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]