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

INTRO: [G#m] [F#] [C#/E] [G#m] : [x2]

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

CHORUS:
And I can [G#m] still hear his laughter,
And I can [F#] still hear his [A#m] song.
The man's too big, the man's too [G#] strong [F#]
[G#] [F#] // [F#m] [C#] // [C#m] [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 [D#m], which [G#] I never have known

CHORUS:
And I can [G#m] still hear his laughter,
And I can [F#] still hear his [A#m] song.
The man's too big, the man's too [G#] strong [F#]
[G#] [F#] // [F#m] [C#] // [C#m] [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 [D#m] , and I [G#] give 'em to your wife

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