Dire Straits, The Man's Too Strong (1985)
^{Key: :[Dm] (w: Mark Knopfler)}

INTRO: [Dm] [C] [G/Bb] [Dm] : [x2]

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

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

CHORUS:
And I can [Dm] still hear his laughter,
And I can [C] still hear his [Em] song.
The man's too big, the man's too [D] strong [C]
[D] [C] // [Cm] [G] // [Gm] [D]

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

CHORUS:
And I can [Dm] still hear his laughter,
And I can [C] still hear his [Em] song.
The man's too big, the man's too [D] strong [C]
[D] [C] // [Cm] [G] // [Gm] [D]

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

OUTRO:
Oh Father, please help me, for I [C] have done [Em] wrong
The man's too big, the man's too [D] strong [C]
[D] [C] // [Cm] [G] // [Gm] [D]