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

INTRO: [F#m] [E] [B/D] [F#m] : [x2]

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

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

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

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

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

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

OUTRO:
Oh Father, please help me, for I [E] have done [G#m] wrong
The man's too big, the man's too [F#] strong [E]
[F#] [E] // [Em] [B] // [Bm] [F#]