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

INTRO: [Fm] [D#] [A#/Db] [Fm] : [x2]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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