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

INTRO: [Gm] [F] [C/Eb] [Gm] : [x2]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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