Dire Straits, The Man's Too Strong (1985)
Key: :[Em] (w: Mark Knopfler)

INTRO: [Em] [D] [A/C] [Em] : [x2]

VERSE 1:
I am [Em] just an aging drummer boy, and in the [D] wars I used to play
And I've [A/C] called the tune too many a torture [Em] session
Now they [Em] say I am a war criminal, and I'm [D] fading away
[A/C] Father, please hear my conf-[Em]-ession

BRIDGE 1:
I have [A] legalised robbery, [E] called it belief.
I have [A] run with the money, I have [E] hid like a thief
[A] rewritten history with [E] army's of my crooks.
Invented [D] memories [Bm], I did [E] burn all those books

CHORUS:
And I can [Em] still hear his laughter,
And I can [D] still hear his [F#m] song.
The man's too big, the man's too [E] strong [D]
[E] [D] // [Dm] [A] // [Am] [E]

BRIDGE 2:
Well I've [A] tried to be meek, and I've [E] tried to be mild
But I [A] spat like a woman, and I [E] sulked like a child.
I have [A] lived behind walls; that have [E] made me alone,
Striven for [D] peace [Bm], which [E] I never have known

CHORUS:
And I can [Em] still hear his laughter,
And I can [D] still hear his [F#m] song.
The man's too big, the man's too [E] strong [D]
[E] [D] // [Dm] [A] // [Am] [E]

BRIDGE 3:
Well the [A] sun rose on the courtyard, and they [E] all did hear him say,
You [A] always was a Judas, but [E] I got you anyway,
You [A] may have got your silver, but I [E] swear upon my life
Your sister gave me [D] diamonds [Bm] , and I [E] give 'em to your wife

OUTRO:
Oh Father, please help me, for I [D] have done [F#m] wrong
The man's too big, the man's too [E] strong [D]
[E] [D] // [Dm] [A] // [Am] [E]