Mean to Me Ruth Etting
Words & Music by Roy Turk & Fred E. Ahlert
Recorded by Recorded by Ruth Etting, 1929
Also recorded by Helen Morgan, 1929
[A7sus4]You're [Dm7]mean to [B7]me. [Em7] Why [C#7]must you be [F#m7]mean to [Bm7]me?[GM7]
Gee, [C]honey,[Bb9] it s[Dm7]eems [Am]to [B7]me [Em7]you love to [A7sus4] see [A7-9] me [Dm7]cryin'[D6]
[E6]I don't know [A7sus4] why [A7]I s[Dm7]tay ho[B7]me [Em7]
Each n[C#7]ight, when you[F#m7] say you'll ph[Bm7]one.[GM7]
You d[C]on't [Bb9]and I'm [Dm7]left [Am]a - l[B7]one,
[Em7]Singin' the [A7sus4]blues [A7-9]and [Dm7]sigh - [D6]in'.
Bridge:
[D]You t[D9]reat [D7]me c[GM7]old - [G6]ly e[D]ach d[D9]ay in t[D7]he y[GM7]ear;[G6]
[C]You [C9]al - [Cdim]ways s[Em+7]cold [Em6]me
[C]When - [C9]ev -[Cdim] er s[E6]ome - body is [A7]near, [A7+5]dear.
[Dm7]It must [B7]be [Em7] great [C#7]fun to be [F#m7]mean to[Bm7] me[GM7]
You s[C]houldn't, [Bb9]for c[Dm7]an't [Am]you [B7]see
What you [Em7]mean [A7-9] to [D6]me?[Fdim] [Em7] [A7] [A7+5] [D6]
The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions are the work of The Guitarguy.
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