb9  D7M  Am B7 Em7         A4/7     A7/9- D7M D6 
Gee, honey, it seems to me you love to  see    me  cryin' 
E6           A4/7      A7 D7M   B7  Em7 
I don't know  why    I stay home  
      C#7           F#m7          Bm7   G7M 
Each night, when you say you'll phone 
     C    Bb9     D7M  Am   B7 
You don't and I'm left    alone 
Em7         A4/7     A7/9- D7M   D6 
Singin' the blues  and     sighin' 
Bridge 
D    D9   D7  G7M   G6  D    D9     D7  G7M G6 
You treat me   coldly  each day in the year 
C   C9   Cdim  Em7+ Em6 
You   always scold me 
C   C9  Cdim E6            A7    A7/13- 
Whenever    somebody    is near, dear 
D7M     B7    Em7       C#7       F#m7   Bm7  G7M 
It must be        great fun to be mean to me 
     C         Bb9  D7M  Am  B7 
You shouldn't, for can't you see 
         Em7  A7/9- D6  Fdim  Em7 A7 A7/13- D6 
What you mean  to  me

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Chord set

B7 · Em7 · C#7 · F#m7 · Bm7 · C · Bb9 · Am · A7 · D6 · E6 · D · D9 · D7 · G6 · C9 · Cdim · Fdim

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.